First, there's a knock at the door, then a snout pushes through the mail slot: "Good evening, could you please let me in? I'm about to catch a cold!" Franz lets the dachshund with the umbrella enter. A strange guest and an even stranger dog. He acts demanding, yet he only wants one thing: to please the boy. So he fulfills every supposed wish and transforms into all sorts of things, before Franz finally gets a chance to speak and says, "Dogs are my favorite animals." Now the dachshund has found a home, a friend, and himself!.