“It was all so different from London. The strangest thing was the light that came into his room. It travelled across his ceiling and then it went, leaving his room dark. After a few seconds it was back, then it disappeared, again and again.” One summer, city boy Sam stays with his uncle. It’s all so different from London! There’s a river and boats, and a new friend, Rachel. But something strange happens... One day Sam and Rachel find a strange bird with a long beak that looks like a spoon. It has thin fishing rope round its legs. It certainly can’t fly! And who are the two men in black?

Všetko bolo úplne iné ako v Londýne. Najzvláštnejšie bolo svetlo, ktoré prišlo do jeho izby. Prešlo po strope a zmizlo, zanechávajúc izbu v tme. O pár sekúnd sa vrátilo a opäť zmizlo, znovu a znovu.

Jedno leto zostane Sam, chlapec z mesta, u svojho strýka. A všetko je úplne iné ako v Londýne! Je tu rieka a lode a aj nová priateľka Rachel. Stalo sa však niečo zvláštne – Sam a Rachel nájdu jedinečného vtáka s dlhým zobákom podobným lyžici. Okolo nôh má omotanú rybársku sieť. Určite nemôže lietať! A kto sú tí dvaja muži v čiernom?