In the new country, Shirley and her family all have big dreams. Take the family store: Shirley has great ideas about how to make it more modern! Prettier! More profitable! She even thinks she can sell the one specialty no one seems to want to try: Mama's homemade gefilte fish.

But her parents think she's too young to help. And anyway they didn't come to America for their little girl to work. "Go play with the cat!" they urge.

This doesn't stop Shirley's ideas, of course. And one day, when the rest of the family has to rush out leaving her in the store with sleepy Mrs. Gottlieb.Shirley seizes her chance!

在这个新的国家，雪莉和家人都有很远大的梦想。以家庭商店为例，雪莉有着很棒的想法，能让它更现代化！更加漂亮！更多利润！她甚至觉得可以出售一种似乎没有人愿意尝试的特产，即妈妈自制的鱼丸冻。

但她的父母认为她太小了，不能帮忙。而且无论如何，他们来美国不是为了让他们的小女儿工作。他们催促着她去和猫玩！

当然，这并不能阻止雪莉的想法。有一天，当家里其他人不得不匆匆出门，留下她和昏昏欲睡的戈特利布夫人在商店里，雪莉抓住了她的机会！