Elliot has started ballet lessons and John is worried about it, thinking it is unmanly. Elliot is also being subject to bully from his classmates. Things get interesting when the ballet teacher wants John and Billy Bob to help by being trees in the recital coming up. Carson Lee raises a lamb in order to raise money. She becomes upset when she learns that it is going to be killed for food and wants her dad to buy it back. When the owner doesn't want to sell it back, Billy Bob convinces John to help steal it.
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