A Girl Becomes a Mother Goose:
Fly Away Home
One rainy night in New Zealand, 13-year-old Amy Alden played by Anna Paquin is
involved in a car accident with her mother, who dies in the accident. Amy is taken to her new home in Ontario, Canada, by her father who is an inventor, Thomas Alden played by Jeff Daniels. She thinks her new life is miserable until she comes across abandoned goose eggs in a destroyed forest. She puts the eggs in her father’s old barn and they hatch while ‘imprinting’ on her as their mother. Because geese learn everything from their mother, they will not survive the winter unless Amy can teach them a migration route. Otherwise they must have their wings cut in order to stay in the house.
Amy and her father, Thomas, attempt to teach the birds to fly by making them follow him in his plane. No matter how many times they try, the geese prefer to stick close to Amy. Thomas builds a new aircraft with wings and a head that look like a goose’s for Amy. She learns how to fly the plane. To everyone’s joy, when Amy flies, the geese follow her in flight.
Amy and Thomas set off on their journey to help the geese migrate to a bird sanctuary in North Carolina, USA. After crossing Lake Ontario, low fuel makes them land on a U.S. Air Force base and almost get arrested. After they tell their story, however, they are welcomed and allowed to stay the night. The following morning, their amazing journey becomes national news. However, thirty miles before reaching the bird sanctuary, Thomas’ aircraft crashes in a field.
Amy: Are you okay?
Dad: (panting) Uh. Whew!
Amy: What are we gonna do now? How will we get there by sundown?
Dad: Ah! I think I’ve dislocated my shoulder. Look, you’re going to have to take them the rest of the way.
Amy: Can’t we both go in my plane?
Dad: Amy, I can’t ride with you. There isn’t enough fuel for both of us. You can do it.
Amy: I can’t find my way without you.
Dad: Yes, you can. Because you’re so much like your mother. She was brave, you know. She went off and followed her dream even when nobody helped her. You’ve got that strength in you too, Amy.
Amy: I wish she were here now.
Dad: She is. She’s right next to you. She’s in the geese. She’s in the sky. She’s all around you. And she won’t let you down.
Amy: I can’t leave you here. You’re hurt.
Dad: Yes, you can. I want you to go. You take that plane, those geese, and you fly away.
Amy: (hugging Dad) Bye, Dad.
Amy takes off alone and begins to head toward the sanctuary. While waiting for Amy, her father, his friends, townspeople and many environmentalists stand up to the developers who start bulldozing the sanctuary. Amy finally appears with the geese and lands safely, much to the joy of the environmentalists and Amy’s family, but to the disappointment of the developers. Her geese flock happily to their new winter home.
In the following spring, Amy’s flock took off and headed north on their own. All 16 geese returned to Amy’s home.
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