 Swallowing hard, I stared at Megan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys the lesson that she had just taught me. I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. True generosity is giving that which you cherish most. Honest benevolence is a three-year-old offering a treasured but shabby doll to a little girl that she doesn't know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.