萊陽宋玉叔先生為部曹時，所僦第，甚荒落。一夜，二婢奉太夫人宿廳上，聞院內扑扑有聲，如縫工之噴水者。太夫人促婢起，穴窗窺視，見一老嫗，短身駝背，白髮如帚，冠一髻，長二尺許，周院環走，疏急作鶴步，行且噴，水出不窮。婢愕返白。太夫人亦驚起，兩婢扶窗下聚觀之。嫗忽逼窗，直噴櫺內；窗紙破裂，三人俱仆，而家人不之知也。東曦既上，家人畢集，叩門不應，方駭。撬扉入，見一主二婢，駢死一室。一婢鬲下猶溫。扶灌之，移時而醒，乃述所見。先生至，哀憤欲死。細窮沒處，掘深三尺余，漸露白髮；又掘之，得一尸，如所見狀，面肥腫如生。令擊之，骨肉皆爛，皮內盡清水。
萊陽的宋玉叔先生在部裡任部曹時，租住的宅子十分荒涼破敗。一天夜裡，兩個婢女陪太夫人睡在廳上，聽見院裡撲撲作響，像裁縫往衣料上噴水的聲音。太夫人催婢女起來，她們在窗紙上戳了個洞，往外窺看，只見一個老太婆，身材矮小，彎腰駝背，白頭髮像掃帚，頭頂結著一個約二尺長的髮髻。她繞著院子來回走，邁著像鶴一樣的步子，時緩時急，一邊走一邊噴水，水怎麼也噴不完。婢女驚慌地回來報告。太夫人也吃驚地起身，兩個婢女扶著她來到窗下，三個人一起看。老太婆忽然逼近窗戶，徑直往窗欞裡面噴水，窗紙頓時破裂，三個人全都倒下了，家裡其他人卻毫不知情。太陽昇起後，家人都聚了過來，敲門沒有回應，這才慌了。他們撬開門進去，看見太夫人和兩個婢女並排死在同一間屋裡。一個婢女胸部以下還有些溫熱，家人把她扶起來，往嘴裡灌東西。過了一會兒，她醒了，便講述了見到的情景。宋先生趕來，悲憤得幾乎要死。他們仔細查詢老太婆消失的地方，向下挖了三尺多，漸漸露出白頭髮。再挖下去，找到一具屍體，模樣與先前看到的一樣，臉肥胖腫脹，像活人似的。宋先生命人擊打屍體，骨肉都爛了，皮裡面全是清水。
莱阳宋玉叔先生为部曹时，所僦第，甚荒落。一夜，二婢奉太夫人宿厅上，闻院内扑扑有声，如缝工之喷水者。太夫人促婢起，穴窗窥视，见一老妪，短身驼背，白发如帚，冠一髻，长二尺许，周院环走，疏急作鹤步，行且喷，水出不穷。婢愕返白。太夫人亦惊起，两婢扶窗下聚观之。妪忽逼窗，直喷櫺内；窗纸破裂，三人俱仆，而家人不之知也。东曦既上，家人毕集，叩门不应，方骇。撬扉入，见一主二婢，骈死一室。一婢鬲下犹温。扶灌之，移时而醒，乃述所见。先生至，哀愤欲死。细穷没处，掘深三尺余，渐露白发；又掘之，得一尸，如所见状，面肥肿如生。令击之，骨肉皆烂，皮内尽清水。
莱阳的宋玉叔先生在部里任部曹时，租住的宅子十分荒凉破败。一天夜里，两个婢女陪太夫人睡在厅上，听见院里扑扑作响，像裁缝往衣料上喷水的声音。太夫人催婢女起来，她们在窗纸上戳了个洞，往外窥看，只见一个老太婆，身材矮小，弯腰驼背，白头发像扫帚，头顶结着一个约二尺长的发髻。她绕着院子来回走，迈着像鹤一样的步子，时缓时急，一边走一边喷水，水怎么也喷不完。婢女惊慌地回来报告。太夫人也吃惊地起身，两个婢女扶着她来到窗下，三个人一起看。老太婆忽然逼近窗户，径直往窗棂里面喷水，窗纸顿时破裂，三个人全都倒下了，家里其他人却毫不知情。太阳升起后，家人都聚了过来，敲门没有回应，这才慌了。他们撬开门进去，看见太夫人和两个婢女并排死在同一间屋里。一个婢女胸部以下还有些温热，家人把她扶起来，往嘴里灌东西。过了一会儿，她醒了，便讲述了见到的情景。宋先生赶来，悲愤得几乎要死。他们仔细查找老太婆消失的地方，向下挖了三尺多，渐渐露出白头发。再挖下去，找到一具尸体，模样与先前看到的一样，脸肥胖肿胀，像活人似的。宋先生命人击打尸体，骨肉都烂了，皮里面全是清水。
When Master Song Yushu of Laiyang was a secretary in one of the ministries, the house he rented was very desolate and run-down. One night two maids were sleeping in the hall with his mother, the old lady, when they heard a puff, puff from the courtyard, like a tailor spraying water. The old lady urged the maids to get up. They poked a hole in the window paper and peeped out. They saw an old woman, short and hunchbacked, with white hair like a broom, done up in a single topknot about two feet tall. She was going round and round the courtyard with long, quick strides like a crane’s, spurting as she went, and the water never ran out. The maids came back aghast and told the old lady. She got up in alarm too, and with the two maids holding her up she went to the window, and all three watched. Suddenly the old woman came right up to the window and spurted straight through the lattice. The window paper burst, and all three fell down. No one else in the house knew. When the sun was up in the east, the household gathered. They knocked at the door and got no answer, and only then took fright. They forced the door open and went in, and found the mistress and the two maids lying dead side by side in the one room. One maid was still warm below the breast. They raised her up and poured something down her throat, and after a while she came round and told them what she had seen. Master Song arrived, so stricken with grief and rage that he wished himself dead. They searched carefully at the spot where the old woman had vanished. When they had dug down more than three feet, white hair began to show; digging further, they found a corpse, just as she had looked, its face fat and swollen as if alive. Song had it struck. Flesh and bone all fell to pulp, and inside the skin was nothing but clear water.