The next day Beverly arrives at the baton-twirling lesson with a black eye to go with her chipped tooth. Louisiana arrives in a pink dress with bunny barrettes in her hair. She tells Raymie and Beverly they are good-luck bunnies. Beverly is chewing gum, which Ida Nee tells her to spit out. Beverly refuses, and in anger Ida hits Beverly on the head with her baton. When Ida lifts the baton to hit Beverly again, Louisiana grabs it and begs Ida not to. A surprised Ida stops and walks away, ending the second baton-twirling lesson with zero twirling instruction.

Raymie asks Beverly to help retrieve the library book from under Alice’s bed at Golden Glen. Louisiana asks to also be included since they are the “Three Rancheros,” a name she has just come up with, to which Raymie and Beverly say no. Louisiana explains that she also needs to do her good deed for the contest and that they can all do another good deed together by rescuing Archie from the Very Friendly Animal Center after retrieving the book. Louisiana tells her friends she will also stop stealing canned food with

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