Ghost story
The little man in the top hat at Pähklimäe
Aadam Orav of Samokrassi near Narva told how, as a young man working at Pähklimäe manor, he slept with other villagers behind the inn that stood on the old Narva road. Each time he dozed off, something struck the ground beside his head like a heavy log. Back home that night, someone knocked at his window: a tiny man, barely an arshin tall, in a top hat, beckoning him back behind the inn, where money lay buried right under the spot where his head had been. Fearing it was no good spirit, Aadam refused. Later the little man called him to a tree by the Narva bridge. Pähklimäe is now a district of Narva.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Narva lähedalt Samokrassist pärit Aadam Orav jutustas, kuidas ta noore mehena Pähklimäe mõisas tööl olles magas teiste külameestega kõrtsi taga, mis seisis vana Narva maantee ääres. Iga kord, kui ta tukkuma jäi, löödi tema pea kõrval nagu suure puuga vastu maad. Samal ööl kodus koputati tema aknale: väljas seisis vaevalt arssinapikkune mehike, torukübar peas, ja kutsus teda kõrtsi taha tagasi, sest seal olevat just tema pea koha all maa sees raha. Kartes, et see pole hea vaim, keeldus Aadam. Hiljem kutsus mehike teda Narva silla juures kasvava puu alla. Pähklimäe on tänapäeval Narva linnaosa.