Calico Illustrated Classics: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle

Calico Illustrated Classics: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle — page 5
Many historians in those parts have been careful to collect the floating facts about the ghostly horseman They believe he is buried behind the church in the old graveyard He is on an eternal quest to find his missing head He rides at rushing speeds along the Hollow worried of being late He must hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak The residents of Sleepy Hollow believe this legend It has supplied materials for many a wild story The specter is known to all the country folk who spin these frightful tales The people have named him the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow It is remarkable that all I have mentioned is considered true among the residents of the valley Everyone who lives here believes the horseman exists Even if they were not superstitious before moving to Sleepy Hollow they soon have no doubts Their imaginations grow wild They too are troubled with nightmares and begin to see apparitions 8