Three sisters travel to an extraordinary world, where dreams are real and magic is everywhere. Saturdays at the Children's Zoo with their father always end the same way for Ariel, Miranda, and Jane- he offers them money for a treat, but they choose instead to buy food for the animals. One Saturday, a mysterious balloon man gives them a small reward for their kindness-a blue balloon for Ariel, a red one for Miranda, and a yellow one for Jane. Soon they find that their generosity and the balloon man's simple gift have brought them more magic than they could ever have imagined . . . Julianna Margulies's father told this story to her and her sisters when they were young. She presents it now in his loving memory.