Why was Beaver so upset with the thought of Ward saying that soup is on when Ms. Landers was a guest?

When Ward invited the other boys for dessert, I thought about vampires and how if the head vampire invites you into his home you are rendered powerless against him. Lost Boys meet LITB.

His behavior was kind of odd with soups on, and nagging Wally to take a bath even though he'd just had a shower at school.

He was a little basket case. He really had a crush on Miss Landers--he really lost it when he found out later she was engaged.