Moominpappa tells everybody about his childhood and his stormy youth. He recalls when he was left outside of a children's home and was found by Fillyjonk. He also recalls his first adventures when he left the children's home to take his destiny in his own paws. On his journey, he meets three funny characters who live on a boat and with them he gets to meet niblings and experience a terrible storm that washes them ashore. On land, they get to meet the king who asks them to stay and they do. It ends with both ghosts and weddings...