IN THE YEAR 1795 RIP VAN WINKLE LIVED IN VILLAGE AT THE FOOT OF THE
CASTKILL MOUNTAINS
HE WAS READY TO DO ANYONE'S WORK, BUT NOT HIS OWN.HIS WIFE TALKED HIS LAZINESS
ANGRILY
RIP TAKE HIS GUN AND GO AWAY INTO THE FOREST WITH
WOLF.
HE WAS STARTING TO GO BACK WHEN HE
SAW A STRANGE- OLD
AS THEY WENT UP, RIP HEARD A DEEP
SOUND- A LONG LIKE THUNDER
WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING, RIP GAVE HIMSELF
A DRINK FROM THE BARREL
RIP WOKE UP. HE WAS ON THE LITTLE GRASSY HILL FROM WHICH HE FIRST SAW THE STRANGE
OLD MAN
THEVILLAGE WAS CHANGED. IT WAS BIGGE. THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE IN IT.THERE WERE MANY HOUSES HE
HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE
THERE WAS A SMALL MAN, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT RIP HAD NEVER
HEARD; ABOUT ELECTING A MAN TO GO TO "CONGRESS "
THE WAR OF SEVENTY- SIX
THE PROBLEM
WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING, RIP GAVE HIMSELF A
DRINK FROM THE BARREL
WHEN HE AWOKE ,THE VILLAGE WAS CHANGED. IT WAS BIGGER. THERE WERE MORE
PEOPLE IN IT.THERE WERE MANY HOUSES HE HAD NEVER SEEN
BEFORE
BEFORE
AFTER
THE SOLUTION
A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN CAME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STRANGE MAN
WITH A LONG BEARD
A VERY OLD WOMAN CAME OUT FROM AMONG THE CROWD "YES" SHE SAID. " THAT'S RIGHT! "
HE IS RIP VAN WINKLE
She was surprised to meet his
father
PETER VANDERDONK WAS THE OLDEST MAN IN THE VILLAGE. HE
SAIS : MY GRANDFATHER KNEW ALL ABOUT THE CATSKILL
MOUNTAINS Y HE SAID THAT HENRY HUDSON COMES BACK TO THE
RIVEN WITH HIS EUGHT MEN EVERY TWENTY YEARS.
RIP WENT ON LIVING AS HE HAD DONE IN THE PAST. MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE VERY OLD, AND HE FOUND
FRIENDS AMONG THE YOUNGER PEOPLE