I read it in German. I don't know why. But it was fun and I learned a lot of names for animals that don't come up much in adult fiction. I feel very stupid though that I had to look up what a "Dachs" was, even though I had a "Dachshund" when I was a kid. I feel bad that until now I didn't know that my amazing dog was bred for such a specific and dangerous purpose. In this little book the Dachs is a gentle fellow but I imagine a Dachs trapped in his den by a Dachshund would be another thing altogether. ( )