Sleepy Hollow: "The horseman`s head still lies somewhere on the battlefield," the people of Sleepy Hollow said. "Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it." One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmaster - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he? Rip Van Winkle: Rip Van Winkle did not like working on his farm and his wife was always angry with him. He wanted to forget his troubles for a day. So he took his dog and his gun and he walked up into the Catskill Mountains. Retold by Anne Collins.