It’s the first day of second grade in a brand new school, in a brand new city, and Lillian is nervous.  The teacher explains that Friday is her show-and-tell day, and each day as she watches and listens to her classmates tell about their toys and other possessions, she gets more and more nervous.  She’s nervous because she doesn’t feel she has anything to share with her new classmates.  She and her mom had to leave their home and all their possessions to move to a shelter, and all their money is being saved to pay for a new apartment.  When Friday comes around, Lillian shares her magic beads.  With them she shows her class all the wonderful things she can do with them:  use it to play circus and walk a tightrope, use it as a leash to walk her pet elephant, and turn it into a snake to scare the monsters out from under her bed.  Her classmates all see the wonder of imagination and want to play, too.  Imagination beats toys, hands down.