An unexpected training session between the girls leaves Laura in pieces.  Mary's solution is to bring her sister the orphaned baby raccoon she found on her way home from the Mercantile.   Over time circumstances lead to the raccoon heading back to the wild, leaving Jack and Laura licking their respected wounds.  A late night visitor to the Ingallas residence brings up a new dilemma.  With Jack tied up in the barn, disregarding his water dish and seemingly barking at nothing at all, Charles and Caroline must come to terms their little Half-pint might be full of Rabies.