1. - I don't know about you,
but on a night like this,Copy !req
2. there's nothing I like better
than curling up by the fireCopy !req
3. with a mug of hot apple cider
and a good scary legend.Copy !req
4. Tonight's story is adapted
from Washington Irving's
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.Copy !req
5. It's about a schoolteacher
named Ichabod Crane, who...Copy !req
6. Well... you'll see.Copy !req
7. - Hello!Copy !req
8. Hello! Hello!Copy !req
9. Hello!Copy !req
10. Hello!Copy !req
11. Hello!Copy !req
12. - This particular
little stretch of gloomCopy !req
13. is about two miles
from a small Hudson River
settlement called Tarrytown.Copy !req
14. About 30 miles north
of New York City by horseback.Copy !req
15. Over there, the road
goes through... Sleepy Hollow.Copy !req
16. People on the farms around here
speak of it in whispers
when they speak of it at all,Copy !req
17. and they absolutely avoid it
about this time of day.Copy !req
18. They say...
that a ghost haunts the place.Copy !req
19. Me?Copy !req
20. I don't believe in much.Copy !req
21. I'm a salesman.Copy !req
22. - Who is it?Copy !req
23. Never mind.
No, no... Don't tell me,
I don't want to know.Copy !req
24. Uh... my name...
my name is Ichabod Crane.Copy !req
25. I'm just, uh,
I'm just a schoolteacher.Copy !req
26. I... I have nothing for you.
See? No money, no food!Copy !req
27. Nothing you would want.
And don't tell me who you are,Copy !req
28. because I really...
I don't want to know.Copy !req
29. Like I said,
it's none of my business.
Oh, dear.Copy !req
30. - It's the turn of the century.Copy !req
31. The 19th century.Copy !req
32. - Hello!Copy !req
33. - Settlements are hard to find.Copy !req
34. Especially if you're looking
for them in the dark.Copy !req
35. - Hello! Is anyone there?Copy !req
36. - Keep coming!Copy !req
37. - I'm coming!Copy !req
38. - Keep coming!
- I'm coming!Copy !req
39. I'm coming.
- Keep coming!Copy !req
40. Soup?Copy !req
41. - Who... who are you?Copy !req
42. - Doffue Van Tassel. Mr. Crane.
- Ah...Copy !req
43. How...
how did you know my name?Copy !req
44. I presume
you're the new schoolmaster
they've been expecting.Copy !req
45. You don't look like a farmer,
the way you came
through the brush.Copy !req
46. - No, I suppose I don't,
but you know, I think
there was something back there.Copy !req
47. - Oh?Copy !req
48. Ah, no, no. no. Just the woods.Copy !req
49. 'Course, people in these parts
like to make up silly stories.Copy !req
50. You know, make life
a little more exciting?Copy !req
51. Pass the time
on those long autumn nights.Copy !req
52. - Like what?
- Oh...Copy !req
53. Silly legend, really.Copy !req
54. For example, there's the one
about the highwayman that rides
through these woodsCopy !req
55. and spirits away
any unsuspecting writer
that may pass by.Copy !req
56. - Well, the highwayman,Copy !req
57. while being a nuisance,
is hardly a—Copy !req
58. - Oh, did I mention
that he was dead?Copy !req
59. - He's dead?
- Yes.
- Thus the end of the legend.Copy !req
60. - No, no, no.
According to the legend,
he still rides.Copy !req
61. - Yet he's dead.
- Yeah. Silly, isn't it? Silly.Copy !req
62. Did I mention
that he was missing his head?Copy !req
63. - His head?
- Yes. Silly, isn't it?Copy !req
64. - Yes.
It's so silly.Copy !req
65. 'Course, these legends usually
take root long about Halloween,
you know.Copy !req
66. Along with other childish things
like popcorn balls,Copy !req
67. mulled cider...
witches on broomsticks.Copy !req
68. - Halloween is hardly
a childish matter.Copy !req
69. It's the one night
I stay home tucked in my bed.Copy !req
70. I mean, why go out and face
the chance of bumping into, uh,
into, uh...Copy !req
71. trees?
- You find that works?Copy !req
72. - No. No,
I don't believe in it myself,Copy !req
73. but you can't completely
disregard.
I mean...Copy !req
74. You have to do something
to guard yourself against, uh...
against, uh—Copy !req
75. - Lizard wine!Copy !req
76. - Wine?
- Lizard wine.Copy !req
77. Guaranteed repellent.
Spirits and what have you.Copy !req
78. 'Course, I, uh...
I thought it was a cough remedy,Copy !req
79. until I showed it
to some Gypsies,Copy !req
80. and they used it to frighten
away some elephant spirit.Copy !req
81. Must've worked.Copy !req
82. I ain't seen an elephant
in these parts in years.Copy !req
83. Doffue?Copy !req
84. - Who was that?
- My nephew Hendrick...
sleeping in the wagon.Copy !req
85. Dropping him off
at his dada's in the morning.Copy !req
86. - Oh.Copy !req
87. - I suppose
he'll be one of your pupils,
Mr. Crane,Copy !req
88. when you take your new position.Copy !req
89. - No, no.
I've completely changed
my mind on that matter. I...Copy !req
90. I have been very nervous
disposition. Mr. Van Tassel.Copy !req
91. I can see immediately...
that this area...Copy !req
92. is not suited for me at all.
No, no, no.Copy !req
93. - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.Copy !req
94. I do hope it wasn't me
that put you off.
Oh, my word.Copy !req
95. I would be sorry about that.Copy !req
96. Oh, Doffue, Doffue.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.Copy !req
97. Shame on you for going on
and worrying the good scholar.Copy !req
98. More soup?Copy !req
99. The next day, on our way
to my brother's house,
Mr. Crane seemed like a new manCopy !req
100. His fears of the previous night
had disappeared in the light
of the warm autumn sun.Copy !req
101. Or so I thought.Copy !req
102. - Naturally, I wouldn't think
of leaving them high and dry.Copy !req
103. I'm an honourable man.Copy !req
104. - Good for you, Mr. Crane.Copy !req
105. - No, I'll certainly stay a bit
until they get someone else.Copy !req
106. But I'll certainly be gone
by, say, Halloween.Copy !req
107. - Good stuff.Copy !req
108. Effective.Copy !req
109. - No doubt.Copy !req
110. - Somebody's coming.
- Oh, really?Copy !req
111. - Whoa!Copy !req
112. - Doffue.
- Brom. Where you going?Copy !req
113. - I don't know,
I thought I'd drop over
and see your niece.Copy !req
114. - Look what I've got!
- Ah, who made them for you?
- Mr. Crane!Copy !req
115. - Ah.
That shows a steady nature.Copy !req
116. - Mr. Bones, Mr. Crane.
- How'd you do?Copy !req
117. - Mr. Crane's taking over
the position of schoolmaster.Copy !req
118. Unfortunately,
only temporarily,
due to a nervous condition.Copy !req
119. - Well, that was last night.
It was dark, I was lost.Copy !req
120. - Well,
good paper-dolly-cutting men
are hard to find.Copy !req
121. - You're gonna take Katrina
to the fair, Brom?
- Who else?Copy !req
122. - Daredevil gonna win that race?
- Who else, lad?Copy !req
123. - I'm bettin' on you, Brom.
Nobody can beat Daredevil.Copy !req
124. - Yessir, he'll be coming off
that starting line like he was
bolting from the gates of hell.Copy !req
125. - Devil? Hell?Copy !req
126. - Passed your brother
on the road with Hendrick.Copy !req
127. Had the new schoolteacher
with 'em.Copy !req
128. - Ah, good.
The man's only a week late.Copy !req
129. - And about a farthing short,
I'd say, too.Copy !req
130. - Hello, Brom.
- Hello, Katrina.Copy !req
131. - Stay for tea?
I've just made a pot
by sheer coincidence.Copy !req
132. - Imagine that.Copy !req
133. - You don't want any tea,
Father... do you?Copy !req
134. - Me? Oh, well...Copy !req
135. If you'll excuse me, children,Copy !req
136. I've got some, uh,
corn to shuck.Copy !req
137. - One lump or two?Copy !req
138. - Katrina Van Tassel,
you know I never have sugar
in my tea.Copy !req
139. - Nevertheless,
a lady never assumes.Copy !req
140. - I like my tea strong.
Sugar's only for namby-pambies.
Go on, feel that arm.Copy !req
141. - Oh. Oh, Brom Bones,
you're such a lummox.Copy !req
142. - Well, what time should
this lummox call for you
on Saturday?Copy !req
143. - Saturday? What's Saturday?Copy !req
144. - What's Saturday?
Why, the fair.Copy !req
145. Haven't you been listening
to the town crier?
Everybody's talking about it.Copy !req
146. - I don't recall
receiving any invitation.Copy !req
147. - Invitation! Katrina,
we've been going to the fairs
in this countyCopy !req
148. since before we could walk.Copy !req
149. Every year,
it's the winter fair,Copy !req
150. the spring fair,
the harvest fair.Copy !req
151. Don't forget that turnip fair,
either.Copy !req
152. - And every year,
I expect a timely invitation
to the winter fair,Copy !req
153. the spring fair,
the harvest fair
and the turnip fair.Copy !req
154. - Well, a fair ain't a fair
till you and I show up
arm-in-arm.Copy !req
155. It's not another suitor, is it?
I'll tear his face off, I will!Copy !req
156. - Strength isn't everything.Copy !req
157. - Still, it's not a bad thing
to fall back on in a fight.Copy !req
158. - A girl needs some...
sensitivity, some refinement.Copy !req
159. Come inside.
- Who's that?Copy !req
160. - Why, that's your uncle.
- No, no, the one with him.Copy !req
161. - Well, that's your little
brother Hendrick.Copy !req
162. - Assuming I already know
the horse, who's left?Copy !req
163. - Oh, that. That's only
the new schoolteacher.
Crane I think is his name.Copy !req
164. - Hmm.
- Easy to see
how he came by it, huh?Copy !req
165. - The new schoolteacher.Copy !req
166. Well, he certainly walks well.Copy !req
167. - Wait till you see
what the man can do
with a pair of scissors.Copy !req
168. - Katrina, look what I got!
- Oh!Copy !req
169. - Isn't it nice?
- Why, yes, it's just wonderful,
Hendrick.Copy !req
170. - Didn't I tell you
the man was a genius?
- Katrina.Copy !req
171. - Uncle Doffue.Copy !req
172. - Katrina, meet the man
we've all been expecting
to take over the school.Copy !req
173. Katrina Van Tassel,
Mr. Ichabod Crane.Copy !req
174. - How'd you do.Copy !req
175. - Oh, Mr. Crane, how elegant.Copy !req
176. Isn't it, Brom?Copy !req
177. - And how.Copy !req
178. - Unfortunately,
he's only an interim man,
it seems. Here temporarily.Copy !req
179. - Oh, Mr. Crane,
only temporarily?Copy !req
180. - Well, I, uh...Copy !req
181. - What a pity.
What a loss for the children.Copy !req
182. - What a crying shame.
So, uh, when are you leaving,
Crane?Copy !req
183. - And we've been told
you have such a lovely
singing voice.Copy !req
184. - Oh, please.
- We're all so anxious
to hear you in church.Copy !req
185. - Oh, dear. Well, I—
- Oh, Mr. Crane, you don't know.Copy !req
186. All the ladies in our region
have been counting on you
to take over our choir.Copy !req
187. - Choir? A ladies' choir? Well.Copy !req
188. - More's the pity.Copy !req
189. What it needs
is strong male guidance.Copy !req
190. Why, we're absolutely useless
without a leader.Copy !req
191. - Well...
- I'd say he's weakening.Copy !req
192. - And I know for a fact
that everyone is looking forwardCopy !req
193. to being favoured
with your presence
for tea and cookies.Copy !req
194. - Cookies?
- I think
that just about did it.Copy !req
195. - We've been drawing straws
to see who will be the first.Copy !req
196. - Cookies. I love cookies.
Sugar cookies, butter cookies—Copy !req
197. - Oh, oh, oh, oh!
You should try my butter—Copy !req
198. - Katrina!Copy !req
199. - Yes, Brom?Copy !req
200. - Nothing.Copy !req
201. - They just melt in your mouth.
- Mm-mm-mm.
- Katrina!Copy !req
202. - Yes, Brom?Copy !req
203. Mr. Crane...Copy !req
204. Stay for tea?Copy !req
205. - Mm.Copy !req
206. And cookie?Copy !req
207. - And so it was
that Ichabod Crane,Copy !req
208. without Brom Bones's
complete approval,Copy !req
209. came to be
the permanent schoolmaster
of the region.Copy !req
210. But even with the security
his newfound position
brought him...Copy !req
211. there's one thing
the new schoolteacher feared
with all his being.Copy !req
212. The night.Copy !req
213. His first near Sleepy Hollow.Copy !req
214. - Good night, Mr. Crane.
So happy to have you here.Copy !req
215. - It's a pleasure to be here,
ma'am.Copy !req
216. - Have a restful night,
Mr. Crane.Copy !req
217. - I will. I will.Copy !req
218. If I live through it!Copy !req
219. Oh... alright... relax.Copy !req
220. We had a good day.Copy !req
221. And some pleasant company.Copy !req
222. Doffue is quite a fellow.Copy !req
223. Hendrick. Hendrick is a prize.Copy !req
224. And Katrina...Copy !req
225. There's a peach worth picking.Copy !req
226. I'm not too clear on Brom Bones,
though.Copy !req
227. Strange fellow. Strange fellow.Copy !req
228. I shall watch him.Copy !req
229. Now I lay me down to sleep,Copy !req
230. I pray the Lord my soul to keep,Copy !req
231. and if I...
die before I wake...Copy !req
232. bring me back to life.Copy !req
233. Ooh! Oh!Copy !req
234. Ooh. Ah...Copy !req
235. Alright, here I go.
I'm getting into bed.Copy !req
236. Ah. Ah! I'm fine so far.Copy !req
237. Yes. Yes.Copy !req
238. I hate the night.Copy !req
239. It's so... quiet.Copy !req
240. Ah! Protect me!Copy !req
241. When the man
got any sleep is beyond me.Copy !req
242. - One and one is two.Copy !req
243. Two and two is four. Four...Copy !req
244. But while the night
was filled with horrors,Copy !req
245. the rising of the sun
seemed to bring a new vitality
to the schoolteacher.Copy !req
246. That and, I'm sure,
several pots of coffee.Copy !req
247. - ... 64...
- He turned out to be
a conscientious man,Copy !req
248. and ever bore in mind
the golden maxim:Copy !req
249. "Spare the rod
and spoil the child."Copy !req
250. As a child myself,
I always hated that maxim.Copy !req
251. - ... 256 is—
- Thank you. Thank you,
Hendrick. Return to your seat.Copy !req
252. We've had quite enough
of your shenanigans,
Mr. Van Der Kar.Copy !req
253. Will you please
assume the angle.Copy !req
254. - Ah, gee.Copy !req
255. - That will be quite sufficient,
Mr. Van Der Kar.Copy !req
256. You ready? This will hurt me
more than it will hurt you.Copy !req
257. - Ah!Copy !req
258. If Ichabod only knew,Copy !req
259. perhaps he'd award the lad
high marks for dramatics.Copy !req
260. - Ouch!
- You children are possessed!Copy !req
261. I guess when a man
is as skittish as poor Ichabod,
he sees the devil...Copy !req
262. in almost anything.Copy !req
263. - Pick up your slates, please,
and your chalk.Copy !req
264. Even the most pastoral
of settings was fraught
with terror for Ichabod.Copy !req
265. - More?
- Uh, no, thank you, sir.Copy !req
266. It's amazing how filling
olives can be.Copy !req
267. - Oh, my God!Copy !req
268. Keep me, protect me.Copy !req
269. Hendrick, don't move!Copy !req
270. - What is it, Mr. Crane?Copy !req
271. - A spider!
- Just a spider?
- Just a spider?Copy !req
272. That's what he'd like us
to think!
Actually, it's Satan himself!Copy !req
273. - What should I do?
- Stop!Copy !req
274. Stop! Follow my instructions
carefully.Copy !req
275. Open your eyes and mouth
as wide as you can.Copy !req
276. Okay. Now...
now we'll keep himCopy !req
277. from spinning his web
and spinning them shut.Copy !req
278. Turn in a circle
all the time saying,
"I like Swiss chard, I like—"Copy !req
279. - But I don't like Swiss chard!
- Never mind! Do it, do it, lad!
Turn!Copy !req
280. - I like—
- No! Turn the other way.Copy !req
281. - I like Swiss chard!
I like Swiss chard!Copy !req
282. - Yeah! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
- I like Swiss chard!Copy !req
283. - Run, Lucifer! Run!
You'll not reap any souls here
today!Copy !req
284. - I like Swiss chard!
- You can stop, lad.
He's gone back to hell.Copy !req
285. Oh, Hendrick. Hendrick, lad.
I'm sorry if I frightened you.Copy !req
286. You're just an innocent babe,
aren't you?Copy !req
287. You look around here,
all you see are the trees,Copy !req
288. a babbling brook,
the beasts of the forest—Copy !req
289. - Spiders?
- Exactly. Exactly!Copy !req
290. Lying below the flora and fauna
of this garden of Eden
are evil, evil ugly things.Copy !req
291. - Things?
- Yes. That's why I keep this...Copy !req
292. lucky rabbit's foot.Copy !req
293. It guards me against hobgoblins,
evil spirits, things that go
bump in the night.Copy !req
294. - Oh, those things.Copy !req
295. - Yes. That's not all I keep
on my person.Copy !req
296. I also have a four-leaf clover.Copy !req
297. A lucky penny. And this.Copy !req
298. Garlic!
- Ugh!
So that's what that smell is.Copy !req
299. - That, my dear boy,
will keep away the undead.Copy !req
300. - I think it can with
the living, as well.Copy !req
301. - Enough frivolity.
Too much fun can spoil
a young mind.Copy !req
302. Shall we head back?Copy !req
303. - Oh, sure.Copy !req
304. I like Swiss chard.
I like Swiss chard.
I like Swiss chard.Copy !req
305. Hendrick was not
the only one impressed by Crane.Copy !req
306. Farmers' wives were vying
with each otherCopy !req
307. for the privilege of hosting
his weekly choir practice.Copy !req
308. To Crane, it meant travelling
through this cursed country
alone.Copy !req
309. Ah, but the prospect
of good food and pretty women,Copy !req
310. Katrina especially,
helped the schoolteacher
find the courage.Copy !req
311. - Ah!Copy !req
312. Protect me! Keep me!Copy !req
313. Yes. Stay, kitty.
Nice kitty. Yes.Copy !req
314. Obviously,
he hasn't found it yet.Copy !req
315. - Cute, adorable, little...
messenger from hell!Copy !req
316. - Mr. Crane, is something wrong?
Is someone chasing you?Copy !req
317. - A highwayman?Copy !req
318. - Chasing me? No, no, no, no.
I was just, uh...
I was, uh, running.Copy !req
319. - From what?
- From, uh, from fat.Copy !req
320. Yes, from fat, bad digestion
and an early death.Copy !req
321. Running is good for the body.
Why, it's all the rage
in New York.Copy !req
322. It is?
- Oh, yes.Copy !req
323. - Well, we'll just have
to try it, then.Copy !req
324. Oh, Mr. Crane, it is so good
to have a gentlemanCopy !req
325. of such bearing
and sophisticationCopy !req
326. to enlighten and upgrade
our rather humdrum
rural culture.Copy !req
327. - Madam, I am your servant.Copy !req
328. - Oh, Katrina, we almost forgot
to feed the cat.Copy !req
329. - Cat? Oh, you have a cat here.Copy !req
330. - Oh, he's outside.
I'll just get him.Copy !req
331. - Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
Don't do that.
I'll feed him. Yes.Copy !req
332. He's fed!Copy !req
333. - Mr. Crane!Copy !req
334. - Oh, no, kitty likes it better
that way.Copy !req
335. Yes, it helps to sharpen
his primitive hunting instincts.Copy !req
336. Uh, besides, uh,
we can't have him in the house
before choir practice.Copy !req
337. Uh, he has fur,
and when fur flies,Copy !req
338. it gets caught in our...Copy !req
339. vocal cords, yes.Copy !req
340. Yes.Copy !req
341. You know they've banned felines
from the Paris Opera
because of it?Copy !req
342. - They have?Copy !req
343. - Let's begin
with a familiar selection
on page two, please.Copy !req
344. - Ahem.Copy !req
345. - For the benefit
of the children,Copy !req
346. and those of you
that practice temperance,Copy !req
347. this here is the local tavern.Copy !req
348. Come to think of it,
it's the only tavern.Copy !req
349. Nothing much goes on
in this regionCopy !req
350. that hasn't been
talked about here.Copy !req
351. I wish those boys
would hold it down a mite!Copy !req
352. Well...
if you can't beat 'em...Copy !req
353. - What is it about him anyway?
Katrina's swarming all over him,
her mother too, I think.Copy !req
354. - Ah, they're all like that.Copy !req
355. Inviting him into our homes,
cooking for him.Copy !req
356. - Don't tell me.
We're discussing
the schoolteacher.Copy !req
357. - Schoolteacher, ha!
If she can't see him
for what he is -Copy !req
358. which is not much, I think—Copy !req
359. - You ought to challenge him
to a fight.
That's what I think.Copy !req
360. - Yeah. There you go.
- Nah. I'd turn him into
bone splinters with one blow.Copy !req
361. No, that's...
that's no challenge.Copy !req
362. - Besides, from what I can see
of the man's timid nature,Copy !req
363. he'd faint before you could
clench your fist.Copy !req
364. - Hmm. What's that?Copy !req
365. - The man's a coward?Copy !req
366. - Did I say that?
I did not say that.
It was the ale talking.Copy !req
367. - He seemed a bit skittish
and, well, the paper dolls,
that, uh...Copy !req
368. - The man has an artist's mind.
- The man has a chicken's heart.Copy !req
369. - What are you gonna do
about it, Brom?Copy !req
370. - I dunno.
But I'll be thinking on it.Copy !req
371. - Much as I hate to admit it...Copy !req
372. my big mouth
was an invaluable aid
to Brom's thinking.Copy !req
373. He wasted no time.Copy !req
374. That night,
Halloween choir practice,Copy !req
375. Brom launched his scary scheme
to rid the Hollow
of its schoolmaster.Copy !req
376. - Ichabod! Ichabod Crane!Copy !req
377. - As lame as Brom's
first attempt was,Copy !req
378. it scared Ichabod.Copy !req
379. - Choir practice...Copy !req
380. - But Brom was greatly aided
by the schoolteacher's
worst fear.Copy !req
381. - No...
- The night itself.Copy !req
382. Brom's practical joke had merely
provided a starting pointCopy !req
383. for the terror that Ichabod
was fully able to inflict
on himself.Copy !req
384. - Black cat. Not a black cat.
Oh, not...Copy !req
385. - He's missing his head.
- Of course I'll stay.Copy !req
386. - He's missing his head.
- ... from the gates of hell.Copy !req
387. - He's missing his head.
- Bulging from the gates
of hell.Copy !req
388. - Not me. I've been good.
- Bolting from the gates
of hell.Copy !req
389. - Taste my butter cookies?Copy !req
390. - You can't!
- Just a spider.Copy !req
391. - I love Swiss chard.
- Is someone chasing you?Copy !req
392. - Where's your body?
- Is someone chasing you?Copy !req
393. - Don't you see?
A crucifix!Copy !req
394. - Is someone chasing you?Copy !req
395. - Where's your body?Copy !req
396. I still don't know
when the man got any sleep.Copy !req
397. The dawn brought an end
to Ichabod's
terror-filled night.Copy !req
398. That day, the schoolteacher
arrived at his classroom
especially early,Copy !req
399. for it was a place of learning,Copy !req
400. a place where he felt safe,
comfortable,Copy !req
401. and in control.Copy !req
402. A place Brom Bones
had visited...Copy !req
403. the night before.Copy !req
404. - Ah!Copy !req
405. Oh! Oh, oh!Copy !req
406. - Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
407. - I shall not dwell
in this cursed place any longer!
- Mr. Crane? Mr. Crane?Copy !req
408. Mr. Crane, what's happened?
You poor, poor man.Copy !req
409. Please let me help you.Copy !req
410. - Katrina, I'm glad you've come.
It will save me going
to your house to say goodbye.Copy !req
411. - Goodbye? But...
but you just got here.Copy !req
412. - Uh, I know.Copy !req
413. I know. But I can't stay
in this cursed place any longer,
so goodbye!Copy !req
414. - But the-the fair's coming up.
- I know!Copy !req
415. Have a wonderful time.Copy !req
416. - Well, I don't know
how that would be possible
without you there to be with me.Copy !req
417. - Katrina, I can't.
I'd love to, really,
but... I can't.Copy !req
418. - Well, if you can't...Copy !req
419. you can't.Copy !req
420. - That's right. I can't.Copy !req
421. - I guess I shan't be going,
either.Copy !req
422. - Well... don't miss the fair
on my account.Copy !req
423. - Oh, yes,
for the first time in 10 years,
I shall miss the fair.Copy !req
424. But don't trouble yourself.Copy !req
425. If you can't... you can't.Copy !req
426. - Oh. Oof. Wait.Copy !req
427. Please don't.Copy !req
428. Please don't cry.
I had no idea.Copy !req
429. If it means that much to you...
I'd hate to disappoint you.Copy !req
430. - You are a gentleman.Copy !req
431. - I wouldn't want it
on my conscience.Copy !req
432. Will there be strudel?Copy !req
433. - Well, the day of the fair
has arrived,Copy !req
434. and much to Brom's dismay,
the schoolteacher
was still there.Copy !req
435. Now, I know I'm Katrina's uncle
and I love her like a niece...Copy !req
436. but how do you figure a girl
who fights like a wildcatCopy !req
437. to get one gent
to come to the fairCopy !req
438. only to arrive in the company
of another?Copy !req
439. Huh. Women.Copy !req
440. Can't live with 'em...
can't live without 'em.Copy !req
441. Well, what do I know?
I'm a bachelor. Go.Copy !req
442. I knocked at the door
and there was no answer,
and finally when it did open up,Copy !req
443. there he was,
thrashing about the classroom,Copy !req
444. knocking over books and benches
with the chair that was stuck
to the seat of his pants.Copy !req
445. I felt so sorry for him.Copy !req
446. The poor man,
he looked so scared,Copy !req
447. just like a cute, little,
helpless puppy.Copy !req
448. - Hey, well,
I can look helpless too,
you know.Copy !req
449. - I wonder if I put enough sugar
in these turnovers.Copy !req
450. I hope I'll win.
I spent just hours.Copy !req
451. - Oh, you'll win? What about me?
I have a race to win.Copy !req
452. And I should be wearing
your kerchief so everybody knows
I'm winning it for you.Copy !req
453. - Oh, what do you need
my kerchief for?Copy !req
454. Isn't it enough
that I came with you,
Brom Bones?Copy !req
455. Mr. Crane!Copy !req
456. - Oh, one more time!
- Hello.Copy !req
457. - Oh!Copy !req
458. Oh, I so love
a festive atmosphere.Copy !req
459. - Mm-mm! Me too.
- The pumpkins.Copy !req
460. - Mm-hmm.
- It is fun, isn't it,
Mr. Crane?Copy !req
461. A lot of fun.
- Mr. Crane, you must tell me
what you think of this strudel.Copy !req
462. - Oh, Mother, be careful. Here.
He's getting it on his jacket.Copy !req
463. - Oh, good. Delicious.
- Here's my kerchief.
- Gentlemen!Copy !req
464. Bring your horses
to the starting line.Copy !req
465. - Katrina,
I've come for your kerchief.
- Bless you.Copy !req
466. - I'll win without it.
- Oh, but, Brom, I was—
- Ah.Copy !req
467. - Now listen up, lads.
We wouldn't want to lose anyone
out there.Copy !req
468. From here,
you go past Massacre Ridge,Copy !req
469. then about 50 legs till you get
to vampire Butte.Copy !req
470. Now, this next
is very important.Copy !req
471. Take a left.Copy !req
472. You got that?Copy !req
473. A left!Copy !req
474. Now, last year,
some poor soul took a right,Copy !req
475. and gave Screaming Bob Gorge
the name it bears today.Copy !req
476. So take a left! Remember.Copy !req
477. Next,
you go around Hangman Tree,Copy !req
478. down through Sleepy Hollow
and back here to the finish.Copy !req
479. Same rules as last year.
Whoever finishes first
is the winner.Copy !req
480. And no kicking or gouging!Copy !req
481. In sight of the ladies.Copy !req
482. - Massacre Ridge. Vampire Butte.Copy !req
483. - Are you enjoying yourself,
Mr. Crane?Copy !req
484. - Oh, yes, dear lady,
I'm having a wonderful time.
Thank you.Copy !req
485. - You think this is fun,
wait till you come to my party.Copy !req
486. - Oh, really? I'd love to.
When is that?
- Halloween night.Copy !req
487. - Hal... Halloween?Copy !req
488. - Go! Go!Copy !req
489. - Hmm. Ah.Copy !req
490. Well, now, Katrina,
don't get me wrong.Copy !req
491. I'd love to attend your party,
really. But Halloween,
I can't. I don't dare.Copy !req
492. - Oh,
but who shall I dance with?Copy !req
493. - Well, there are many
who'd love to dance with you.Copy !req
494. - But none with your grace
or your elegance or the style
to sweep me across the floor.Copy !req
495. - I wouldn't want you
to get your feet stepped on.Copy !req
496. - Oh, thank you, thank you,
thank you.Copy !req
497. For a moment, I didn't think
I had a ghost of a chance.Copy !req
498. - Ghost!Copy !req
499. - Poor Brom seems to have been
the only rider without a scarf.Copy !req
500. - Well, if poor Brom
would learn how to treat a lady.Copy !req
501. - Katrina, dear,
that is the way men are here.Copy !req
502. They know no better.Copy !req
503. - Well, maybe they should
take some lessons
from the schoolteachers.Copy !req
504. - Here they come!Copy !req
505. - Oh.
- Alright, you men,
let's split up.Copy !req
506. Looks like we gotta name a gorge
after Rudolph.Copy !req
507. - Oh, Brom!
I knew you could do it.
- Uh-huh.Copy !req
508. - Well, would the winner
of the race like to escort me
around the fair?Copy !req
509. - I gotta rub down Daredevil.Copy !req
510. - Brom Bones! You, you...Copy !req
511. you farmer!Copy !req
512. - The next day,
the farmers congregated
at the usual gathering placeCopy !req
513. to talk about the fair
and to listen to the latest newsCopy !req
514. according to the well-read
Mr. Crane.Copy !req
515. - Just listen to this.
"The German physician F. J. Galt
says you can tellCopy !req
516. how intelligent a man is
by counting the bumps
on his head."Copy !req
517. - Crane, I'd watch Brom Bones
if I were you.Copy !req
518. - Hmm? How's that?
- You could suddenly get
very intelligent.Copy !req
519. - What a race, what a race!Copy !req
520. That's three years running,
Brom.Copy !req
521. You and Daredevil
are an unbeatable team.Copy !req
522. - Well, the Van Tassels seemed
to leave the fair early, Brom.Copy !req
523. - Haven't you heard, lad?
Miss Van Tassel's come up
in the world.Copy !req
524. No, she has no time
for a common dirt farmer
like me.Copy !req
525. No, she prefers
the more sophisticated,
sensitive... gentleman.Copy !req
526. - Well, I never thought
I'd see the dayCopy !req
527. that Brom Bones
would knuckle under.Copy !req
528. Oh!Copy !req
529. - Anyone want to join him? Huh?
No, no. No, no.Copy !req
530. - I have to apologize, lad.Copy !req
531. I don't like it
when I get like this.Copy !req
532. - Yeah, I don't, either.Copy !req
533. - But every time I think
about that overgrown
schoolteacher -Copy !req
534. who looks like a mosquito -Copy !req
535. and my girl together...Copy !req
536. Ah...Copy !req
537. What good would it do to...Copy !req
538. tear him in half.Copy !req
539. Katrina would only be cross
with me.Copy !req
540. Then where would I be, eh?Copy !req
541. Put that on my tab.Copy !req
542. - What was that about?Copy !req
543. - Oh, little Hendrick.
- Hi, Brom.Copy !req
544. - Whoa, Daredevil. Whoa.Copy !req
545. Can I give you a lift, son?
- Sure!Copy !req
546. - What you got there?
- Mr. Crane made it for me.Copy !req
547. He says it's absolutely
necessary to put it out
on Halloween nightCopy !req
548. to keep away evil spirits
and hobgoblins.Copy !req
549. - Well, the man's
a jack-of-all-trades, huh?Copy !req
550. - You coming
to the Halloween party, Brom?Copy !req
551. - I don't know, lad.
I don't know.Copy !req
552. - Mr. Crane is.
He says for Katrina,Copy !req
553. he'll even go out on a night
the devil dances with ghostsCopy !req
554. and the trees themselves
have evil eyes.Copy !req
555. - C'mere, lad.
Where you getting these stories?Copy !req
556. - Mr. Crane.Copy !req
557. - Mr. Crane, Mr. Crane.Copy !req
558. Well, perhaps I should go
to the party to make sure
Mr. Crane makes it, huh?Copy !req
559. - Great!Copy !req
560. Brom, do you believe in ghosts?Copy !req
561. - No, lad.
- Neither do I.Copy !req
562. I like Swiss chard.Copy !req
563. I like Swiss chard.
I like Swiss chard.Copy !req
564. At last,
the night of the party
had arrived.Copy !req
565. Ichabod mustered up his courage,
pocketed all his charms,Copy !req
566. and took great pains
to look his best for Katrina.Copy !req
567. - What's Halloween anyway?
It's a day
just like any other day.Copy !req
568. The sun rises, the sun sets.Copy !req
569. The su... sun...Copy !req
570. Protect me! Keep me!Copy !req
571. Ah... ah... Ah!Copy !req
572. Oh! Ah...Copy !req
573. What am I doing?Copy !req
574. What am I doing? Oh...Copy !req
575. Katrina would hardly
be impressed by a man
frightened by a hat and a bed,Copy !req
576. or an open umbrella.Copy !req
577. Ah, pull yourself together.
Relax, relax.Copy !req
578. We must weigh the good
against the bad. The bad?Copy !req
579. It's Halloween. That's very bad.Copy !req
580. The good?Copy !req
581. Oh... Katrina.Copy !req
582. Katrina...Copy !req
583. the party, food.Copy !req
584. Katrina, food.Copy !req
585. Ah... once again,
good triumphs over evil.Copy !req
586. I'm not dreaming.Copy !req
587. I shall rescue the fair Katrina
like a knight rides to the aid
of a maiden in distress.Copy !req
588. As for the legend
of Sleepy Hollow,Copy !req
589. I laugh at you.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!Copy !req
590. My gallant steed and I
shall ride so fast,Copy !req
591. we will appear
like the March wind.Copy !req
592. Silly superstition. Ha!Copy !req
593. Well,
what Ichabod doesn't know
shouldn't hurt him.Copy !req
594. - Hello.Copy !req
595. Yes, you're Gunpowder.
We're going to be just fine.Copy !req
596. Yes, you're a good horse.Copy !req
597. Okay, I'm going to get up now
very slowly,Copy !req
598. and go to the party.Copy !req
599. Get you some of Katrina's
butter cookies.Copy !req
600. Yes.Copy !req
601. Like noble knight,Copy !req
602. Crane was in need
of a noble steed.Copy !req
603. And so he borrowed a horse
appropriately named Gunpowder
from farmer Van Ripper.Copy !req
604. - Okay. Good to go
down there to the barn.Copy !req
605. Come here, boy.Copy !req
606. Good.Copy !req
607. Good boy. Come here.Copy !req
608. But Sir Ichabod's
equestrian skillsCopy !req
609. did not quite match
the gallant image
he had of himself.Copy !req
610. In truth, the schoolteacher
had been up on a horseCopy !req
611. two, maybe three times
in his entire life.Copy !req
612. And then, I'm sure,
only by accident.Copy !req
613. - Okay. Okay.Copy !req
614. Okay.Copy !req
615. Come around this way.Copy !req
616. That's a good boy.Copy !req
617. We'll try another way
to the party.Copy !req
618. Okay. Good boy.Copy !req
619. Okay, Gunpowder, here we go.Copy !req
620. - Hey, Brom. You want to tell
that boring story again?Copy !req
621. You having a good time?Copy !req
622. - Paper-dolly man.
- Hello!Copy !req
623. Oh, Mr. Crane!Copy !req
624. - My brother's house was filled
with friends and neighbours.Copy !req
625. He was a very popular man
as well as
a very successful one.Copy !req
626. Make no mistake.
His visible wealth was not lost
on the schoolteacher.Copy !req
627. - Thank you. Wonderful party.
- Would you like a cigar?Copy !req
628. - I'd love one.
Thank you so much.Copy !req
629. - Here you go.
- Oh, may I have a light?
- Sure.Copy !req
630. - Mrs. Van Tassel
is looking lovely, by the way.
Lovely, lovely, lovely.Copy !req
631. - Lovely meeting you.Copy !req
632. - Wonderful cigar.
Wonderful party.Copy !req
633. Oh, hello, hello!
Thank you so much. Wonderful.
How'd you do?Copy !req
634. Excellent bouquet.
Wonderful, wonderful.Copy !req
635. Hello! Hello. How've you been?Copy !req
636. The women
on the arms of their menCopy !req
637. were only slightly less cordial
to him than usual.Copy !req
638. The men were cold.Copy !req
639. Which was probably lost
on Crane,Copy !req
640. his mind reeling
from all the sumptuous,
elegant, delicious...Copy !req
641. - Oh, to live in this house,
to live in this house
with Katrina.Copy !req
642. Yes.Copy !req
643. There he is watching me,
always watching me.Copy !req
644. What is he anyway?
Nothing more than a farmer.Copy !req
645. Mm, Katrina.Copy !req
646. Look at that dress.Copy !req
647. Think of the cost of it.
Whoo!Copy !req
648. - Everyone,
it's time for a dance!
Come on.Copy !req
649. - Now or never.Copy !req
650. Katrina, may I have
the pleasure of this dance?Copy !req
651. - It must've taken him
real courage,
but he was a driven man.Copy !req
652. They danced and danced.Copy !req
653. Ichabod Crane
was in his element.Copy !req
654. The centre of attention,
with a lovely,Copy !req
655. young, rich dancing partner.Copy !req
656. - Go after her, Brom.Copy !req
657. - No, I'm just a country clod
beside the dancing master.Copy !req
658. - Ah, go after her.Copy !req
659. - Why not?
We'll find out what's what
once and for all.Copy !req
660. Pardon me, Mr. Crane.Copy !req
661. - I was finished dancing anyway.Copy !req
662. - I'm so darned jealous
of Ichabod Crane!
- Jealous?Copy !req
663. I don't blame you.
He's a wonderful dancer.Copy !req
664. - Oh, really?Copy !req
665. Watch this.Copy !req
666. - Pardon me, Mr. Bones.Copy !req
667. - I was... done dancing anyway.Copy !req
668. Unlike the well-travelled
schoolteacher,Copy !req
669. Brom Bones did not know much
about dancing and party manners.Copy !req
670. The night was still young,
and Brom,
smitten with love and jealousy,Copy !req
671. did know how to use the party
to his best
and Crane's worst advantage.Copy !req
672. - There was a highwayman!
Ten men had trapped him
in the woods.Copy !req
673. - Eleven o'clock Halloween eve,
by tradition, was story time.Copy !req
674. When it got around to Brom,
he told his version
of the legend, which all knew,Copy !req
675. but he added some nice touches
of his own.Copy !req
676. - In a little clearing,
they made a fighting circle.Copy !req
677. This time, he would not escape.Copy !req
678. You could hear
the clash of steel for miles!Copy !req
679. But in the worst part
of the battle,Copy !req
680. the moon went behind a cloud.Copy !req
681. It was black as pitch!Copy !req
682. The man didn't see the sword
that killed him.Copy !req
683. His head dropped
from between his shoulders.Copy !req
684. The horse ran!Copy !req
685. And bolted!Copy !req
686. Carrying the body with him.Copy !req
687. - Oh!
- They never found him.Copy !req
688. But on Halloween...Copy !req
689. he comes riding back...Copy !req
690. holding his mouldering headCopy !req
691. under his arm.Copy !req
692. Looking for a fresh one...
that he can snatch!Copy !req
693. And put on his own shoulders.Copy !req
694. - Grizzly. But effective,
I think.Copy !req
695. - Good night!
- Good night.Copy !req
696. - Lovely party.
- Happy Halloween.Copy !req
697. Oh, Mr. Crane,
have you seen Brom?Copy !req
698. - Katrina, may I speak to you
for a moment?Copy !req
699. I have something important
to say to you,
something in my heart I feel—Copy !req
700. - Oh, Ichabod.Copy !req
701. It was so nice of you to stay
to say good-night to me.Copy !req
702. Thank you for coming.Copy !req
703. Good night.Copy !req
704. - Uh, no, I... Uh...Copy !req
705. Oh, dear.Copy !req
706. Good night.Copy !req
707. Well,
Ichabod never made his point
with Katrina,Copy !req
708. but he figured
there was always tomorrow.Copy !req
709. - Come on, Gunpowder.
Come on, brave steed.Copy !req
710. Ah. For once in your life,
be courageous.Copy !req
711. Courage, Crane, courage.Copy !req
712. Devil with courage.Copy !req
713. What's that sound?
Heard it once,Copy !req
714. heard it before!Copy !req
715. Who's that in the tree?
You can't hurt me. No.Copy !req
716. I have lizard wine.
Guaranteed repellent!Copy !req
717. Besides, Doffue said...
yes, it's only a silly legend.Copy !req
718. Ah...Copy !req
719. Okay, Gunpowder. Good boy.Copy !req
720. Do what you're doing,
only faster.Copy !req
721. Ugh.Copy !req
722. What is that sound?Copy !req
723. You know what that is?
That's another horsey.Copy !req
724. Yes, another horsey that thinks
he's fast like you,
but he's not.Copy !req
725. I can tell by looking at you
that you're a thoroughbred.Copy !req
726. We know how important
good breeding can be.Copy !req
727. Hear that? Here he comes.Copy !req
728. You're not gonna let him
catch you, are you?
No, you can't! No.Copy !req
729. Go, Gunpowder! Go!Copy !req
730. Show him what you're made of!
Go, Gunpowder! Go!Copy !req
731. Ah! Keep me!Copy !req
732. Ah! Protect me! Keep me!Copy !req
733. Oh, God! Help me!Copy !req
734. Somebody help me!Copy !req
735. Someone help me!Copy !req
736. Go faster!
You hear me, you nag?
Go faster!Copy !req
737. Go! Go, you stupid horse!Copy !req
738. Go faster!Copy !req
739. Faster, faster, faster!Copy !req
740. Faster, faster!Copy !req
741. Come on! Go! Go faster! Faster!Copy !req
742. Protect me! Keep me!Copy !req
743. Keep me! Oh, keep me!Copy !req
744. - Ah, his feet are flailing
all over the saddle,Copy !req
745. when suddenly the dumb beast
veers off the road
and runs into the woods!Copy !req
746. - Oh, tell us, Brom.Copy !req
747. Are you and Katrina planning
on inviting Crane
to the wedding?Copy !req
748. - Only if his horse
stops long enough for him
to receive an invitation.Copy !req
749. - Ah, yes.Copy !req
750. That, my dear friends,
was Halloween in Sleepy Hollow.Copy !req
751. Not your run-of-the-mill
observance,
you must admit,Copy !req
752. but then...Copy !req
753. not many regions
have a real live ghost
riding the hills.Copy !req
754. Oh, Doffue, Doffue.Copy !req
755. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.Copy !req
756. You're telling
these nice people...Copy !req
757. Did I say "real"?Copy !req
758. You must forgive me.Copy !req
759. But when you've lived
with a legend
as long as we have,Copy !req
760. well... you understand.Copy !req
761. As for the poor schoolteacher,
who knows?Copy !req
762. Staying one step ahead
of the devil, I suspect.Copy !req
763. Brom Bones?Copy !req
764. Well, I'd like to say
he lived happily ever after.
And why not?Copy !req
765. He had his lady, a fast horse,
his great strength.Copy !req
766. I'd like to say that.Copy !req
767. Except... for this night.Copy !req
768. The night after Halloween.Copy !req
769. The night...Copy !req
770. Brom Bones...Copy !req
771. came to face to face...Copy !req
772. with the legend
of Sleepy Hollow!Copy !req
773. difuzeCopy !req