rip van winkle and the legend of sleepy hollow 11

chapter 2   E crane

E crane lives in sleepy hollow.he is a school teacher and comes from the state of connecticut.he is tall and very thin.his legs and arms are very long.his feet are very big.his head is small with big ears.green eyes and long nose.his clothes are always too big for him.

E is always hungry and loves to eat.E is a good but strict teacher.his school is in middle of the country.it has only one big room for all the pupils.

after school .E plays ball with the older boys and on his free afternoons.he walks home with some of younger ones.he always chooses the boys with pretty sisters or generous mothers.E does not have much money.so every week he lives with different family.he eats and sleeps at their house and keeps them company.when he changes family.he puts all his things in a big handkerchief and carries it with him.

the farmers like him.because he helps them with their work.and the mothers like him.because he plays with the small children.E also teaches singing.on Sundays. he's the director of church chori.he is very proud of this.

the school teacher is an important person among farmers and their families.everyone respects him.because he is educated.and the women consider him a gentleman.E likes gossiping and being the center of attention.he also likes eating all the good food the women prepare for him.

E loves reading books.one of his favorite books is history of new England witchcraft.E believes the stories in this book.they are about ghosts and witches. during the winter.E often visits the old women.they tell him terrible stories about ghosts.haunted houses.haunted trees and the headless horseman.

when he returns home at night the sounds of the forest scare him.he thinks there are ghosts everywhere.so he sings church songs.E always sings these songs when he is afraid.