The late-night whisperings of the Kinnunen homestead were still in the dull, cold air. Now, these whispers need not be compared with the nightmarish tales around the town, that members of the Kinnunen family were dark practitioners - witches. Old lady Emma Kinnunen had the appearance of a strange old hag, but she had the kindest heart of anybody for miles around. Muma, that's what they called her. When her son Eetu was born, it was what he first said, and he was in Emma's arms. So, the name stuck. "Why do they have to come here, Muma?" little Enkeli cried to Muma Emma that night.