Dilly #3

Dilly Duncan spots what he's sure is his friend Carol running away from home to join the carnival as a dancer—and decides the only way to save her from a life of shame is to kidnap her himself. When Dilly and his pal Marv make their daring heist at the carnival, they discover that jumping to conclusions can land you in more trouble than you bargained for.

Betty Campus thinks her new calculus teacher Mr. Simmons is dreamy—until a prank note slipped into her workbook by classmates makes her look foolish in front of him. Three days later, Betty decides to turn the tables and convince Bob Lewis (her usual date) that she's actually dating the teacher, leading to a scheme that spirals in ways nobody quite expected.

Dilly Duncan decides to start a baby-sitting service to earn quick spending money, recruiting his friend Marv to help run the operation from a basement on Main Street. What begins as a seemingly simple business venture spirals into absolute chaos when multiple children arrive simultaneously, each more destructive than the last—and that's before the police show up about unlicensed operations, the insurance company calls about missing coverage, and Dilly's father unexpectedly invites important business clients to stay at the house. With kids tearing through the place and crises mounting by the minute, Dilly scrambles to keep the whole operation from collapsing before everything falls apart.