- When Merle didn't come home that night, her father organized a search party for her. All they found, though, were her clothes in a pile over Erik's grave.
- In the distance, a hare watched as Merle's father fell down and wept.
- Later, the hare approached Erik's grave and seemed upset. It sat on the grave and listened to a song that came up from beneath the earth.
- It was the second half of the song Merle sang—the dead lover promises that they will meet again, but only in death. Bummer.
- Just then, a hunter spotted the hare sitting on the grave and shot it with an arrow. And that's the tragic end of the story of Erik and Merle.
- As Laura finishes her story, the twins can see she's crying. They are worried about her, so the two children head downstairs to get help from their parents.
- When they arrive in the drawing room, their mother and father are sitting with another lady that they don't know. And they have no clue what the children are talking about.
- How can Laura be upstairs crying? She's right down here with them. See, Laura's mother was sick and she wasn't able to make it to their house until tonight.
- But if Laura is downstairs… then who's in their room?
- Herr Graf rushes upstairs, but doesn't find anyone. Though the floorboards by the bed are wet… Maybe one of the children spilled water? Or maybe a ghost with a wet hem on her dress was just sitting there telling them a spooky story? Either one.