A quest for the perfect nesting spot leads to an unlikely—and dangerous— friendship. Jemima Puddle-Duck is annoyed because the farmer’s wife refuses to let her hatch her own eggs. Determined to find a secret nesting place far from the farm, she sets off on a journey over the hills. Deep in the wood, she meets a charming, "sandy-whiskered" gentleman with a long bushy tail and a beautiful house. He kindly offers Jemima a shed full of soft feathers to lay her eggs. But this hospitable stranger has ...