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A large crowd gathered around him. He
looked at them and cried, “I’m Rip Van
Winkle. Doesn’t anyone here remember
me?” He discovered that his wife had
died and most of his friends were killed
fighting in the American Revolution.
He also realised that he had been away
from the village for twenty years. His
grown-up daughter was there with her
baby in arms. She took him with her.
Her baby’s name was Rip. He continued to
American Revolution the war of lead an idle and happy life there. He would
1775–1783 in which 13 British tell others stories and also about the dwarfs
colonies in North America broke he had met on the mountains.
free from British rule and became
the United States of America —Washington Irving
(An adapted version)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American short-story
writer, essayist, biographer, historian and diplomat. He is best
known for his stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow’. His historical works include biographies of
George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith.
Read and Understand
A. Tick () the correct answers.
1. Rip Van Winkle lived in a village in New York.
a. on an island
b. in the foothills of Catskill mountains
c. near the sea beach
d. near a forest
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