The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow

Reginald Holt 9/27/12
King School 8th

The Sleepy Hollow

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow it tells the story of Ichabod Crane, superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and the student of Ichabod who sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. As Ichabod leaves a party he had got invited to at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is stop by the Headless Horseman, who is the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head". Ichabod disappears from town, Katrina marry Brom Bones, who was Although the nature of the Headless Horseman is left open to interpretation, that the Horseman was really Brom in disguise in a little village call tarry town.

The legend of this story is the headless horseman, phenomenon is the ghost of the Headless Horseman, said to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannon ball during the Revolutionary War. The Horseman is seen most often riding by the church, where local historians say he was buried. He is believed to be always in search of his head. Ichabod is fascinated by this story, being especially interested (and prone to believe) in tales of the supernatural.

Ichabod was a strict teacher but not cruel teacher we only give punishments that the student can handle inchabod barely make money. Ichabod teach a son farmer for that he can eat but surely Ichabod starting to make good money . Ichabod had a magnificent that help he him keeps employed and give him opportunities to hear more ghost story form the farmers.

Ichabod had like this woman name Katrina Van who was Ichabod student she was 18 years old she the only child of Baltus Van Tassel the one of the successful farmers. Brom Van Brunt had like her also he was the hero in the village because he was know as he's good horse back riding ,boisterous personality,and love of prank.

Brom has already scared off many of Katrina’s other suitors, but Ichabod is harder to shake, avoiding physical confrontation with Brom, which is Brom’s main method of intimidation. Without that option, Brom turns to his next best skill—pranks. He fills the school house with smoke, trains a dog to follow Ichabod around howling, and sets many other pranks to frustrate and humiliate Ichabod.

Ichabod was invited to a party at the party he apparently finds himself best man of the party and in the house when the party was over Ichabod stay behind however Katrina disappoint him so he went home that night. Ichabod he went on a a path that was dark and quiet he kept himself for getting too scared but until he went passed the haunted Major Andre's tree he seen a large dark firgure looming nearby but as Inchabod starting to call and the dark figure join him in the dark path the dark figure didnt respone to his call the drak figure was riding a large dark horse.Ichabod starter to notice that the rider didnt have no head on his body the head was sitting on the saddle infront of the man...

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