Saturday 31 October 2015
Jack O' Lantern
“An opening in the trees now cheered him with the hopes that
the church bridge was at hand. The
wavering reflection of a silver star in the bosom of the brook told him that he
was not mistaken. He saw the walls of
the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones'
ghostly competitor had disappeared. ‘If
I can but reach that bridge,’ thought Ichabod, ‘I am safe.’ Just then he heard
the black steed panting and blowing close behind him; he even fancied that he felt
his hot breath. Another convulsive kick
in the ribs, and old Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the resounding
planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod cast a look behind to see
if his pursuer should vanish in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his
stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him.” – from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by
Washington Irving
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