Sheila Rae is established as daring and willing to do anything, and isn't afraid of the dark, thunderstorms, spiders, or a mean black dog named Capone at the end of her block. She pretends that the cherries in her fruit cocktail at dinner are dead bear eyes, giggles when the principal walks by at school, and takes care of Wendell when he steals her jump rope by tying him up. One day, she gets overly confident, and decides to go home a different way than usual. Her little sister, Louise, rejects that idea, but Sheila Rae chooses to go anyway, while Louise secretly follows her. After Sheila Rae travels for a while, she gets entirely lost, and never recognize anything around her. She gets terrified of noises in the forest, and begins to feel very upset and starts to cry for help. After finally calling for her parents and her, Louise finally decides to show up and comfort her. She leads Sheila Rae back home, doing things Sheila Rae did on the way. After reaching home, Sheila Rae declares Louise to be brave and fearless.