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[ "He ran down to the ground and began to hunt for the things Mrs. Whitefoot wanted .", "He was very particular about it .", "He still did n't think much of her idea of making over that old home of Melody 's , but if she would do it , he meant that she should have the very best of materials to do it with .", "So back and forth from the ground to the old nest in the tree Whitefoot hurried , and presently there was quite a pile of weed stalks and soft grass and strips of bark in the old nest .", "Mrs. Whitefoot joined Whitefoot in hunting for just the right things , but she spent more time in arranging the material .", "Over that old nest she made a fine high roof .", "Down through the lower side she cut a little round doorway just big enough for them to pass through .", "Unless you happened to be underneath looking up , you never would have guessed there was an entrance at all .", "Inside was a snug , round room , and in this she made the softest and most comfortable of beds .", "As it began to look more and more like a home , Whitefoot himself became as excited and eager as Mrs. Whitefoot had been from the beginning .", "`` It certainly is going to be a fine home , '' said Whitefoot .", "`` Did n't I tell you it would be ? ''", "retorted Mrs. Whitefoot .", "CHAPTER XXX : The Whitefoots Enjoy Their New Home No home is ever mean or poor Where love awaits you at the door .", "-- Whitefoot .", "`` There , '' said Mrs. Whitefoot , as she worked a strip of white birch bark into the roof of the new home she and Whitefoot had been building out of the old home of Melody the Wood Thrush , `` this finishes the roof .", "I do n't think any water will get through it even in the hardest rain . ''", "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot ." ]

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[ "Over that old nest she made a fine high roof .", "Down through the lower side she cut a little round doorway just big enough for them to pass through .", "Unless you happened to be underneath looking up , you never would have guessed there was an entrance at all .", "Inside was a snug , round room , and in this she made the softest and most comfortable of beds .", "As it began to look more and more like a home , Whitefoot himself became as excited and eager as Mrs. Whitefoot had been from the beginning .", "`` It certainly is going to be a fine home , '' said Whitefoot .", "`` Did n't I tell you it would be ? ''", "retorted Mrs. Whitefoot .", "CHAPTER XXX : The Whitefoots Enjoy Their New Home No home is ever mean or poor Where love awaits you at the door .", "-- Whitefoot .", "`` There , '' said Mrs. Whitefoot , as she worked a strip of white birch bark into the roof of the new home she and Whitefoot had been building out of the old home of Melody the Wood Thrush , `` this finishes the roof .", "I do n't think any water will get through it even in the hardest rain . ''", "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` I was born in just such a home .", "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully ." ]

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[ "`` Did n't I tell you it would be ? ''", "retorted Mrs. Whitefoot .", "CHAPTER XXX : The Whitefoots Enjoy Their New Home No home is ever mean or poor Where love awaits you at the door .", "-- Whitefoot .", "`` There , '' said Mrs. Whitefoot , as she worked a strip of white birch bark into the roof of the new home she and Whitefoot had been building out of the old home of Melody the Wood Thrush , `` this finishes the roof .", "I do n't think any water will get through it even in the hardest rain . ''", "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` I was born in just such a home .", "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault ." ]

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[ "retorted Mrs. Whitefoot .", "CHAPTER XXX : The Whitefoots Enjoy Their New Home No home is ever mean or poor Where love awaits you at the door .", "-- Whitefoot .", "`` There , '' said Mrs. Whitefoot , as she worked a strip of white birch bark into the roof of the new home she and Whitefoot had been building out of the old home of Melody the Wood Thrush , `` this finishes the roof .", "I do n't think any water will get through it even in the hardest rain . ''", "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` I was born in just such a home .", "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows ." ]

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[ "`` There , '' said Mrs. Whitefoot , as she worked a strip of white birch bark into the roof of the new home she and Whitefoot had been building out of the old home of Melody the Wood Thrush , `` this finishes the roof .", "I do n't think any water will get through it even in the hardest rain . ''", "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` I was born in just such a home .", "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it ." ]

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[ "`` It is wonderful , '' declared Whitefoot admiringly .", "`` Wherever did you learn to build such a house as this ? ''", "`` From my mother , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` I was born in just such a home .", "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it ." ]

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[ "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look ." ]

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[ "It makes the finest kind of a home for Wood Mouse babies . ''", "`` You do n't think there is danger that the wind will blow it down , do you ? ''", "ventured Whitefoot .", "`` Of course I do n't , '' retorted little Mrs. Whitefoot scornfully .", "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look ." ]

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[ "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it ." ]

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[ "`` Has n't this old nest remained right where it is for over a year ?", "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it ." ]

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[ "Do you suppose that if I had thought there was the least bit of danger that it would blow down , I would have used it ?", "Do credit me with a little sense , my dear . ''", "`` Yes 'm , I do , '' replied Whitefoot meekly .", "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before ." ]

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[ "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse ." ]

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[ "`` You are the most sensible person in all the Great World .", "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse ." ]

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[ "I was n't finding fault .", "You see , I have always lived in a hole in the ground or a hollow stump , or a hole in a tree , and I have not yet become used to a home that moves about and rocks as this one does when the wind blows .", "But if you say it is all right , why of course it is all right .", "Probably I will get used to it after awhile . ''", "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him ." ]

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[ "Whitefoot did get used to it .", "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he ." ]

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[ "After living in it for a few days , it no longer seemed strange , and he no longer minded its swaying when the wind blew .", "The fact is , he rather enjoyed it .", "So Whitefoot and Mrs. Whitefoot settled down to enjoy their new home .", "Now and then they added a bit to it here and there .", "Somehow Whitefoot felt unusually safe , safer than he had ever felt in any of his other homes .", "You see , he had seen several feathered folk alight close to it and not give it a second look .", "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he .", "`` It is the safest home I 've ever had . ''" ]

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[ "He knew that they had seen that home , but had mistaken it for what it had once been , the deserted home of one of their own number .", "Whitefoot had chuckled .", "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he .", "`` It is the safest home I 've ever had . ''", "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt ." ]

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[ "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he .", "`` It is the safest home I 've ever had . ''", "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt ." ]

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[ "He had chuckled long and heartily .", "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he .", "`` It is the safest home I 've ever had . ''", "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt ." ]

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[ "`` If they make that mistake , '' said he to himself , `` everybody else is likely to make it .", "That home of ours is right in plain sight , yet I do believe it is safer than the best hidden home I ever had before .", "Shadow the Weasel never will think of climbing up this little tree to look at an old nest , and Shadow is the one I am most afraid of . ''", "It was only a day or two later that Buster Bear happened along that way .", "Now Buster is very fond of tender Wood Mouse .", "More than once Whitefoot had had a narrow escape from Buster 's big claws as they tore open an old stump or dug into the ground after him .", "He saw Buster glance up at the new home without the slightest interest in those shrewd little eyes of his .", "Then Buster shuffled on to roll over an old log and lick up the ants he found under it .", "Again Whitefoot chuckled .", "`` Yes , sir , '' said he .", "`` It is the safest home I 've ever had . ''", "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt ." ]

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[ "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time ." ]

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[ "So Whitefoot and little Mrs. Whitefoot were very happy in the home which they had built , and for once in his life Whitefoot did very little worrying .", "Life seemed more beautiful than it had ever been before .", "And he almost forgot that there was such a thing as a hungry enemy .", "CHAPTER XXXI : Whitefoot Is Hurt The hurts that hardest are to bear Come from those for whom we care .", "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time ." ]

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[ "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he ." ]

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[ "-- Whitefoot .", "Whitefoot was hurt .", "Yes , sir , Whitefoot was hurt .", "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he ." ]

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[ "He was very much hurt .", "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''" ]

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[ "It was n't a bodily hurt ; it was an inside hurt .", "It was a hurt that made his heart ache .", "And to make it worse , he could n't understand it at all .", "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in ." ]

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[ "One evening he had been met at the little round doorway by little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway ." ]

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[ "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away ." ]

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[ "`` You ca n't come in , '' said she .", "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away ." ]

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[ "`` Why ca n't I ? ''", "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub ." ]

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[ "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all ." ]

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[ "demanded Whitefoot , in the greatest surprise .", "`` Never mind why .", "You ca n't , and that is all there is to it , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all ." ]

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[ "`` You mean I ca n't ever come in any more ? ''", "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all .", "The truth is he missed little Mrs. Whitefoot , and so what had once been a home was now only a place in which to hide and sleep .", "Whitefoot 's anger did not last long .", "It was replaced by that hurt feeling ." ]

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[ "asked Whitefoot .", "`` I do n't know about that , '' replied Mrs. Whitefoot , `` but you ca n't come in now , nor for some time .", "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all .", "The truth is he missed little Mrs. Whitefoot , and so what had once been a home was now only a place in which to hide and sleep .", "Whitefoot 's anger did not last long .", "It was replaced by that hurt feeling .", "He felt that he must have done something little Mrs. Whitefoot did not like , but though he thought and thought he could n't remember a single thing ." ]

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[ "I think the best thing you can do is to go back to your old home in the hollow stub . ''", "Whitefoot stared at little Mrs. Whitefoot quite as if he thought she had gone crazy .", "Then he lost his temper .", "`` I guess I 'll come in if I want to , '' said he .", "`` This home is quite as much my home as it is yours .", "You have no right to keep me out of it .", "Just you get out of my way . ''", "But little Mrs. Whitefoot did n't get out of his way , and do what he would , Whitefoot could n't get in .", "You see she quite filled that little round doorway .", "Finally , he had to give up trying .", "Three times he came back and each time he found little Mrs. Whitefoot in the doorway .", "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all .", "The truth is he missed little Mrs. Whitefoot , and so what had once been a home was now only a place in which to hide and sleep .", "Whitefoot 's anger did not last long .", "It was replaced by that hurt feeling .", "He felt that he must have done something little Mrs. Whitefoot did not like , but though he thought and thought he could n't remember a single thing .", "Several times he went back to see if Mrs. Whitefoot felt any differently , but found she did n't .", "Finally she told him rather sharply to go away and stay away ." ]

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[ "And each time she drove him away .", "Finally , for lack of any other place to go to , he returned to his old home in the old stub .", "Once he had thought this the finest home possible , but now somehow it did n't suit him at all .", "The truth is he missed little Mrs. Whitefoot , and so what had once been a home was now only a place in which to hide and sleep .", "Whitefoot 's anger did not last long .", "It was replaced by that hurt feeling .", "He felt that he must have done something little Mrs. Whitefoot did not like , but though he thought and thought he could n't remember a single thing .", "Several times he went back to see if Mrs. Whitefoot felt any differently , but found she did n't .", "Finally she told him rather sharply to go away and stay away .", "After that Whitefoot did n't venture over to the new home .", "He would sometimes sit a short distance away and gaze at it longingly .", "All the joy had gone out of the beautiful springtime for him .", "He was quite as unhappy as he had been before he met little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "You see , he was even more lonely than he had been then .", "And added to this loneliness was that hurt feeling , which made it ever and ever so much worse .", "It was very hard to bear .", "`` If I could understand it , it would n't be so bad , '' he kept saying over and over again to himself , `` but I do n't understand it .", "I do n't understand why Mrs. Whitefoot does n't love me any more . ''", "CHAPTER XXXII : The Surprise Surprises sometimes are so great You 're tempted to believe in fate .", "-- Whitefoot ." ]

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[ "It was replaced by that hurt feeling .", "He felt that he must have done something little Mrs. Whitefoot did not like , but though he thought and thought he could n't remember a single thing .", "Several times he went back to see if Mrs. Whitefoot felt any differently , but found she did n't .", "Finally she told him rather sharply to go away and stay away .", "After that Whitefoot did n't venture over to the new home .", "He would sometimes sit a short distance away and gaze at it longingly .", "All the joy had gone out of the beautiful springtime for him .", "He was quite as unhappy as he had been before he met little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "You see , he was even more lonely than he had been then .", "And added to this loneliness was that hurt feeling , which made it ever and ever so much worse .", "It was very hard to bear .", "`` If I could understand it , it would n't be so bad , '' he kept saying over and over again to himself , `` but I do n't understand it .", "I do n't understand why Mrs. Whitefoot does n't love me any more . ''", "CHAPTER XXXII : The Surprise Surprises sometimes are so great You 're tempted to believe in fate .", "-- Whitefoot .", "One never-to-be forgotten evening Whitefoot met Mrs. Whitefoot and she invited him to come back to their home .", "Of course Whitefoot was delighted .", "`` Sh-h-h , '' said little Mrs. Whitefoot , as Whitefoot entered the snug little room of the house they had built in the old nest of Melody the Wood Thrush .", "Whitefoot hesitated .", "In the first place , it was dark in there ." ]

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[ "I do n't understand why Mrs. Whitefoot does n't love me any more . ''", "CHAPTER XXXII : The Surprise Surprises sometimes are so great You 're tempted to believe in fate .", "-- Whitefoot .", "One never-to-be forgotten evening Whitefoot met Mrs. Whitefoot and she invited him to come back to their home .", "Of course Whitefoot was delighted .", "`` Sh-h-h , '' said little Mrs. Whitefoot , as Whitefoot entered the snug little room of the house they had built in the old nest of Melody the Wood Thrush .", "Whitefoot hesitated .", "In the first place , it was dark in there .", "In the second place , he had the feeling that somehow that little bedroom seemed crowded .", "It had n't been that way the last time he was there .", "Mrs. Whitefoot was right in front of him , and she seemed very much excited about something .", "Presently she crowded to one side .", "`` Come here and look , '' said she .", "Whitefoot looked .", "In the middle of a soft bed of moss was a squirming mass of legs and funny little heads .", "At first that was all Whitefoot could make out .", "`` Do n't you think this is the most wonderful surprise that ever was ? ''", "whispered little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Are n't they darlings ?", "Are n't you proud of them ? ''" ]

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[ "There were four .", "`` Whose are they , and what are they doing here ? ''", "Whitefoot asked in a queer voice .", "`` Why , you old stupid , they are yours , -- yours and mine , '' declared little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Did you ever , ever see such beautiful babies ?", "Now I guess you understand why I kept you away from here . ''", "Whitefoot shook his head .", "`` No , '' said he , `` I do n't understand at all .", "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question ." ]

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[ "Whitefoot asked in a queer voice .", "`` Why , you old stupid , they are yours , -- yours and mine , '' declared little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Did you ever , ever see such beautiful babies ?", "Now I guess you understand why I kept you away from here . ''", "Whitefoot shook his head .", "`` No , '' said he , `` I do n't understand at all .", "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him ." ]

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[ "Whitefoot asked in a queer voice .", "`` Why , you old stupid , they are yours , -- yours and mine , '' declared little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Did you ever , ever see such beautiful babies ?", "Now I guess you understand why I kept you away from here . ''", "Whitefoot shook his head .", "`` No , '' said he , `` I do n't understand at all .", "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him ." ]

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[ "`` Why , you old stupid , they are yours , -- yours and mine , '' declared little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Did you ever , ever see such beautiful babies ?", "Now I guess you understand why I kept you away from here . ''", "Whitefoot shook his head .", "`` No , '' said he , `` I do n't understand at all .", "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now ." ]

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[ "`` Why , you old stupid , they are yours , -- yours and mine , '' declared little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Did you ever , ever see such beautiful babies ?", "Now I guess you understand why I kept you away from here . ''", "Whitefoot shook his head .", "`` No , '' said he , `` I do n't understand at all .", "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now ." ]

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[ "I do n't see yet what you drove me away for . ''", "`` Why , you blessed old dear , there was n't room for you when those babies came ; I had to have all the room there was .", "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now .", "You will have to sleep in your old home because there is n't room in here for both of us and the babies too . ''", "Whitefoot 's heart sank .", "He had thought that he was to stay and that everything would be just as it had been before .", "`` Ca n't I come over here any more ? ''", "he asked rather timidly ." ]

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[ "It would n't have done to have had you running in and out and disturbing them when they were so tiny .", "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now .", "You will have to sleep in your old home because there is n't room in here for both of us and the babies too . ''", "Whitefoot 's heart sank .", "He had thought that he was to stay and that everything would be just as it had been before .", "`` Ca n't I come over here any more ? ''", "he asked rather timidly .", "`` What a foolish question ! ''", "cried little Mrs. Whitefoot ." ]

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[ "I had to be alone with them , and that is why I made you go off and live by yourself .", "I am so proud of them , I do n't know what to do .", "Are n't you proud , Whitefoot ?", "Are n't you the proudest Wood Mouse in all the Green Forest ? ''", "Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .", "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now .", "You will have to sleep in your old home because there is n't room in here for both of us and the babies too . ''", "Whitefoot 's heart sank .", "He had thought that he was to stay and that everything would be just as it had been before .", "`` Ca n't I come over here any more ? ''", "he asked rather timidly .", "`` What a foolish question ! ''", "cried little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Of course you can ." ]

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[ "You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .", "In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .", "It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .", "He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .", "Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .", "`` Of course , '' said she , `` there is n't room for you to stay here now .", "You will have to sleep in your old home because there is n't room in here for both of us and the babies too . ''", "Whitefoot 's heart sank .", "He had thought that he was to stay and that everything would be just as it had been before .", "`` Ca n't I come over here any more ? ''", "he asked rather timidly .", "`` What a foolish question ! ''", "cried little Mrs. Whitefoot .", "`` Of course you can .", "You will have to help take care of these babies .", "Just as soon as they are big enough , you will have to help teach them how to hunt for food and how to watch out for danger , and all the things that a wise Wood Mouse knows .", "Why , they could n't get along without you .", "Neither could I , '' she added softly .", "At that Whitefoot felt better ." ]

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[ "`` Of course you can .", "You will have to help take care of these babies .", "Just as soon as they are big enough , you will have to help teach them how to hunt for food and how to watch out for danger , and all the things that a wise Wood Mouse knows .", "Why , they could n't get along without you .", "Neither could I , '' she added softly .", "At that Whitefoot felt better .", "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity ." ]

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[ "Just as soon as they are big enough , you will have to help teach them how to hunt for food and how to watch out for danger , and all the things that a wise Wood Mouse knows .", "Why , they could n't get along without you .", "Neither could I , '' she added softly .", "At that Whitefoot felt better .", "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes ." ]

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[ "At that Whitefoot felt better .", "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere ." ]

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[ "At that Whitefoot felt better .", "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere ." ]

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[ "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson ." ]

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[ "And suddenly there was a queer swelling in his heart .", "It was the beginning of pride , pride in those wonderful babies .", "`` You have given me the best surprise that ever was , my dear , '' said Whitefoot softly .", "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson ." ]

[ "PAPERS", "bosom", "character", "country", "dream", "influence", "murmur", "others", "people", "tranquillity" ]

[ "`` Now I think I will go and look for some supper . ''", "So now we will leave Whitefoot and his family .", "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols ." ]

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[ "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind ." ]

[ "commander-in-chief", "expansion", "grove", "haunts", "neighborhood", "power", "reverie", "river", "settlement", "valley" ]

[ "You see there are two very lively little people of the Green Forest who demand attention and insist on having it .", "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind ." ]

[ "Master", "bosom", "glen", "haunts", "husbands", "neighborhood", "protection", "roar", "spots", "valley" ]

[ "FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER .", "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was , Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass , Forever flushing round a summer sky .", "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance ." ]

[ "church", "commander-in-chief", "distractions", "region", "roar", "settlement", "side", "times", "trooper", "vicinity" ]

[ "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow ." ]

[ "apparition", "battle", "bosom", "churchyard", "doctor", "inhabitants", "murmur", "river", "sound", "spell" ]

[ "CASTLE OF INDOLENCE .", "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow ." ]

[ "atmosphere", "descendants", "grove", "haunts", "miles", "protection", "retreat", "reverie", "spirit", "valley" ]

[ "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time ." ]

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[ "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time ." ]

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[ "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time ." ]

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[ "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson , at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee , and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed , there lies a small market town or rural port , which by some is called Greensburgh , but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town .", "This name was given , we are told , in former days , by the good housewives of the adjacent country , from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days .", "Be that as it may , I do not vouch for the fact , but merely advert to it , for the sake of being precise and authentic .", "Not far from this village , perhaps about two miles , there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills , which is one of the quietest places in the whole world .", "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time ." ]

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[ "A small brook glides through it , with just murmur enough to lull one to repose ; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity .", "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom ." ]

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[ "I recollect that , when a stripling , my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .", "I had wandered into it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startled by the roar of my own gun , as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes .", "If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions , and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life , I know of none more promising than this little valley .", "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity ." ]

[ "Master", "State", "haunts", "kinds", "nooks", "powers", "remnant", "retreat", "visions", "voices" ]

[ "From the listless repose of the place , and the peculiar character of its inhabitants , who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers , this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW , and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country .", "A drowsy , dreamy influence seems to hang over the land , and to pervade the very atmosphere .", "Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor , during the early days of the settlement ; others , that an old Indian chief , the prophet or wizard of his tribe , held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson .", "Certain it is , the place still continues under the sway of some witching power , that holds a spell over the minds of the good people , causing them to walk in a continual reverie .", "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together ." ]

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[ "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot ." ]

[ "body", "bosom", "building", "commander-in-chief", "door", "profile", "roads", "schoolhouse", "spectre", "time" ]

[ "They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs , are subject to trances and visions , and frequently see strange sights , and hear music and voices in the air .", "The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales , haunted spots , and twilight superstitions ; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country , and the nightmare , with her whole ninefold , seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols .", "The dominant spirit , however , that haunts this enchanted region , and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air , is the apparition of a figure on horseback , without a head .", "It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball , in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War , and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night , as if on the wings of the wind .", "His haunts are not confined to the valley , but extend at times to the adjacent roads , and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance .", "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot ." ]

[ "Hollow", "anchor", "distance", "hands", "hill", "neighborhood", "schoolhouse", "story", "valley", "vicinity" ]

[ "Indeed , certain of the most authentic historians of those parts , who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre , allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard , the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head , and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow , like a midnight blast , is owing to his being belated , and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak .", "Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition , which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows ; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides , by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow .", "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong ." ]

[ "anchor", "arms", "dreams", "hill", "native", "rod", "shoulders", "stakes", "superstition", "voice" ]

[ "It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley , but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time .", "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''" ]

[ "beehive", "joy", "manners", "nose", "parents", "region", "school", "sleeves", "spot", "voices" ]

[ "However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region , they are sure , in a little time , to inhale the witching influence of the air , and begin to grow imaginative , to dream dreams , and see apparitions .", "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard ." ]

[ "bubble", "clothes", "companion", "hum", "manners", "pupils", "spot", "subjects", "time", "water" ]

[ "I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud , for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys , found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York , that population , manners , and customs remain fixed , while the great torrent of migration and improvement , which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country , sweeps by them unobserved .", "They are like those little nooks of still water , which border a rapid stream , where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor , or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor , undisturbed by the rush of the passing current .", "Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow , yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom .", "In this by-place of nature there abode , in a remote period of American history , that is to say , some thirty years since , a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane , who sojourned , or , as he expressed it , `` tarried , '' in Sleepy Hollow , for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity .", "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils ." ]

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[ "He was a native of Connecticut , a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest , and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters .", "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire ." ]

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[ "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating ." ]

[ "boys", "dignity", "duty", "eyes", "labors", "mind", "murmur", "profile", "school", "stakes" ]

[ "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating ." ]

[ "anaconda", "building", "child", "door", "feet", "leaves", "maxim", "neighborhood", "person", "windows" ]

[ "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person .", "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating ." ]

[ "Truth", "assurance", "building", "child", "day", "duty", "farmers", "foot", "person", "shoulders" ]

[ "He was tall , but exceedingly lank , with narrow shoulders , long arms and legs , hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves , feet that might have served for shovels , and his whole frame most loosely hung together .", "His head was small , and flat at top , with huge ears , large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew .", "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together ." ]

[ "boys", "cradle", "indulgence", "joy", "maintenance", "mile", "neighborhood", "playmate", "purses", "voice" ]

[ "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day , with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him , one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth , or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield .", "His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room , rudely constructed of logs ; the windows partly glazed , and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks .", "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson ." ]

[ "boys", "end", "farms", "hum", "mind", "powers", "profile", "pupils", "revenue", "voice" ]

[ "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it ." ]

[ "Sunday", "congregation", "cradle", "hook", "hum", "indulgence", "joy", "man", "rod", "voice" ]

[ "It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours , by a withe twisted in the handle of the door , and stakes set against the window shutters ; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease , he would find some embarrassment in getting out , -- an idea most probably borrowed by the architect , Yost Van Houten , from the mystery of an eelpot .", "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it ." ]

[ "Sunday", "addition", "chastisement", "hum", "labors", "man", "neighborhood", "nothing", "pedagogue", "rock" ]

[ "The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by , and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it .", "From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over their lessons , might be heard in a drowsy summer 's day , like the hum of a beehive ; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master , in the tone of menace or command , or , peradventure , by the appalling sound of the birch , as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge .", "Truth to say , he was a conscientious man , and ever bore in mind the golden maxim , `` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ''", "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson ." ]

[ "Sundays", "addition", "anaconda", "dignity", "farms", "hay", "importance", "rock", "time", "way" ]

[ "Ichabod Crane 's scholars certainly were not spoiled .", "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address ." ]

[ "boys", "church", "churchyard", "companion", "contrary", "knee", "life", "maintenance", "powers", "rock" ]

[ "I would not have it imagined , however , that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects ; on the contrary , he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity ; taking the burden off the backs of the weak , and laying it on those of the strong .", "Your mere puny stripling , that winced at the least flourish of the rod , was passed by with indulgence ; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed , broad-skirted Dutch urchin , who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch .", "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction ." ]

[ "cradle", "dignity", "farmers", "man", "mile", "patrons", "rod", "schoolmaster", "subjects", "taste" ]

[ "All this he called `` doing his duty by their parents ; '' and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance , so consolatory to the smarting urchin , that `` he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live . ''", "When school hours were over , he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys ; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home , who happened to have pretty sisters , or good housewives for mothers , noted for the comforts of the cupboard .", "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity ." ]

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[ "Indeed , it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils .", "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow ." ]

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[ "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes ." ]

[ "appearance", "church", "importance", "kind", "lion", "nothing", "schoolmaster", "tale", "vanity", "way" ]

[ "The revenue arising from his school was small , and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread , for he was a huge feeder , and , though lank , had the dilating powers of an anaconda ; but to help out his maintenance , he was , according to country custom in those parts , boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed .", "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes ." ]

[ "appearance", "churchyard", "credulity", "fact", "farmhouse", "foot", "mothers", "residence", "rounds", "vanity" ]

[ "With these he lived successively a week at a time , thus going the rounds of the neighborhood , with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief .", "That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons , who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden , and schoolmasters as mere drones , he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable .", "He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms , helped to make hay , mended the fences , took the horses to water , drove the cows from pasture , and cut wood for the winter fire .", "He laid aside , too , all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire , the school , and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating .", "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost ." ]

[ "children", "church", "favor", "knee", "lamb", "mixture", "nose", "region", "stream", "time" ]

[ "He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children , particularly the youngest ; and like the lion bold , which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold , he would sit with a child on one knee , and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together .", "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !" ]

[ "church", "cradle", "life", "mile", "nose", "pedagogue", "pleasure", "rest", "rock", "taste" ]

[ "In addition to his other vocations , he was the singing-master of the neighborhood , and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody .", "It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays , to take his station in front of the church gallery , with a band of chosen singers ; where , in his own mind , he completely carried away the palm from the parson .", "Certain it is , his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation ; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church , and which may even be heard half a mile off , quite to the opposite side of the millpond , on a still Sunday morning , which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane .", "Thus , by divers little makeshifts , in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated `` by hook and by crook , '' the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough , and was thought , by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork , to have a wonderfully easy life of it .", "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards ." ]

[ "folks", "nothing", "path", "places", "pleasure", "vanity", "winter", "wives", "women", "woodland" ]

[ "The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood ; being considered a kind of idle , gentlemanlike personage , of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains , and , indeed , inferior in learning only to the parson .", "His appearance , therefore , is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse , and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats , or , peradventure , the parade of a silver teapot .", "Our man of letters , therefore , was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels .", "How he would figure among them in the churchyard , between services on Sundays ; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones ; or sauntering , with a whole bevy of them , along the banks of the adjacent millpond ; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back , envying his superior elegance and address .", "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !" ]

[ "appetite", "chance", "eye", "idea", "importance", "parson", "powers", "schoolmaster", "thought", "way" ]

[ "From his half-itinerant life , also , he was a kind of travelling gazette , carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house , so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction .", "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations ." ]

[ "books", "chance", "eye", "flight", "mixture", "region", "resource", "tale", "wives", "women" ]

[ "He was , moreover , esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition , for he had read several books quite through , and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather 's `` History of New England Witchcraft , '' in which , by the way , he most firmly and potently believed .", "He was , in fact , an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity .", "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms ." ]

[ "air", "books", "child", "coquette", "fashions", "flight", "ray", "time", "trees", "women" ]

[ "His appetite for the marvellous , and his powers of digesting it , were equally extraordinary ; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region .", "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion ." ]

[ "coquette", "eye", "farmer", "flight", "gold", "region", "times", "trees", "witch", "wives" ]

[ "No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow .", "It was often his delight , after his school was dismissed in the afternoon , to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse , and there con over old Mather 's direful tales , until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes .", "Then , as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland , to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered , every sound of nature , at that witching hour , fluttered his excited imagination , -- the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside , the boding cry of the tree toad , that harbinger of storm , the dreary hooting of the screech owl , or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost .", "The fireflies , too , which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places , now and then startled him , as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path ; and if , by chance , a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him , the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost , with the idea that he was struck with a witch 's token .", "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer ." ]

[ "anecdotes", "ankle", "brightness", "dim", "dismay", "eyes", "mixture", "places", "tale", "woodland" ]

[ "His only resource on such occasions , either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits , was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow , as they sat by their doors of an evening , were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody , `` in linked sweetness long drawn out , '' floating from the distant hill , or along the dusky road .", "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer .", "He seldom , it is true , sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug , happy and well-conditioned .", "He was satisfied with his wealth , but not proud of it ; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance , rather than the style in which he lived .", "His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson , in one of those green , sheltered , fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling .", "A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it , at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water , in a little well formed of a barrel ; and then stole sparkling away through the grass , to a neighboring brook , that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows ." ]

[ "anecdotes", "banks", "charms", "eye", "farm", "idea", "look", "ray", "sights", "withal" ]

[ "Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives , as they sat spinning by the fire , with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth , and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins , and haunted fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , as they sometimes called him .", "He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft , and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air , which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut ; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars ; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round , and that they were half the time topsy-turvy !", "But if there was a pleasure in all this , while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire , and where , of course , no spectre dared to show its face , it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards .", "What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path , amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !", "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer .", "He seldom , it is true , sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug , happy and well-conditioned .", "He was satisfied with his wealth , but not proud of it ; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance , rather than the style in which he lived .", "His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson , in one of those green , sheltered , fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling .", "A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it , at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water , in a little well formed of a barrel ; and then stole sparkling away through the grass , to a neighboring brook , that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows .", "Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn , that might have served for a church ; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm ; the flail was busily resounding within it from morning to night ; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves ; and rows of pigeons , some with one eye turned up , as if watching the weather , some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms , and others swelling , and cooing , and bowing about their dames , were enjoying the sunshine on the roof ." ]

[ "abundance", "ankle", "beauty", "church", "expectations", "proud", "swallows", "thoughts", "winter", "wives" ]

[ "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer .", "He seldom , it is true , sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug , happy and well-conditioned .", "He was satisfied with his wealth , but not proud of it ; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance , rather than the style in which he lived .", "His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson , in one of those green , sheltered , fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling .", "A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it , at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water , in a little well formed of a barrel ; and then stole sparkling away through the grass , to a neighboring brook , that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows .", "Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn , that might have served for a church ; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm ; the flail was busily resounding within it from morning to night ; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves ; and rows of pigeons , some with one eye turned up , as if watching the weather , some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms , and others swelling , and cooing , and bowing about their dames , were enjoying the sunshine on the roof .", "Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens , from whence sallied forth , now and then , troops of sucking pigs , as if to snuff the air .", "A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond , convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard , and Guinea fowls fretting about it , like ill-tempered housewives , with their peevish , discontented cry .", "Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock , that pattern of a husband , a warrior and a fine gentleman , clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart , -- sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet , and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered .", "The pedagogue 's mouth watered as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare ." ]

[ "dress", "everything", "farmers", "fashions", "heart", "look", "mind", "squadron", "thoughts", "whence" ]

[ "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer .", "He seldom , it is true , sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug , happy and well-conditioned .", "He was satisfied with his wealth , but not proud of it ; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance , rather than the style in which he lived .", "His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson , in one of those green , sheltered , fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling .", "A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it , at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water , in a little well formed of a barrel ; and then stole sparkling away through the grass , to a neighboring brook , that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows .", "Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn , that might have served for a church ; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm ; the flail was busily resounding within it from morning to night ; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves ; and rows of pigeons , some with one eye turned up , as if watching the weather , some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms , and others swelling , and cooing , and bowing about their dames , were enjoying the sunshine on the roof .", "Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens , from whence sallied forth , now and then , troops of sucking pigs , as if to snuff the air .", "A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond , convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard , and Guinea fowls fretting about it , like ill-tempered housewives , with their peevish , discontented cry .", "Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock , that pattern of a husband , a warrior and a fine gentleman , clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart , -- sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet , and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered .", "The pedagogue 's mouth watered as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare ." ]

[ "abundance", "ankle", "coquette", "eye", "farmer", "farmhouse", "fashions", "mansion", "pond", "whence" ]

[ "With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window !", "How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted spectre , beset his very path !", "How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet ; and dread to look over his shoulder , lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him !", "And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast , howling among the trees , in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !", "All these , however , were mere terrors of the night , phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness ; and though he had seen many spectres in his time , and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes , in his lonely perambulations , yet daylight put an end to all these evils ; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it , in despite of the Devil and all his works , if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts , goblins , and the whole race of witches put together , and that was -- a woman .", "Among the musical disciples who assembled , one evening in each week , to receive his instructions in psalmody , was Katrina Van Tassel , the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer .", "She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen ; plump as a partridge ; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father 's peaches , and universally famed , not merely for her beauty , but her vast expectations .", "She was withal a little of a coquette , as might be perceived even in her dress , which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions , as most suited to set off her charms .", "She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam ; the tempting stomacher of the olden time , and withal a provokingly short petticoat , to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round .", "Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex ; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes , more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion .", "Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving , contented , liberal-hearted farmer .", "He seldom , it is true , sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug , happy and well-conditioned .", "He was satisfied with his wealth , but not proud of it ; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance , rather than the style in which he lived .", "His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson , in one of those green , sheltered , fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling .", "A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it , at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water , in a little well formed of a barrel ; and then stole sparkling away through the grass , to a neighboring brook , that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows .", "Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn , that might have served for a church ; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm ; the flail was busily resounding within it from morning to night ; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves ; and rows of pigeons , some with one eye turned up , as if watching the weather , some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms , and others swelling , and cooing , and bowing about their dames , were enjoying the sunshine on the roof .", "Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens , from whence sallied forth , now and then , troops of sucking pigs , as if to snuff the air .", "A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond , convoying whole fleets of ducks ; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard , and Guinea fowls fretting about it , like ill-tempered housewives , with their peevish , discontented cry .", "Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock , that pattern of a husband , a warrior and a fine gentleman , clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart , -- sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet , and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered .", "The pedagogue 's mouth watered as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare ." ]

[ "banks", "farm", "farmhouse", "favor", "look", "mind", "mouth", "picture", "promise", "swallows" ]