Wilson is retired and spends his days at home with his wife in their nice house. He is also quite ill, and his doctors don't know how to help him. Then he meets the "Milkweed Lady" who reminds him of some magic he once held in his hand — his set of marbles. These marbles truly had magical powers, and when he unpacks them from a box in his attic, he begins to transform into the "Monarch Marble Man."