#222 Imagination in Action

Bo and Loulou invent and use a private language throughout the program. At first no one else can use it, but with imagination, Yaya and Wimzie catch on. Loulou is a star in this program because she imagines she is Bo and thus understands him. For instance, only Bo knows where Yaya's knitting has gone and only Loulou can figure out what he is telling Yaya. Meanwhile, Jonas brings in a wonderful sailboat he has made out of a milk carton and other things, but is soon upstaged by Horace's new store-bought rocket ship which attracts the other children much more. Yaya suggests Jonas head for the craft table and invent his own great spaceship; he does. More competition. Jonas' creative vocabulary helps him compete - an ordinary paper cup is transformed by Jonas' imagination and enthusiasm into a "landing pod" for exploring. Horace's space ship breaks! Jonas cheerily announces that "plasma tape" will fix it; Horace goes along with Jonas' wonderful inventions such as "demagnetized warp" and "ejector hatch," and "deactivated deep space device" but has a hard time overcoming his feelings that his taped spaceship looks like a banana. The other children cheer Jonas' imagination on and Horace finally decides being imaginative is more fun than being too realistic.