Dot and Anton
by Erich Kästner
'Matches, buy my matches, ladies and gents!' calls Luise Pogge, a.k.a. 'Dot', evening after evening, on a street in Berlin. Her rich parents have no idea of her whereabouts, believing her to be in the care of her nanny, Miss Andacht. But Miss Andacht is being blackmailed by her shady fiancé. Anton, on the other hand, has to beg because he and his mother are poor. When the two children become friends on the streets of Berlin, Dot has a brilliant idea that has to solve both their problems, and in the process they even solve a dastardly crime...