The Little Ghost by Otfried Preussler. Short summary

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One afternoon the Little Ghost accidentally left his castle and got lost. It was constantly scaring the locals, but one day it met the guys and asked them to help it get home.

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The Little Ghost lived in the castle. It lived in a chest, from which it came out after midnight, flying around the castle and talking to pictures. His only friend was the owl Shooch. The owl did not like the day, because he could not see well at that time. The ghost, on the other hand, longed to look at the castle during the day.

The hero tries to stay awake to fulfill his dream, but it does not work out for him. One day the Ghost woke up at dawn and went to explore the castle. There were children in it at the time, who saw the ghost and tried to chase him away. When he came out into the light, he turned black. This frightened the hero, and he accidentally fell into a well, after which he finally got lost.

The ghost could not return and constantly frightened the inhabitants of the town. One day he noticed children playing nearby and asked them to help. The children went to the owl Shooch to find out how to get the Little Ghost back. He told them that a clock had broken in the castle, causing the ghost’s life cycle to be interrupted. The children fixed the clock, and the castle inhabitant was able to return home.