Pollyanna möchte unbedingt in Vertretung ihrer Tante Mrs. Snow besuchen, die seit langer Zeit krank im Bett liegt und von ihrer Tochter gepflegt wird. Mrs. Snow gilt als eine sehr mürrische und unzufriedene Frau, der man nichts recht machen kann. Trotzdem brennt Pollyanna geradezu darauf, sie zu besuchen. Und sie schafft das Unmögliche: Mit ihrem heiteren Wesen und ihrer unbekümmerten Art, ständig drauf los zu plappern, muntert sie die ältere Frau für kurze Zeit so auf, dass diese fast vergißt, krank zu sein. Wie Pollyanna später erfährt, ist Mrs. Snow gar nicht wirklich krank, sondern sie bildet sich ihre Krankheit nur ein, und bisher konnte sie nichts und niemand davon abbringen zu glauben, todkrank zu sein.
Später trifft Pollyanna den fremden Jungen wieder, und kommt endlich mit ihm ins Gespräch. Sie erfährt, dass er Jimmy heißt und seine Eltern ebenfalls verstorben sind und er deshalb kein Zuhause hat. Da kommt Pollyanna eine Idee...
Searching for food and staying off the menu of a hungry predator is quite an ongoing adventure for Chipmunk; what he does not realize is that Pollyanna is about to embark upon an exciting adventure which precludes his participation. Pollyanna signalling an interest toward being a humanitarian emissary to the infirm Mrs. Snow takes Polly by surprise when she recalls Nancy's aversion for the task; upon Pollyanna affirming it as her independent volition, Polly gives the green light upon the completion of the piano lessons while wondering to herself what kind of child her niece is. Payload safely in hand and galvanized by some last-minute sage counsel, Pollyanna sets off on her way towards Mrs. Snow's house after she briefly pauses to acknowledge Chipmunk's disappointment at not being allowed along for the journey which becomes the forum for demonstrating the element of hypocrisy in Beldingsville when Jimmy is summarily repulsed onto the street like a heap of refuse for no other reason than offering to work for food only for nobody to approach him immediately thereafter to at least learn the deviant diagnostic; while Jimmy is not exactly appreciative of the concern driving her to inquire him his status as he is dusting himself off, Pollyanna takes it in stride as she continues her commute to Snow-ke. Mrs. Snow's daughter Milly leads Pollyanna inside to the room where her mother has the curtains closed as she is sitting up in bed; intrigued at how Pollyanna has taken her eccentricity in stride, Mrs. Snow's ensuing exhortation of Pollyanna illuminates part of her deviant diagnostic much to Milly's surprise when Pollyanna prosecutes her home commute!!! Pollyanna is ultimately in for quite a shock when she learns that Jimmy is also an orphan like she is and is having a rough time establishing some kind of micro-economy to take responsibility for himself; recalling the earlier encounter and seeing that Jimmy's angling is going nowhere as there are no fish, Pollyanna firmly d
