- Jenny and the other kids don't realize that the kindly yet magical old duffer they play with in the park is really an intergalactic fugitive hiding out till two serious men come looking for him, asking questions that test their friendship.
- The lame Jenny and the kids in her neighborhood love the Old Ben, an old man that loves to play with them and to do some magic every now and then. Jenny's aunt Agnes Gann is a cranky woman that raises Jenny without love and hates Ben. When two men wearing suits arrive in the building looking for Ben, Jenny overhears the conversation and warns Ben. He tells her that he is a fugitive and there is no other place to go but with the men.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Little Jenny wears a brace on her leg. Her best friend, an old man named Old Ben, brightens her life by performing magic, including turning into anything he wants. One day, two men show up looking for Old Ben and Jenny asks if they are policemen. Not exactly. Old Ben evades them and confesses to Jenny that he's from another planet - a fugitive but not a criminal.—Bob Beecher
- The story opens on a group of children playing baseball in a park. An old man named Ben plays their game as well, as does a little girl named Jenny, who is wearing leg braces due to an affliction. After the game, they decide to play "Spaceman." Ben suggests Jenny be the creature from outer space this time, but Jenny claims she can't play the role as convincingly as Ben can. Ben gives into her request, and goes behind a bush...emerging as a strange, monstrous creature! The children pretend to zap Ben with their space guns, and the creature collapses behind the bush, where Ben emerges shortly afterward, back to normal.
Ben then accompanies Jenny home, carrying her due to her leg braces. Arriving at her place on rollerskates, the old man causes them to dematerialize. This incident does not go unnoticed by two men across the street, who seem not at all surprised.
Going into the apartment, Jenny returns to hers where she lives with her Aunt Agnes, who doesn't seem at all pleased with Ben. After Ben goes to his own apartment unit, the two men who saw him go to Agnes and Jenny's apartment. Agnes explains how she distrusts Ben, and assumes the two men are with the Police. Jenny overhears them talking, and secretly makes her way to Ben's apartment.
It is here that Ben tells Jenny that he is actually from another planet, and that he is presently in disguise. With the two men asking questions about him, Ben decides that it is time for him to go, but he decides to help Jenny before he does. Taking a small device, he manages to heal her legs, allowing her to walk without the use of her braces.
This miracle does not go unnoticed by the two men, and when they find Ben is gone, they use a device of their own to make Jenny ill, with the assumption that Ben will return to help her.
As expected, Ben does return, but chastises the two men for doing what they did to Jenny, as they restore her to health. The two men explain to Jenny that they did not mean to do her real harm, and that their main intent and purpose was to get Ben to return to his home planet, where he is their ruler. Ben has ruled over his planet for over 5,000 years, and his people care deeply about him. Ben cares deeply for Jenny, but per the rules, she cannot go with him.
As she sadly contemplates life without her friend, Jenny gets an idea. After whispering in Ben's ear, Ben asks his associates for a minute alone with Jenny. After a minute has passed, the two men enter Ben's room, only to find that Ben has made himself into a copy of Jenny! Knowing that neither Jenny or Ben will tell who the real Jenny is, the two men are consigned to take both of them back to Ben's planet.
As the show comes to an end, Rod Serling delivers the closing words, and reveals to the audience a picture of what 'old Ben' looks like. Ben's true form is that of a handsome young man, and that when Jenny gets to his home planet, she will grow up to be his Queen.
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