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After promising Ward (Hugh Beaumont) that he'll paint the garbage cans at 50 cents per can, Wally (Tony Dow) discovers that Eddie (Ken Osmond) has wangled six times as much money from his "old man" for the same job. Hoping to increase his salary, Wally is abruptly informed by Ward that a deal is a deal. Desperate to weasel out of his job, Wally tries to foist the responsibility off to kid brother Beaver (Jerry Mathers) -- which explains why the alternate title for this episode is "Tom Sawyer."