Sau một vụ tràn dầu, một con hải âu đang hấp hối lên bờ để đẻ quả trứng cuối cùng và đáp xuống ban công, nơi nó gặp Zorba, một con mèo đen lớn từ cảng Hamburg. Con mèo hứa với con hải âu sẽ chăm sóc trứng, không ăn hải âu con một khi nó nở và - khó nhất trong tất cả - sẽ dạy con hải âu biết bay. Zorba và những người bạn mèo của mình sẽ thực hiện lời hứa và cho Lucky - con hải âu nhỏ được nhận nuôi, sức mạnh để khám phá bản chất thật của nó?
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