The Calm Before the Storm: A Night in Sleepy Hollow
Table of Contents Homework Horrors 4 Meeting Ichabod Crane 13 Pranks in the Hollow 26 Preparing the Dandy 35 Ghost Stories 47 Brom’s Race 57 A Dark Ride 71 The Wild Ride Ends 82 Through the Woods 93 X Marks the Exit 102
Homework Horrors Carter Lewis yawned so wide his jaw cracked He absolutely positively had to get this book read before Monday When his teacher assigned it she had pop quiz written all over her face Carter didn’t dare crash and burn during another pop quiz He yawned again and wondered how anyone could think it was interesting to ramble on and on about how a town got its name Who cares if Tarry Town used to be called Greensburgh Besides why talk about these other towns if the story takes place in Sleepy Hollow Carter knew there was supposed to be some kind of a chase scene Ms Mendelsong had peered over her glasses as she told the class Washington Irving’s use of a supernatural 4
chase makes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow similar to folktales of the time She’d said a bunch of other stuff too but that was all Carter remembered Carter wasn’t sure he’d ever get to the chase since he couldn’t get past the fi rst page with its description of the quietest place in the whole world Who wanted to read about the quietest place in the whole world He was hoping for a good zombie attack or maybe vampires swooping down on someone Even a werewolf would be okay as long as it actually chased someone down and ate him He groaned and tossed the book onto his desk At least it was Friday He still had two days to slog through the story before class on Monday Carter jumped when the pocket of his cargo shorts rattled against his leg He’d put his new cell phone on vibrate because he was grounded Technically he wasn’t supposed to use the phone but how could a guy live like that Hey he said quietly 5
