rip van winkle and the legend of sleepy hollow 18

the night ride

E forces the horse to gallop.the horseman follows him.E thinks about the horrible stories of the headless horseman.gunpowder gallops fast.but the horseman gallops fast too.E wants to sing a church song.but his mouth is dry.

they gallop up a hill.against the night sky. E sees the horseman.he is headless.he is carrying his head on his saddle.E is terrified.he hits gunpowder again and again.he wants the old horse to gallop fast.but the headless horseman follows him with his big black horse.

the road to rip van winkle's farm is on the left.but gunpowder turns right.this road goes to the church bridge and church semetery.

E and gunpowder gallop down the hill.suddenly. E 's saddle falls off.but the horse does not stop.oh no.thinks E.that is rip's best saddle.E claps gunpowder's neck.he tries to stay on the horse.the headless horseman is behind him.E is very scared. his teeth are chattering.

the church bridge is near here. he thinks. ghosts usually disappear after the church bridge.I must cross the bridge.then I'm safe.E and gunpowder gallop across the church bridge.E looks back.and the headless horseman is still there.he has a big round object in his hands.he throws it at E.

it's his head.cried E.the big head hits E.and there is a loud thud.E falls to ground and gunpowder gallops away.

the next morning.gunpowder arrives at rip van ripper's farm. but E isn't there for breakfast.E isn't at school.and he isn't at van riper's farm.

where is E .asks van riper.and where is my best saddle.van riper and his friends look for E everywhere.they find the saddle on the road near the church.they find E's hat and a broken pumpkin near the river.but they can't find E 's body.

It's the headless horseman .poor E crane.says van ripper.yes. it 's the headless horseman .oh .poor E.say his friends.

years later.an old farmer returning from new york says to the people of sleepy hallow.E is alive and well.now he is a congressman.he left sleepy hallow.because C wanted to marry B. C hearing this asks husband B.what do you know about E and pumpkin.B laughs loudly.ha.at sleepy hallow .people say that only B knows the true story of E and the headless horseman.it is B's secret.

Now on winter evenings.the old women tell the terrible story of E crane and headless horseman.