Seymour loves stories about magical things, and wishes that something magical could happen to him. When a six-foot-tall, talking goose appears one night, Seymour is in for the adventure of his young life.
Mr. Goose finds an abandoned egg, hatches it, and raises a peculiar green-skinned long-tailed chick, who worries about his identity but comes to recognize that he has a loving parent.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of the Canada goose, with an emphasis on the hatching and raising of its young.