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Lesson Rip Van
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Winkle

Adventure and Imagination

Warm Up

• Imagine that you sleep one day and wake up 20 years later. How would you feel?

• What would the world be like? Share your thoughts.

About the Writer

Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American diplomat, biographer,
historian, essayist and short story writer. The Sketch Book is a collection of
34 essays and short stories written by Irving. It was published throughout
1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of his best-known short
stories: ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ and ‘Rip Van Winkle’.

Let us read a story about a man named Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in the woods
for a very, very long time, and then, one day, when he woke up…

I Read

Rip Van Winkle was a lazy man who lived in a small
Dutch village. He liked to wander through town with Why would
wife, Dame, did not like his laziness and used to shout ? Rip’s wife
his pet dog, Wolf, and tell stories to the children. Rip’s

at him for not doing any work. scold him?

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