Wendell Webster is a little duck in a big family that lives next to Waddle Creek. Even though he loves his parents and brothers and sisters, they are very noisy and take up a lot of room in the nest. Wendell's next-door neighbors, the Perquackys, are even louder More than anything in the world, Wendy wishes he could go off on his and be his own duck.

One day after Wendell's mother says he is big enough to explore by himself, he waddles past Pink Lady's house and down the road. At first, it is peaceful and quiet. But it is not long before little Wendell gets lonely--and then lost ...