While out having a picnic one day Lillibit, Willibit, and Snagglebit come across an egg floating in the river. They take the egg back to the village and Willibit shows it to his parents and asks if he can keep it. Fearing that there might be a monster inside his father tells him no and that they should take the egg away from the village. Disappointed Willibit and his friends still do what Willibit's father asked. The three children end up getting chased by a weasle. They hide in a hollow log leaving the egg outside. Just then the egg cracks open and a baby bird comes out. Fearing the worst the children look on in horror as the hatchling approaches the weasel. The weasel must be feeling a bit of the motherly instinct coming on because instead of eating the hatchling she tells Lillibit (who can talk to animals) that the baby bird is a Peacock. The weasel also tells the childen where to find the young bird's family. The children fing the peacock family and return the young hatchling to hi