This is the tale of Malekin. It is not well known for it happened many long centuries ago.
Some say that on occasion a baby was taken from its parents by fairy folk and spirited away to live in ‘another world’.
At Dagworth Manor in Suffolk there came a visitor, a strange spirit who called himself Malekin who made the Manor his home for many years. Malekin was said to be a bright and clever spirit, but young and incorrigible. He spoke in many languages but always in the voice of a one-year old child.
The tale tells that the family of Dagworth Manor, a knight and his family, heard a voice in the upper rooms.
At first, they were afraid of what they heard, but soon the childish chatter began to engage them and they warmed to its owner. They began to communicate with the spirit and Malekin amused them with his funny ways and his tendency to gossip.