The doctor, who performed operation on forest guard's son, finally accepts the invitation of the grateful father to come over for a hunt. However, wild boar, that had been saved for the doctor, must suddenly be given up for some high-brass officials. Perplexed forest guard tries to avoid wild boar subject and the men finally settle on hunting wild geese at the nearby lake. Senselessly killed birds were little Ivo's playmates and the boy does not understand why the head of Thereon, the noble gander he had dubbed 'the king of the geese', has become a hunting trophy.