The most well-known Austrian animal story is familiar to generations of readers and has become a true classic, with many film and television adaptations. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach tells the fate of a hunting dog, Krambambuli, obtained by District Hunter Hopp in exchange for a dozen bottles of Danzig cherry brandy. Hopp’s hunting companion means the world to him – then in the forest they encounter the previous owner again: a vagabond drunkard and poacher …