I had wandered into it at noon time, 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. “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. This was the audiobook version I listened to and it was pretty cool. So, to me, this story was about a simpering little queef who got exactly what was coming to them.Īnd Justice was served in the form of a meatheaded jokester ( dare I say hero?) named Brom.Īt any rate, this was a highly entertaining short story, and just about the perfect sort of thing to read around Halloween. We all root for the underdog who is trying to break out of a bad situation that isn't their fault, right?īut sometimes (and you know this is true) the supposed underdog is a really annoying dick who brings down shit on their own head and then whines about it. If a character is outgoing and generally well-liked, they must be the villain. If a character is gangly and a bit of a nerd, most of the time people automatically feel like they are somehow the heroes of the story. Brom deserved to chuckle his way down the aisle while thinking about the mysterious pumpkin found by the river.Īnyway, here's what I took away from this experience: I'm glad he's not dead, but I'm also glad the greedy little fucker didn't get his hands on any of that money. Oh, and the story makes it pretty obvious that Crane just shit his pants and ran off at the end, so there's no real wondering about whether or not the Headless Horseman got hold of him. Turns out, sweet old Ichabod was only really interested in the girl because her father was wealthy! And the evil bully was more of a rowdy prankster who didn't want Crane moving in on the girl he was already courting. Whether or not the Horseman got him or he just ran away is up for grabs. The evil bully, who also wants the girl, viciously drives Crane out of town by using The Headless Horseman story. Poor awkward Ichabod falls in love with the town beauty and she (because women are saints) likes him back. And if you haven't read it, you may have some of the same preconceived notions that I did. So, I've been going off of movies and cartoons as my reference to what The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow was all about. Ok, this is my first time hearing the actual short story. What?! All this time I was feeling sorry for him and it turns out Ichabod Crane was a douchebag!
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