This picture book classic tells the story of Captain Lüttich and his crew: Just when it seems like nothing can be done anymore. There’s no money left to get the old tugboat back in shape. But then Lüttich and his loyal companions find an egg, from which a strange bird hatches: a dodo. Haven't they been extinct for over 300 years? Well, not quite, as scientists recently discovered a dodo egg in Mauritius. Unfortunately, it fell overboard on their way home. The reward: 50,000 marks! Just enough for the tugboat! But what will happen to the poor bird? Should it spend its life in a zoo? Captain Lüttich thinks that can't be right. Now that the tugboat is back in shape, it's not far from Hamburg to the South Seas.