Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle

"Rip Van Winkle" is a story written by Washington Irving, this story takes place in the New York mountains located in America. Rip Van Winkle lived with his wife and his children in a small village at the bottom of a mountain. Rip Van Winkle is a meek, lazy, and easygoing person, he is loved by all his neighbors who live in his village. His wife Dame Winkle is very naggy and unpleasant to Rip, but all his neighbors love him and feel sorry for him that he gets treated so badly by her. Rip Van Winkles adventure begins when he goes hunting up in the mountains as he discovers a strange old man that needs help to go higher into the mountains.

When Rip helped the old man higher into the mountains he came across some very odd looking men playing