Nun stand der Fremde auf, ging zur Kammertüre, öffnete sie ein wenig und schaute hinein.
Da sah er das Kind auf der Erde sitzen und emsig mit den Fingern in den Dielenritzen graben und wühlen; wie es aber den Fremden bemerkte, verschwand es.
Nun erzählte er, was er gesehen hatte, und beschrieb das Kind genau, da erkannte es die Mutter und sagte 'ach, das ist mein liebes Kind, das vor vier Wochen gestorben ist.'
www.grimmstories.comOn this the stranger got up, went to the room door, opened it a little, and peeped in.
Then he saw the child sitting on the ground, and digging and seeking about industriously amongst the crevices between the boards of the floor, but when it saw the stranger, it disappeared.
He now told what he had seen and described the child exactly, and the mother recognized it, and said, "Ah, it is my dear child who died a month ago."
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