Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> I like that story about Sleepy Hollow. I have a
> children's video version (happy ending), too. I
> was sure when I wrote "hollow" that someone was
> going to write "mountain".
They're coddling the kids. When I was in junior high, we read it as is, not a bowdlerized version. We did not become criminals because we read of a man's head being knocked off. They made a movie of it a few years ago, I think with Johnny Depp, and completely changed it. Was that your video? If you give it happy ending, the legend is gone.
You know Irving also wrote "Rip Van Winkle," but he's also known for historical accounts of NY. His home is a wonderful place, very comfortable and compact, where he was a bachelor throughout his life.