Loud Lotte and little Paul try to cheer up mom. In vain: Mama just grumbles like a goat and stays on the sofa. She stares holes in the air for weeks and barks like a dog, then croaks like a crow. "Shall we wish Mama's favorite weather?" the children think. In the middle of summer Lotte and Paul trudge through deep snow, out to the house, day and night, and then fall into a deep sleep ... When they wake up again, the GoatDogCrowMama transforms back, and one afternoon in early winter, Mama sings the goat song with them all. A book about a mentally burdened mother - told from the perspective of the children.