The Willful Child

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Once upon a time there was a child who was willful and did not do what his mother wanted. For this reason God was displeased with him and caused him to become ill, and no doctor could help him, and in a short time he lay on his deathbed.
He was lowered into a grave and covered with earth, but his little arm suddenly came forth and reached up, and it didn't help when they put it back in and put fresh earth over it, for the little arm always came out again. So the mother herself had to go to the grave and beat the little arm with a switch, and as soon as she had done that, it withdrew, and the child finally came to rest beneath the earth.

huài hái zi de gù shì
坏　孩　子 的 故 事　

cóng qián yǒu gè fēi cháng rèn xìng de xiǎo hái ,tā cóng bù
从　前　有　个 非　常　任　 性　的　小　孩,她　从　不
tīng mǔ qīn de huà ,shàng dì duì cǐ hěn bù gāo xìng ,ràng tā
听 母 亲　的 话,　上 帝 对　此 很 不 高　兴, 让　她
dé le yī shēng shuí yě zhì bù hǎo tā de bìng ,hěn kuài tā jiù
得 了 医 生　谁　也 治　不 好　她 的　病,很　快　她 就　
tà shàng le huáng quán zhī lù 。rén men bǎ tā de shī tǐ fàng
踏  上 了 黄　泉　之　路 。人 们　把 她 的 屍　体　放　
rù le mù xué ,rán hòu xiàng tā shēn shàng sā ní tǔ ,dàn tū rán
入 了 墓 穴,然　后　向　她　身　上　撒 泥 土 ,但　突 然　
tā de yī zhī shǒu bì shēn le chū lái ,xiàng shàng jǔ zhe 。rén
她 的 一 只　手　臂　伸　了 出　来,　向　上　举 着。人　
men bǎ tā de shǒu bì yòu sāi le jìn qù ,jì xù sā ní tǔ ,dàn tā
们 把 她 的　手　臂 又　塞　了 进 去 ,继 续 撒 泥 土 ,但　她
de shǒu bì yòu shēn le chū lái 。duì cǐ tā mǔ qīn yě wú jì kě
的　手　臂 又　伸 了 出　来。对　此 她 母 亲　也 无 计 可
shī ,zhǐ de zǒu xià mù xué ,yòng gùn zi zài nà shǒu bì shàng
施,只　得 走 下　墓 穴,用　棍　子 在　那　手　臂 上　
qiāo le yī xià ,tā zhè cái suō le jìn qù ,zhè yàng xiǎo nǚ hái
敲 了 一 下,它 这　才　缩　了 进　去 ,这　样　小　女　孩　
zǒng suàn zài dì xià ān jìng dì cháng mián le 。
总　算　在　地 下　安　静　地 长　眠　了。