A story from the German Ruhr region of yesteryear Just as a dog sometimes feels the need to have a good scratch because its fur is itching, children also occasionally have the desire to drive their fellow human beings up the wall with pranks. And who didn't cook up some nonsense or other themselves as a child - and then enjoy the fun? So this story is also full of nonsense, but harmless nonsense as well as harmless people who do no harm to the world...