IT’S not unusual for readers to wipe away tears of emotion after finishing a good novel — but this baby may just lay claim to being the saddest little bookworm in the world.

    Adorable footage has emerged of a young mother, believed to be from the U.S., reading her tiny child a story — only for the tot to burst into tears when it comes to an end.

    The unnamed mother and baby sit on the floor as she reads out a children’s tale called “I am a Bunny” which appears to captivate the youngster.

    But as she says “the end,” the baby, wearing a blue “The snuggle is real” T-shirt, is completely heartbroken and breaks down in tears.

    The child can only be calmed when his mother reopens the book and starts to read once more saying “let’s read it again.”

    But with the last page-turn the baby is in tears once more — almost inconsolable as the story finishes.

    The mother branded her son “the saddest bookworm.”

    “He knows no greater sadness than the end of a book,” she wrote in the video’s description.

    (SD-Agencies)