Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.

"Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn't. He doesn't see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they're happy right where they are? But then Goose sees the ocean and loves it. Who doesn't? Well, Duck, for one"--

A young boy becomes the "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together.

Duck and Goose go out in search of a pumpkin, checking inside a log, a leaf pile, an apple tree, and other places before locating the right place to find one.

Introduces colors as two not-too-clever friends set off in search of something colorful for Silly Goose's boring brown nest and wind up in Clever Fox's trap.