Meanwhile, Diane returns home from work and she and Wayne make up from an argument they had the previous evening, but they soon grow concerned about Amy and Nick. While trying to summon their dog, Quark, Nick falls into a flower and Russ Jr. are carried away by a pollen picking African bee. Wayne realizes that a baseball was what caused the attic window to break, since Nick does not play sports. Investigating, he discovers his thinking couch has been shrunk, and is happy that his machine finally works. But his happiness is only short lived when he realizes what happened to the kids and tries to find them, only to accidentally activate the sprinklers, causing chaotic torrents to come down on them. Amy nearly drowns when she is knocked into a pool of mud, but Russ Jr. saves her with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.