In the first of three linked stories, a young boy and his grandfather
set out in a birchbark canoe early one spring morning. Together, they
discover the peaceful beauty of the lake. In the second story, the sun
rises high in the summer sky as they climb a rocky cliff for a
bird's-eye view of the land. And, finally, as an autumn night descends,
they venture into the woods. Under the patient and gentle guidance of
his grandfather, the boy gradually comes to respect the ways of nature
and to understand his own place in the world.