1) The document describes different versions of the origin of "The Wailer", a woman said to appear at night dressed in white, lamenting and shouting. 2) The story then shares an account from the narrator's grandfather who was tasked with ringing church bells each night in a town in Puebla, Mexico. 3) One night, the grandfather fell asleep after ringing the bells and awoke in strange locations further from the church each time, believing it was a prank. He then awoke on the edge of a well and saw the Wailer in the distance before following her and witnessing her final lament by the river.