Lulu and Tubby miss the school bus and have to walk to school. After a series of mishaps they end up at Lulu's house trying to find shoes for Tubby.; Lulu and Tubby get in a snowball fight with Johnny Wilkins and his gang.; Lulu tells Alvin the story of the magic beans. In this telling, Lulu's mother cooks the beans, so when they're thrown out they make an ocean of bean soup, rather than growing into a giant beanstalk. Lulu sails on the bean soup ocean and finds the giant, who isn't happy about the turn of events.; Buses refuse to stop for Lulu and Tubby, until they make a crowd of snowmen at the bus stop.; Lulu takes an eternity to pick out a one-cent piece of candy.; Tubby and another boy keep cutting in to dance with Lulu.