A ride home at the witching hour/Attack of the Headless Horseman

Here is how the Headless Horseman attacked in Mickey Mouse's Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

The moon shines bright through the clouds, as the camera travels from the clouds down to the woods, where poor heartbroken Ichabod and Gunpowder walk meekly down the dirt road and into the woods.

Narrator #2: It was the witching hour of night as Ichabod pursued his journey home. The sky grew darker and darker. One by one, the stars winked out their lights. Driving clouds obscured the moon from sight. Never had the schoolmaster felt so melancholy, so utterly alone. The nearer he approached the hollow, the more dismal he became.

As they continue through the forest, Ichabod, who is whistling to fight his fears, taps his umbrella on Gunpowder's hide to get him to move faster, only to hear sounds while shivering and shaking and continuing to whistle. He looks at the bare trees with their branches almost looking like bare hands, and now then looks at the moon being sealed by a pair of clouds resembling hands while riding along on poor old Gunpowder.

Narrator #2: Once inside the murky glen, Ichabod's anxiety increased one-hundredfold. And now the forest seemed to close in behind him. And every small detail of Brom's awful story returned to haunt his recollection.

Ichabod nervously whistles a tune to keep himself calm amidst the sounds of crickets chirping, the wind whistling, and a crow cawing. A gust of wind blows some scattered leaves in front of Ichabod, and tries to blow him off tired old Gunpowder, but fails as he shields himself from the leaves as he and Gunpowder continue onward. Ichabod screams upon running into a phantom ahead and hides behind Gunpowder's rump. Fortunately, it turns out to be the open hollow of a tree, as a pair of fireflies fly past him. The heartbroken Ichabod seems impressed while hiding behind Gunpowder, but stutters, then hears some chirping sounds that almost sound like his name.

Crickets: (chirp chanting) Ichabod Crane! Ichabod Crane! Ichabod Crane! (chanting continues)

Ichabod starts sweating, as he then sees an owl hooting at him. Ichabod and Gunpowder start off again. As they pass by a pond, he hears the sound of a bullfrog almost croaking the Headless Horseman's name.

Bullfrog: (croak chanting) Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman. (with the chanting continues as it leaps into a pond)

As Ichabod and Gunpowder cross a bridge, he hears and owl screeching at him to turn back the way he came,

Owl: (screech chanting) Turn back!. Turn back!

The chanting gets louder, scaring poor Ichabod into hiding under his saddle on Gunpowder again. He then sees a variety of scary looking branches, as the atmosphere takes its toll on the unfortunate Ichabod. A gust of wind then loosens a tree branch that hits Ichabod on the seat of his pants. He screams, leaping into a spider web, and gasps while hoping on Gunpowder. A crow hovers in front of Ichabod and flies away above the graveyard while chanting at him to beware of the headless horseman.

Crow: (squawk chanting) Beware. Beware. Beware. Beware Beware. Beware Beware Beware. Beware. Beware. Beware. Beware.

Ichabod tries motioning Gunpowder to go faster, but is not strong enough when he sees that Gunpowder's rump is seated on the top of a gravestone and feet are not moving yet. Ichabod hears loud hoofbeats and believes that the Headless Horseman is coming. He feels anxious about this and tries pushing Gunpowder's rump to get him moving. He then tugs on Gunpowder's bridle, but accidentally pulls so hard that it snaps off of Gunpowder's snout, as Ichabod goes sailing onto a fallen tree. He sees a bunch of cattails and realizes that they were making the sounds. He grabs the cattails and laughs at himself for believing in ghosts. Gunpowder starts laughing as well, as Ichabod rejoins with Gunpowder. They share a good laugh together, until they stop laughing when they hear the sounds of evil laughter. They nervously turn their heads to their left and panic when they see a rider on a horse and are struck with horror when they see that the figure is headless and is the Headless Horseman! He has no head and carries his head in one hand and has a great sword in the other. The two friends, now dizzy with fear, panic, as the Headless Horseman swipes his sword to get poor terrified Ichabod, but misses when they duck from the sword's blade, as the terrified Gunpowder takes off running. Ichabod catches up to Gunpowder and holds tight to his hind legs. They run for their lives with the Headless Horseman close behind. Gunpowder whinnies in terror, as the Headless Horseman nears to him and runs faster. Ichabod, hanging tight to the reins, sees the Headless Horseman's horse snorting on him and screams. He is yanked above Gunpowder and holds tight in front of his head and ends up motioning him to move even faster. Through the woods, as Ichabod and Gunpowder slide down a slope, the Headless Horseman and his steed leap above the gorge, landing right in front of Ichabod and Gunpowder. Ichabod, thinking he's lost the Headless Horseman, pats Gunpowder's head for having good luck. That is, until the Headless Horseman slashes his sword at Ichabod, who ducks away from the blow while hanging onto poor tired old Gunpowder for dear life. Ichabod and Gunpowder slide down another slope, where Gunpowder slides underneath a pond. Ichabod tries to stay above the water, but ends up splashing into the water anyway. Gunpowder hits a tree near the bank of the pond, and as they emerge from the water and run back across dry land, they continue to battle onward to escape their worst enemies. They see the bridge ahead, but are stopped when the Headless Horseman reappears and blocks their path. They skid to a stop and dodge another blow from him. They then turn around another way with the Headless Horseman following him. Ichabod grabs a tree, and pulls himself and Gunpowder around, as the two friends swing around it, and end up going back the right way. Ichabod then sees the bridge ahead.

Brom Bones: (flashback) Once you cross that bridge, my friends, the ghost is through, his power ends.

Elsewhere, Mickey and his friends went through a shortcut but there was no sign of Ichabod.

Sora: Guys, look! Ichabod is in trouble!

Mickey Mouse: Oh my gosh! We gotta go help him!

With Mickey and his friends going back for Ichabod, he motions Gunpowder to move faster, but is unaware that they skid across a muddy pond. Ichabod's face is covered in mud, and when shaking it off, he sees the bridge disappearing from his view. He sees Gunpowder running the wrong way and gasps when the Headless Horseman charges ahead. The friends skid to a stop and collide into the Headless Horseman's steed. Ichabod takes one good lucky look at the Headless Horseman's body, as he laughs loudly and sinisterly at Ichabod, who is terribly frightened, and ducks when Gunpowder gasps and dodges too. He takes several blows at Ichabod and Gunpowder, as they all run around a tree. Poor unfortunate Ichabod leans up to see if he's gone, only to hit the branch and land on the Headless Horseman's steed instead. As he sits behind the Headless Horseman, he looks at Gunpowder and turns away, smiling. He takes another look at Gunpowder and gasps and gulps nervously. He gets back on Gunpowder, and as they both run for the bridge, cross it, and finally get away from the Headless Horseman. As Gunpowder springs upon the bridge, Ichabod gains the opposite side and turns to look to see if he is safe. However, the Headless Horseman isn't finished yet, and by rising in his stirrups, holds a flaming pumpkin head up high. As Ichabod looks back in panic to see if the Headless Horseman will disappear, there is no such luck for the terrified schoolmaster when he screams in terror to watch in terror as the Headless Horseman rises in his stirrups and flows his severed head right in front of the poor frightened schoolmaster. Ichabod tries to duck by hunching down to dodge the horrible missile, but is too late when it flies forward and bursts into flames on striking his head so hard with a great tremendous crash, knocks him off poor old terrified Gunpowder, and sends him tumbling headlong into the dust with a large explosion.