Quackers is a duck. At least that's what he thinks. He lives with other ducks, does things that ducks do, and tries unsuccessfully to talk to the other ducks. Then one day a cat arrives. Quackers immediately understands the cat and the cat understands him! Why? Because Quakers is really a cat who grew up on a pond with ducks as his only company. The other cat takes Quakers to a barn to meet other cats. He enjoys most of the things that they do, but misses the ducks at the pond. He ends up spending half of his days at the pond and the other half in the barn. He can be both a cat and a duck.