The ghost shows up at the forest gate and tells the boy that he's been locked in the forest by some evil spirits. He's here to help the boy get out of the forest. The boy is confused, and the ghost tells him to look at the cottage and see what's going on. The ghost explains that he set up a bunch of props to confuse the boy and make him wander around in circles. He also wants to make sure that the boy doesn't tell anyone that he was in the woods with the evil spirits, so that he won't be able to confess to her. He wants the boy to wake up and tell him that yesterday, he got a cold, and fainted, and that he had to carry him back to the house. He asks the boy if he needs him to feed him medicine, and then he wants to help him wipe the boy's body with warm water to cool down his fever. When the boy says no, the ghost wants to know what the boy is up to.