While Arthur is in bed with chicken pox, D.W. is busy inviting a friend as his replacement to the circus. She feigns chicken pox herself in a bid to get the family's attention & did indeed get it on the morning of the circus

Arthur the aardvark catches chicken pox a week before he is supposed to go to the circus.

For use in schools and libraries only. Arthur is inconsolable when an outbreak of the chicken pox prevents him from going to the circus, but his little sister, D.W., is so jealous of the attention that Arthur receives that she paints spots on herself.

A family is distressed when Daddy gets the chicken pox, but when he recovers it is a joyous occasion.