The ghost story that the thin man remembers, like most stories from the past, begins with "a long, long time ago."

"Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Lina. On her birthday, she received a doll from her parents as a birthday gift. Lina is very happy, helping the doll comb her hair, change her clothes, and take the doll with her in everything. Lina calls her doll her sister, and her parents also call her sister Doll, and they regard the doll as a part of the family.

After a few years, the doll got old and Lina got a new toy. She tossed the doll aside and no longer carried the doll all day. Unbeknownst to Lina, the doll fell under the bed and no one found it for years.

"Lina grew up, met a boy, fell in love with him, and was ready to get married. They're moving to a new home. When it was time to clean up, Lina didn't find the doll under the bed.

"They had children very quickly. When the child was born, both of them were very happy, and Lina held the child all day long, as if he was her most precious thing. But two or three years later, Lina became pregnant again, threw her eldest son aside, and devoted herself to taking care of her later child.

It took a long time for the couple to find out that their eldest son was missing. Their neighbors asked them where their children had gone, and none of them knew it. They searched everywhere. Look for it at home, look for it in the small town. When they see someone, they ask, 'Have you ever seen our children?' Everyone said no.

They searched and searched, and walked near the house where Lina had lived. An old lady told them that she saw a girl taking their son there.

The old lady pointed to the house where Lina had lived.

Lina didn't think about it, and her husband forgot about it. The two of them hurried to the old house. The house had never been inhabited. The inside of the house was full of dust.

Lina called out to her son in the house, and she began to remember where it was. Lina was scared and wanted to leave. Her husband also wants to find his son.

They walked to the room where Lina was living and heard the cries of 'Mommy' and 'Mommy' coming from inside the room. Lina was even more scared. Her husband pushed the door open and rushed in.

In the room, their eldest son sat on the bed, slamming at the door, smiling at Lina and her husband as they entered. His mouth didn't move, but he made a sound, still calling for his mother.

Lina's husband didn't notice anything unusual, and stepped forward and hugged his son, crying with joy. Lina and the child looked at each other and found that the child had not blinked, maintaining the same expression, motionless. When the child was picked up, it was as if he had no bones, his limbs hung down, and his head was drooping, resting on the man's arm.

Lina's husband walked up to Lina with the baby in his arms and happily told Lina that the child had been found. They will have to take care of this child more carefully in the future.

Lina saw the child's appearance clearly. The child was not breathing, there was no heartbeat, it was a corpse.

Lina screamed and ran out of the house, ignoring the bodies of her husband and son. She ran all the way, and when she passed the old lady's house, she found the old lady staring at her through the window, looking eerie. There was no one on the road, and many of the houses here were empty, but it seemed that someone was looking out of the window of the house and looking at her.

Lina ran all the way to her current home. She ran out of that neighborhood before she saw people and heard the sounds of people's lives. But when she came home and closed the door, she found that her home was very quiet, and there was no sound at all.

Lina remembered her other child, and ran to the bedroom to check it out. She stopped at the bedroom door and heard a conversation coming from inside the room. It was her husband's voice, and the laughter of her two children.

Lina was so frightened that she wanted to run away. The bedroom door opened automatically, allowing Lina to see what was in the room. His husband stood by the cradle with his eldest son in his arms. The laughter of her other child came from the cradle. The father and son didn't move at all, they maintained an expression on their faces, hugged each other, and looked at the movements of the child in the cradle without changing. They were all dead. But their voices can still be heard.

Lina ran away again in fear. This time, she couldn't get out. The door was locked. She heard strange footsteps, a thump, like a person jumping on a wooden floor. She also heard her husband and son calling herself.

Lina went into hiding. Through the cracks in the cupboards, she saw her husband coming down the stairs. Her husband jumped down straight, his knees could not be toyed, and his feet could not swing back and forth. His movements of holding the child remained the same.

"They don't have very good eyesight and they are sluggish. Lina avoided them and ran back to her bedroom room. She giggles when she sees the child in the cradle turned into a corpse.

Her husband caught up again. Lina had no choice but to hide under the queen bed. She saw her husband's feet jump past the bedside and wept silently.

Suddenly, she felt something touch her feet. Lina turned around. It was too dark under the bed to see anything. Lina had no choice but to reach out and touch it. She touched a dirty doll.

"When Lina brought the doll to her eyes, her husband was lying on the ground with his face under the bed and said, 'Found you!'. Her husband and two children flew under the bed. Lina's screams could be heard from under the bed. After a while, the sound of their family conversation could be heard from under the bed.

"Lina called the names of her two children, and also called her 'sister', like this family was originally a happy and harmonious family of five."

THE THIN MAN FINISHED THE STORY IN A SERIOUS WAY, ENDING WITH "THE END" IN A SOMEWHAT SPOOFED WAY.

Gu Mo had an expression on his face that wanted to hit the thin man, "Do you need to talk like that?!" Is it time for you to be cheap? ”

"It's not. This is the end of the story, but the ghost story is not over. The thin man hurriedly said, "This story is spread somewhere, a foreign town. The town became a ghost town, and all its inhabitants died in a few decades. This incident is thought to be an accident caused by the spread of the plague, and later, a witch passes through the town and sees the whole thing, and the truth is revealed. That town still exists, and the spirits of countless people gather there. Their bodies were made into dolls by dolls, and they made a family drink under the bed. Every year on Lina's birthday, the corpses in that town would run out to celebrate Lina's birthday and the doll's birthday. Those who arrive in the town on that day will stay in the town forever and will be turned into ghost dolls. ”

The thin man held up a finger, "That's how that nursery rhyme came about." I don't remember all the lyrics, but that's the story. People who attend a birthday party will be left behind forever, turned into toys, and play together, never separated, and some of the content will be the content of the birthday song. That's about it. ”

The thin man still held up his hand and continued: "Moreover, some people who have died will take the initiative to participate in this matter. It is a well-known activity in the supernatural circle. Every year, among those who attend, there are people who go missing. The police also intervened to investigate and cordoned off the town. The municipal plan is to convert the land to other uses. After that, the town was gone. But on that day every year, the town is recreated on its original site. To enter the town, you must bring a special toy with you and sing that nursery rhyme over and over again. ”

"THE END?" Gu Mo complained.

Good night everyone~

(End of chapter)