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'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a fictional short story by [[Washington Irving]] published in 1819. It tells the story of a man with a history of [[idleness]] and family troubles who went out for a day of strolling and hunting for squirrels in the woods. Late in the afternoon, he became exhausted and fell asleep on a grassy knoll.

'''Rip Van Winkle''' is a [[fiction|fictional]] [[short story]] by [[Washington Irving]] published in 1819. It is the first [[American]] short story, and is based off of the story of an old [[German]] legend about a goatherd named Peter Klaus.<ref>St. John, Raymond A. (1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=B40aaGhodu4C ''American Literature for Christian Schools''] Bob Jones University Press, p. 150</ref> Rip Van Winkle's setting is in the [[Catskill Mountains]], and it tells the story of a man with a history of [[idleness]] and family troubles who went out for a day of strolling and hunting for squirrels in the woods. Late in the afternoon, he became exhausted and fell asleep on a grassy knoll.

After waking up and returning to his village, he noticed his family home was abandoned, and that he did not know many of the townsfolk. They told him that some of his neighbours had been dead for many years, and an [[American Revolution]] had also taken place. What felt like an overnight sleep for Rip Van WInkle turned out to be 20 years.

After waking up and returning to his village, he noticed his family home was abandoned, and that he did not know many of the townsfolk. They told him that some of his neighbours had been dead for many years, and an [[American Revolution]] had also taken place. What felt like an overnight sleep for Rip Van WInkle turned out to be 20 years.

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.pdf ''Rip Van Winkle'' by Washington Irving]

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.pdf ''Rip Van Winkle'' by Washington Irving]

[[Category:Fairy tales]]

[[Category:Fairy tales]]