This is the fourth book of the series and is seen as the weakest both in content and plot. It's been rumored that writing staff and illustrators didn't get the cost of living increase they wanted and in reaction they purposely made this book as poorly as they could. The year is 1971 and the women's lib movement is gaining momentum. Lucy feels emboldened by this and takes her pursuit of Schroeder up a notch. When Schroeder ignores her again, Lucy snaps and yanks some piano wire out of his piano and slashes Schroeder's left index finger in half with it. After getting his finger sewn back together and taking some time to recover, Schroeder decides to sue Lucy. The reader never learns what happens after this because the rest of the book just contains 32 mostly blank pages. The pages that do contain text largely consist of the letter N and what appears to have been a brainstorming session for writing a slogan for Dan Quayle's would-be 1972 presidential run. The slogans were all so horrible that Quayle decided not to go forward with his candidacy.