Mother Goose

The Queen of Gooseland has a daughter, Priscilla who has the gift of laying eggs of pure gold. She decides to help a poor old woman living in the village of Ganderville. The woman, Mother Goose, is a kindly old lady with two sons Jack and Billy. But life has been hard for her and a large amount of back rent is owing to Squire Stoneyheart. The Squire threatens to evict the Goose family if they don’t pay. Jill, the Squires niece, is in love with Jack and begs her uncle to help Mother Goose, but he refuses. Grizelda Golddigger, the estranged sister of the Queen, has the Squire in her power and when she learns that Priscilla is to help Mother Goose, sees a way to steal her away and have the gold for herself. Once Priscilla has begun to lay her eggs the family become rich and are able to pay off all their debts. But as well as wealth Mother Goose craves beauty. She is duped into parting with Priscilla in return for beauty, which only lasts for a short time. Aware of how foolish she has been, she sets out with the rest of the family to search for Priscilla. After a number of adventures, they arrive at the Queen of Gooseland’s court. Mother Goose succeeds in persuading the Queen that Priscilla should return home with them when Grizelda appears and is finally dealt with by Jack.