This beautiful story of loss, encounters, friendship, and new beginnings reminds us that time gently softens sadness.

Geoffrey is a little featherwick who lives a happy life in the crest of an eagle, surrounded by his kin. But one day, a storm blows him from his nest and throws him to the foot of a bramble bush, miles away from home! Alone and distraught, he sheds a huge wet tear that crashes to the ground. Then, from the very spot where the tear lands, springs up a strange creature of fear and sadness that wraps itself tightly around the poor little featherwick. Who will help him get rid of it?