Pikkuli

Mommy and Daddy Byrd's kids Sister and Brother hatch swiftly and easily, but their youngest, Pikkuli, needs some encouragement. Eventually Pikkuli does break the eggshell, but he's scared of everything new. Will he ever step outside the nest?

Daddy teaches the fledglings to fly. Sister and Brother learn quickly, but Pikkuli is too scared to try. Disappointed, he hops through the forest towards a pond. Who will he meet there? Can birds learn to swim - even when they can't fly?

Pikkuli wants a playmate, but everyone else is busy. At the pond, Pikkuli meets the wobbly shorebird, Honkkeli. Honkkeli is close to drowning - can Pikkuli help him?

Pikkuli moves around by hopping even though he is a bird. Everyone tries to encourage him to fly because that is what birds are "supposed" to do. Pikkuli doesn't know how to fly but he knows how to fish. Pikkuli and Honkkeli catch a great pile of fish.

At bedtime Pikkuli is afraid of the dark and can't sleep. Next day he falls through a hole in the ground and meets a new friend, who teaches Pikkuli that there's nothing to be frightened about in the dark!

Pikkuli doesn't want to do anything today! Daddy tries with all his might to get Pikkuli excited about eating, reading or fishing, but Pikkuli says no to all of it.