Halloween Legends is a novel I wrote.
Informations:
1. This novel is a spin-off of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2. The novel consists of five chapters, each with a story. And the chapters are in chronological order.
3. This novel is a Hallo...
If we could journey back to that period in American history when Manhattan was but a market town, we would discover, in one of the coves which indent the shores of the Hudson, the little village of Tarry Town. And just beyond, nestled deep in the low rolling hills, a sequestered. It's a quiet, peaceful place, and yet, somehow...foreboding.
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It abounds in haunted spots, twilight tales and local superstitions.
The best-known story concerns an itinerant schoolmaster who once frequented these parts. Some say his melancholy spirit still haunts the vicinity. The pedagogue was described as a most unusual man. To see him striding along, one might mistake him for a scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. He was tall, but exceedingly lank. His head was small and flat on top, with a long, snipe nose. It looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck. Altogether, he was an apparition seldom to be seen in broad daylight.
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August 20, 1790
Late one drowsy autumn afternoon, this strange figure first apporoached Sleepy Hollow. When the Schoolmaster arrived in the village, he met the richest farmer of the Hollow, Baltus Van Tassel.
Baltus: Good afternoon, Sir. I think you are the schoolmaster who agreed to teach the children in our village.
Ichabod: Yes, Sir. Ichabod Crane, in person. And it is a great honor to teach in the school of this village.
Baltus: I am very pleased with this. Then find yourself an accommodation and then you will start in September.
Ichabod: All right. Thank you.
The schoolroom became Ichabod's empire, over which, with lordly dignity, he held absolute sway. Truth to say, Ichabod was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the maxim spare the rod and spoil the child. Still, he was careful to administer justice with discrimination. For it behoved him to keep on good terms with his pupils.
As time went by, it may be seen that the pedagogue got on tolerably enough. Moreover, Ichabod found ways to increase his slender income and, at the same time, awaken the cultural interests of the sleepy little village.
