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When Mr. and Mrs. Bird discover a strange egg in their nest they decide to try and hatch it.

A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?" Never having seen his mother, a baby bird makes humorous mistakes trying to find her.

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

The story of a little bird who has lost its mother.