"I feel so safe when I'm with you," Sebastian the little turtle tells his father.
"That's what a father does," says his father. "He keeps you safe."
"What else does a father do?" asks Sebastian.
In reply, Father turtle comes up with a simple guessing game. He relates some of the many things different fathers do for their children - chirping encouragement as they learn to fly, setting up croaking concerts to showcase their talents - and lets Sebastian guess just which animal is being described. In the end, Sebastian, like children everywhere, decides that his own loving father is the very best father of all!