1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By Washington Irving

2. In the small town of Sleepy Hollow in New York, there is a legend about a headless ghost who rides a horse in the night. People said the ghost rides around each night looking for his missing head.

3. Long ago in Sleepy Hollow, there was a small school with a teacher named Ichabod Crane. The people of Sleepy Hollow liked him because he told stories and sang in the church.Life was pleasant for Ichabod, except for his problem with a girl.

4. Ichabod was in love with Katrina Van Tassel
Ichabod was in love with Katrina Van Tassel. However, other men in the village also loved Katrina. One of these men was a man named Brom Bones.

5. Brom Bones was a large, strong, and handsome man
Brom Bones was a large, strong, and handsome man. Ichabod was too smart to fight with Brom for Katrina, and he decided to let Katrina choose between the two men.

6. Brom liked to play tricks on Ichabod by making messes in the schoolhouse. Brom’s jokes continued until one Halloween night when everything changed…

7. Ichabod went to a party at the van Tassel house
Ichabod went to a party at the van Tassel house. Ichabod had a good time at the party, eating and dancing with Katrina.

8. After dinner, Brom told a scary story about the Headless Horseman
After dinner, Brom told a scary story about the Headless Horseman. After the story ended, Ichabod left, a little scared by the story he had just heard

9. It was midnight and very dark
It was midnight and very dark. As Ichabod’s horse slowly walked through the woods, Ichabod became more and more frightened. Suddenly he saw something...

10. It was the Headless Horseman
It was the Headless Horseman! Ichabod made his horse run as fast as it could, but they could not escape.

11. The horseman laughed, holding a flaming pumpkin
The horseman laughed, holding a flaming pumpkin. He threw the pumpkin at Ichabod, who then fainted.

12. The next morning, Ichabod was missing
The next morning, Ichabod was missing. The towns people looked and looked, but Ichabod Crane was never again seen in Sleepy Hollow.