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It came from a witty New Yorker who wanted to make people laugh as much as shiver. His name was Washington Irving, and in 1820 he published a story called \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. \" Picture a quiet Dutch farming village along the Hudson River, wrapped in autumn mist, where people swap tales of aheadless rider on horseback. That single image has haunted American imaginations for over 200 years.  \nThat headless rider needed a nervous hero to chase, and Irving gave him one you won't forget. The story follows Ichabod Crane, a lanky, superstitious schoolteacher with a huge appetite and an even bigger fear of the dark. Irving describes him with such playful detail that you can almost see his skinny arms flapping like ascarecrow's. Ichabod hopes to marry a wealthy farmer's daughter named Katrina, but a rival keeps getting in his way. People in the village told a story that a ghostly Headless Horseman, said to be a soldier who lost his head in the Revolutionary War, rode the roads at night searching for it.  \nA ghost with a war history was a clever choice, because Irving himself lived in the shadow of that same young nation. Born in New York City in 1783, the very year the Revolutionary War ended, he was even named after George Washington. He became one of the first American authors to earn fame across Europe, proving that writers from the new country could hold their own. Readers in England and beyond devoured his tales, and he showed the world that American settings and folklore were worth writing about. Before him, many believed serious literature could only come from the old countries across the ocean.  \nProving the old countries wrong took more than one story, and Irving had a knack for borrowing old ideas and making them feel new. Legends of headless riders had drifted through German and Irish folklore for ages, but he planted his in a real American place. He blended humor, romance, and just enough chill so that the ending leaves you guessing rather than terrified. That mix is exactly why the tale caught on and never let go. It has since inspired countless movies, cartoons, and Halloween decorations you probably see every October.  \nThose October decorations point to a place that leaned fully into its spooky fame. The real village near Irving's setting officially renamed itself Sleepy Hollow, New York, in 1996, embracing the legend as its own. Today visitors come to walk the old cemetery and cross the bridge tied to the tale. Irving himself is buried in that very town, resting near the story he made famous. So the man who dreamed up America's first great ghost story now sleeps for real in Sleepy Hollow.  \nThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea the passage develops about Washington Irving?\u003Cbr>A. He was a farmer who collected folklore only for his own village.\u003Cbr>B. He was a European writer who moved to America to escape a war.\u003Cbr>C. He was a witty American writer whose ghost story shaped the nation's imagination for centuries.\u003Cbr>D. He was a soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War near the Hudson. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What did the real village near Irving's setting do in 1996?\u003Cbr>A. It removed the old cemetery mentioned in the tale.\u003Cbr>B. It officially renamed itself Sleepy Hollow, New York.\u003Cbr>C. It published a brand-new version of Irving's story.\u003Cbr>D. It built a new bridge across the Hudson River. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) When Irving describes Ichabod's arms flapping \"like a scarecrow's,\" what is he helping the reader do?\u003Cbr>A. Explain that Ichabod was frightened of birds and crops.\u003Cbr>B. 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