Gravekeeper's Hut

Dampé's Diary is an item from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. As its name implies, it is the diary of Dampé the gravekeeper. The diary can be found on the dresser, next to the bed, in Dampé's hut both when Link is a child and adult.

When Link is a child, he can only read the diary at night, when Dampé is patrolling the graves. At this time, the diary talks about a "stringy thing that goes boing", that Dampé found while digging. Though at the moment, this diary entry means virtually nothing, it forshadows whats to come in the future.

When Link awakens from his seven year slumber in the Sacred Realm, Sheik tells him of an item he must retrieve from Kakariko Village in order to enter the Forest Temple. Upon arrival in the village, Link finds that Dampé has passed away. If he enters his hut, he finds that his diary is still there, and that the former gravekeeper's ghost has written a new entry; it reads "Whoever reads this, please enter my grave. I will let you have my stretching, shrinking keepsake. I'm waiting for you". With this knowledge, Link enters Dampé's Grave and races the ghost through a maze-like cavern. Upon reaching the exit, Dampé's ghost gives Link the Hookshot and vanishes.