Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 Last update 2026-11-09. This will not be a shortened version. I intend to translate the whole thing.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Istori peri Orifis Dormi

by Washington Irving

per Uasinton Irbin

FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.

(es pas eureka inter papermulti ot Didrik Knikerboker)

        A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,

          Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;

        And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,

          Forever flushing round a summer sky.          

CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.

        Ili es pas uni lokal ot sefal dormi - 

        ot biodormi, na undula ante optik unisurbi klos;

        e ot dommaga beni in nefelo, na pas,

        e paso jurtuta in sel sesonbi.

(eks "Dommaga ot Fobergo")

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In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town.

In uni ot orifismulti stenone, na fakto orifismulti in limit ot potam Odson, a lokal stenone potam, na es pas sefal per androdireksipmulti paleo ot Olan ot mari Tapan, e plaskia ilis longane pas jurtuta beil, e deman sekur ot santa Nikolas, temkia ilis pasodia, es urban mikro ot marke o porto ot agri, antrop multine nam Urbanberdi, sed es kones komon plus e korek per nam Urbanbelone.

This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days.

Nam dis es pas don - es logo a mis - intem jur paleo per ginegamemulti ot lokal bisin, akaus desir natur ot androgamemulti pro espek a dombibe intem jur marke.

Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic.

Dis es inergo, benkia mi berita ne fakto dis, sed logo simple dis pro es korek e basi.

Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world.

Abe longane ot urban mikro dis, inergo bi milpaso, o bale mikro, o in plas ot dis geo lebanne, na es lokal fonone tele ot Geo komple.

A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.

Uni potam mikro kuren dia ili, na abe fono lebanne tak pro kaus dormi; e fono bitritem ot kok silbi o ot ornibatalarbor es uni telenetuta fono, na stop trankuil komon.

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I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. 

Mi memor, na temkia es jube, kas uni ot mi pro diana jo mikro es pas in grup ot arbormulti leban, na kaus skia a uni latera ot bale.

I had wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes. 

Mi planet in ili medijur, temkia natur tuta es fonone, e es pas surpris per fono leban ot fusil ot miauto, temkia ili stop trankuil ot Juruni, e es longa plus, e es fonore per fonologoremulti nerfo.

If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.

Si mi desir probable lokal ot repos, plaskia mi inergo sekret ot Geo e fasilne ot ili, e biodormi futur resta ot bio trankuilne, mi kones plasnul kontenne bale mikro dis.

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From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. 

Akaus repos logone ot lokal dis e karakter komonne ot antropdom, na es infan ot antropdom komen ot Olan, lokal ot arbor dis es kones longa per nam Orifis Dormi, e  andro ot tempas es apela infanandro ot orifis Dormi dia lokal bisin komple.

A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. 

Pres dormi e biodormi optikomo pende sur lokal, e komple aer iliauto.

Some say that the place was bewitched by a High German doctor, during the early days of the settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. 

Antrop bitri logo, na lokal es pas logobenne per andromedisinnatur paleo ot Germani, intem jurmulti ot antropdom basi; bitri omone logo, na androsefal ot demo Indian, andrologofutur o andromedisintauma ot demofamili ili, abe pas mitin plasna, ante na lokal es eureka per androenglan Endrik Odson.

Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie.

Es sekur, na lokal es stopne sub pres ot inergo ot sistemfide benne, na abe logobenne sur serebra ot antroplokal tuta, na kaus, na ilis es in biodormi stopne.

They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. 

Ilis abe komon klasmulti ot fide tauma, inergo abe biodormi e optik komonne multi, e optik temmulti stof naturne, e oto musik e fono in aer.

The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols.

Bisin tuta es komple per istori lokal, plas kon siko ot korpo morta, e fide komonne intem foto forsene ot sola; stela pas e katarakta dia bale temmulti plus je lokal omone tuta ot nasion, e biodormi fob optikomo es multi per temmulti, omo plasdis es lokal filo plasuni.

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The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head. 

Prona siko forse plasuni, na dom lokal tauma dis, e optikomo es sefal ot inergo tuta ot aer, es forma ot karakter abene sefal sur ipo.

It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. 

Bitri antrop logo, na ili es siko ot androbatal ot nasion Hese ot Germani, sefal de na es priseks per glob ot fusilmagaarme intem batal abene nam intem batal Independen, e na es optik temmulti per antropagrimulti, na belo in fotone ot noktu, omo per tero ot benti.

His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent roads, and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance. 

Plasdom ot ili es ne limit a bale, sed bitritem es tele plus a rutmulti telene, e surtuta a bisin ot domkristo telene.

Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head, and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak.

Berita, antropistori berita multine ot lokal dis, na es atentif peri androoptikomo dis, kolek e sistem fakto multi peri ili, ofer, na poste korpo ot androbatal es pas ingeo in kurti ot domkristo, siko ot ili pasoante per ipo a plas ot batal noktu tuta pro eureka sefal ili, e na belo maga ot ili, per na ili pas dia orifis omo benti ot medinoktu, es akaus ili es postetem, e ili pres pro aribere a kurti ante lebansola.

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Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

Tak es istori komon ot tauma fidene dis, na don stof pro istorimulti mania in lokal na ot skia; e siko es kones a plasigni tuta ot antropagrimulti per nam Androipo abene sefal ot orifis Dormi.

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It is remarkable that the visionary propensity I have mentioned is not confined to the native inhabitants of the valley, but is unconsciously imbibed by every one who resides there for a time.

Es subline, na ide, peri na mi logo, es ne uni inter antropdommulti ot bale, sed es absob abene kones per antrop tuta, na dom plasna intem tem longane.

However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region, they are sure, in a little time, to inhale the witching influence of the air, and begin to grow imaginative, to dream dreams, and see apparitions.

Benkia ilis es atentif, ante ilis aribe a lokal dormi dis, es sukur, na ilis respira pres ot aer benne, e komen esaribe desinsiko, abe biodormimulti e optik stof beritane.

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I mention this peaceful spot with all possible laud, for it is in such little retired Dutch valleys, found here and there embosomed in the great State of New York, that population, manners, and customs remain fixed, while the great torrent of migration and improvement, which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country, sweeps by them unobserved. 

Mi logo peri plas trankuil dis kon aplaud tuta inergo, akaus abe in balemulti mikro ot Olan, na es eureka dis e na in nasion maga Iork Neo, na antrop, usa e akto multi komon esaribe fisa, intem kuren maga ot antropmulti e stof ben plus, na fakto muta stopne a lokalmulti omone ot nasion dis, pas ultra ilis abene obserba.

They are like those little nooks of still water, which border a rapid stream, where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor, or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor, undisturbed by the rush of the passing current. 

Ilis es omo plas mikro ot idro sinene, na es a limit ot potam belo, plaskia mis inergo optik uni folio ot erbi umidne o globaer, na es sinene o rotat trankuil a porto mikro, na es ne stop per belo ot kuren, na pas.

Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow, yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom.

Benkia anu multi pas pas, poste mi es in skia ot orifis Dormi, mi deman temdis, si mi eureka arbormulti omo e familimulti omo, na resta in lokal sekur na.

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In this by-place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, “tarried,” in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. 

A lokal sefalne dis ot natur intem tem tele ot istori ot Amerika - na es poste trideka anu - abe pas uni andro balor ot nam Ikabod Kren, na dom - o ili logo pas - "belone" a orifis Dormi  pro kaus peri instruk infanmulti ot bisin.

He was a native of Connecticut, a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters.

Ili es pas pas antropdom ot nasion Konetikot - nasion, na don a Uni ot Amerika antrop neo pro serebra je pro silbi, e espedi antropsilbi e sefalskola multi anu tuta.

The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. 

Signifi ot nam Kren (orni kon skelo longa) es korek pro korpo ili.

He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. 

Ili es pas leban, sed pakine multitele, kon bi epaul steno, brak e skelo longa; mani, na pende tele ultra brakbesti; pod, na optikomo stofeskaba; e forma ili pende presne.

His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. 

Sefal ili es pas mikro e plan a sur kon bi oto maga, optik berdi maga e fotone, e rino longa omo orni, prona ili optikomo stof sur asi pro presen direksion ot benti.

To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.

Intem optik ili a latera ot monta mikro intem jur benti kon besti presne e agita peri ili, ni eror pas inergo ili omo karakter Nesesafag, na lebanne a Geo, o androfoborni na katarakta ot agri sereal.

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His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks. 

Domskola ili es pas ot uni dom lebanne ot uni samber maga, na es fakto belne ot arbor; portiklatera es pas kober per o kristal o pagimulti eks biblomulti paleo.

It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window shutters; so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out,--an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eelpot. 

Dom na es pas fakto sofi sekur intem nul per strepto ot kordafe in stofmani ot portik, e batonmulti ot metalfe, na es plas anti portiklatera tuta; prona si androklepto inergo pasoin fasil komple, ili abe tem fasilne pro pasoeks - desin, na inergo pas es pris ot androdesin Iost van Hoten konser kon desin ot stofpris peri serpen.

The schoolhouse stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation, just at the foot of a woody hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it.

Domskola es pas a plas separa, sed alegro, a sub ot monte arbor mikro kon potam mikro telene e arbordermapaper, na kultur a uni fini ot ili.

From hence the low murmur of his pupils’ voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer’s day, like the hum of a beehive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge. 

Ot na, logo lebanne ot infanstude tuta, na optik sur leson ilis, inergo pas es oto intem jur dormi ot sesonbi, kak fono ot domapi; na es rakta dis e na per fono autorite ot sefalskola, per fono ot menas o ot lega, o inergo per fono benne ot mastigo, intem ili pres, na infanpostetem es konser ruj a kones kultur.

Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”

Pro logo berita, ili es andro destra, e memor pas jurtuta "lega metalau", "Don ne mastigo, prona kaus akto benne in infan."

Ichabod Crane’s scholars certainly were not spoiled.

Infanstude tuta ot Ikabod Kren, es ne sekur ot akto benne.

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I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burden off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. 

Promulti mi ide ne, na ili es uni ot androautoritemulti kardirigid ot skola, na beni akaus pato ot infankonsermulti; anti na, ili don pas destra per omo in plas ot rigid; intem pris kargo ot noto ot infanstude forsene, e plas ili sur noto ot infanstude forse.

Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch. 

Infanstude forsene simple, na fob temkia sine mikro ot mastigo, es pas pas per perdon; sed aktojudi es pas komple per don pato bitem sur uni infan ot Olan kon besti abene bestiskelo, na es konserne e destrane, e na es benine e fatiga e nesesadormi akaus mastigo.

All this he called “doing his duty by their parents;” and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin, that “he would remember it and thank him for it the longest day he had to live.”

Sefalskola apela pas na tuta "akto obliga ot pamater tuta"; e ili akto puni temnul abene sekur - sentikon tak a infan ot Olan - na "ili memor e gras futur ili akaus dis intem jur longa plasuni, ili abe pro bio."

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When school hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers, noted for the comforts of the cupboard. 

Poste oramulti ot skola es pas komple, ili es pas androkon e androrekrekon ot infanandromulti matur; e intem postemedijur ot jurfestimulti, ili porta pas infan mikro a dom ot ilis, na abe fratergine bel, o mater, na es ginekulina ben.

Indeed, it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. 

Berita es nesesa a ili pro konser relasion ben kon infanstude tuta.

The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda; but to help out his maintenance, he was, according to country custom in those parts, boarded and lodged at the houses of the farmers whose children he instructed. 

Dola a skola ili es pas mikro, e es ne probable komple pro don stofnesesa a ili, akaus ili es antropfagmaga, e benkia ili es pakine, ili abe inergooptik ot ornifagmorte maga; promulti pro asista ili kon bio, konser kon usa ot geoagri ot plasmulti na, ili es dom e dormi a dommulti omone ot androagri, infanmulti ot na ili instruk.

With these he lived successively a week at a time, thus going the rounds of the neighborhood, with all his worldly effects tied up in a cotton handkerchief.

Kon antropmulti dis, ili dom pas intem uni ebdoma per tem tuta, per na intem paso peri bisin kon stofnesesa tuta ot ili, na es korda in bestirino maga ot koton. 

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That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable. 

Prona, na stof tuta na es ne multitele ot kontendola ot antropdon usapaleo ot ili, na es usa pro ide, na tarif peri skola es kargo maga, e na sefalskola es antrop nesesane, ili abe medisinmulti ot fakto iliauto e usa e konser.

He assisted the farmers occasionally in the lighter labors of their farms, helped to make hay, mended the fences, took the horses to water, drove the cows from pasture, and cut wood for the winter fire. 

Ili asista pas antropagri tem a tem peri ergo fasile ot agri: ili asista pro fakto erbiumidne, eksdefek muramulti inter agri, sefal ipomulti a idro, sineante bibeginemulti eks agrierbi, e tomi arbormulti pro igni sesonkuadri.

He laid aside, too, all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating.

Ili sine pas a latera senti autorite e aktoforse ot ili, per na ili sek in imper mikro ot iliauto - skola - e ili esaribe pas kardiben e kardigras tauma.

He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest; and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee, and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.

Ili eureka pas gras konser kon matermulti per taktifilo infanmulti ilis, surtuta infanmulti jube; e omo leon brabo, na inergo abe kardiben tak kaprinjube, ili kursi kon uni infan sur mero e agita stofdormi ot infan omone per pod intem ora a ora.

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In addition to his other vocations, he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody. 

Plus a teknimulti dis, ili es androinstruk pro musik a bisin, e gain pas dolametalag multi tele mikro per instruk antropmulti jube peri kantik.

It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays, to take his station in front of the church gallery, with a band of chosen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson. 

Es pas akto lebanauto pro ili intem Jurunimulti, na surpod a  ante ot domkristo kon grup ot antropkantik, ili selek pas; plaskia in serebra ili, ili pris pas komple atentif ot delegadio.

Certain it is, his voice resounded far above all the rest of the congregation; and there are peculiar quavers still to be heard in that church, and which may even be heard half a mile off, quite to the opposite side of the millpond, on a still Sunday morning, which are said to be legitimately descended from the nose of Ichabod Crane. 

Es sekur, na fono ili es pas oto leban tele sur resta ot grup ot antropkristo; e abe fonomulti tremolo komonne temdis, e es oto sura kuinti paso ot na, e sura latera anti ot lak intem antemedijur ot Juruni, na es logo, na ilis es eks rino ot Ikabod Kren.

Thus, by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated “by hook and by crook,” the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it.

Je per mutamulti mikro e omone, per medisin, na es nam komon per fras "per ardor o eror", androinstruk ben prisplas pas komple, e es pas ide per ilis tuta, na kones nul peri ergo ot serebra, na ili abe bio fasil.

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The schoolmaster is generally a man of some importance in the female circle of a rural neighborhood; being considered a kind of idle, gentlemanlike personage, of vastly superior taste and accomplishments to the rough country swains, and, indeed, inferior in learning only to the parson. 

Sefalskola es komon andro ot balormaga inter ginemulti ot bisin, intem ili es person kon ergo mikro, e andronobel, peri ide e frut ben ultra ilis ot androagrimulti omone, e berita, na ili es instruk ben plasbi, kompara kon delegadio.

His appearance, therefore, is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse, and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats, or, peradventure, the parade of a silver teapot. 

Prona espresen ili es pas omo, na kaus atentif a mensate ot domagri, na inergo konten panisukar o frutrigid o inergo espresen ot potte ot metalag.

Our man of letters, therefore, was peculiarly happy in the smiles of all the country damsels. 

Prona androinstrukbel mis es pas beni komonne akaus risisub ot gineagri tuta.

How he would figure among them in the churchyard, between services on Sundays; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones; or sauntering, with a whole bevy of them, along the banks of the adjacent millpond; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back, envying his superior elegance and address.

Ili espresen pas tak inter ilis a kurti peri domkristo inter temador ot Juruni tuta, intem kolek bitimulti pro ilis  ot plantabiti silbi, na kultur sur arbormulti peri ilis; e intem logofono pro beni ilis logomulti a litomorta; o intem paso kon grup ot ilis peri limit ot lak telene; intem gineagrimulti, na abe fob mikro, resta a poste, intem desir medisin nobel e logo bel ot ili.

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From his half-itinerant life, also, he was a kind of travelling gazette, carrying the whole budget of local gossip from house to house, so that his appearance was always greeted with satisfaction. 

Akaus unisurbi bio turis ot ili je, ili es pas tipi ot jurnal turis, intem porta grup komple ot logofidene ot bisin kon ili ot dom a dom, prona espresen ili es pas salut kon beni jurtuta.

He was, moreover, esteemed by the women as a man of great erudition, for he had read several books quite through, and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather’s “History of New England Witchcraft,” in which, by the way, he most firmly and potently believed.

Ultra na, ili es ide balor per ginemulti omo andro ot instruk leban, akaus ili lektur pas komple biblomulti, e es pas sefal ot biblo "Istori berita peri ginetaumabennemulti ot Englan Neo" per Koton Mater, a latera, ili fide sekur.

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He was, in fact, an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity.

Ili es pas berita misa komonne ot sofi mikro e fide simple.

His appetite for the marvellous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally extraordinary; and both had been increased by his residence in this spell-bound region. 

Desir ili peri tauma - e inergo ili pro diges dis - es pas omo estra; e bi na es maga plus per dom a lokal na kon logobenne na.

No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow. 

Nul istori es pas desirne o maga multitele pro atentif ili.

It was often his delight, after his school was dismissed in the afternoon, to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his schoolhouse, and there con over old Mather’s direful tales, until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes. 

Es pas temmulti desir ili, poste fini ot skola intem postemedijur, kumbe sur stofdormi ot trifolio, na kuren lebanne a latera ot skola, e intem es na, ide peri istori fob per Mater, sura fotone es kolek ante noktu, e fakto, na pagi es omo baporidro ante bi optik ili.

Then, as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland, to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination,--the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside, the boding cry of the tree toad, that harbinger of storm, the dreary hooting of the screech owl, or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost. 

Poste na, intem paso konser rut ultra lak odorbenne e potam mikro e silbi fotone a domagri, in na ili dom tem na, fono tuta ot natur intem ora benne na agita pas desinsiko ili - le fonobenine ot orni ot latera ot monta, fono ot ran, na informaante peri bentimaga, fono belone ot orninoktu diana, o fono aribeespekne ot ornimulti mikro, na fob ot kursi eks arbor lebanne.

The fireflies, too, which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places, now and then startled him, as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost, with the idea that he was struck with a witch’s token. 

Insekfotomulti je, na flas forse in plas fotone, fob ili tem a tem, temkia uni ot foto estrem tero dia rut ili. E si uni insekkonko maga tero aribeespekne anti ili, andro benine na morta pas telenetuta kausa ide, na ili es batal per signa ot gine santane.

His only resource on such occasions, either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening, were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody, “in linked sweetness long drawn out,” floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road.

Medisin uni ot ili intem tem tak es pas, o pro sineeks ide na, o pro traktaeks siko santane, es kantik sam, e antropmulti ben ot Orifis Dormi, intem kursi in porta intem komen ot noktu, es pas temmulti komple per tauma, temkia oto kantik rino ot ili, na abe "dus longa", e na tero belone ot monta tele o konser longa ot rut purne.

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Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch wives, as they sat spinning by the fire, with a row of apples roasting and spluttering along the hearth, and listen to their marvellous tales of ghosts and goblins, and haunted fields, and haunted brooks, and haunted bridges, and haunted houses, and particularly of the headless horseman, or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, as they sometimes called him. 

Uni beni omone ot ili es pas pas noktu sesonkuadri longa kon ginegamemulti ot Olan, intem ilis faktobesti e kursi telene a igni, ante na es line ot frutarborruj, intem ilis kulina e ebuli. Ili oto pas istorimulti tauma ot ilis peri sikomulti, na planet e fag korpomorta, e agri, potam mikro, ponto e dom multi kon sikoplanet, e surtuta peri androipo kuren abene sefal ot Hes - ilis nam tak ili tem a tem.

He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy-turvy!

Ili fakto je ilis beni per istorimulti peri ginesantanemulti e peri signamulti peri futur benne, e peri stofoptik e stofoto balorbenne in aer, na es na intem tem paleo a nasion Konetikot; e ili fob maga ilis per idemulti peri stelamulti rakta; e per berita, na Geo rotat, e na ilis es turnisur intem unisurbi tem.

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But if there was a pleasure in all this, while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no spectre dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terrors of his subsequent walk homewards. 

Sed si abe uni beni per na tuta, intem kursi komod in goni telene a plasigni ot samber, na abe fono ruj plastuta akaus fono ot igni, e plaskia nul sikoplanet abe brabo pro presen fas, ili pai futur akaus na per paso sekuen a dom.

What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! 

Forma e skia multi fob tak, na es pas sur rut in fotone e flas naturne ot noktu kon idrojele!

With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! 

Ili optik pas gardi tak line ot foto tremolo tuta, na kuren dia agri komplene eks portiklatera tele!

How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path! 

Ili es pas fob tak per arbor mikro, na es kober per idrojele, na optikomo es sikoplanet, na es sur rut ili!

How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! 

Temmulti ili fob pas tremolo tak akaus fono ot paso ot iliauto sur fas ot idrojele sub pod; e fob tak pro optik poste, si ili inergo optik stofbio naturne telene a ili!

And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!

E temmulti tak, ili es pas benine aribeespekne komple per benti belo, na fono inter arbormulti, kon ide, na na es androipo kuren ot Olan, intem optikpro in noktu!

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All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness; and though he had seen many spectres in his time, and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was--a woman.

Prona na tuta es fob multine ot noktu, sikoplanet multine ot serebra, na paso in fonone; benkia ili optik sikomulti tak intem tem ili, e intem temmulti plus je uni, es asistane per Satan intem turismulti kon antropnul, fotojur fini pas bennemulti na; e ili pas pas probable bio beni kon na, desirne antropsantane na kon ergo tuta ot ili, si rut ili es ne pas per uni stofbio, na kaus fasilne a andro, na morta, je sikoplanet, antropfagkorpo e ginetaumabenne tuta, e na es - gine.

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Among the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his instructions in psalmody, was Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer. 

Inter antropstudemulti peri musik, na aribe uni noktu ot ebdoma tuta pro resep leson peri kantik sammulti, es pas Katrina Tasel, infangine e uni simple infan ot androagri ot Olan.

She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father’s peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. 

Gine na kon dekaokta anu es omo flor; paki omo kokgine silbi; kon parei ruj omo frutpersi matur ot pater ili, e ili es ne kones ben pro bel simple, sed pro planmulti.

She was withal a little of a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress, which was a mixture of ancient and modern fashions, as most suited to set off her charms. 

Ili es pas surtuta ginefiloandro, omo es optik per besti ili, na es misa ot medisin paleo e neo, na es plasuni pro presen dus ili.

She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold, which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam; the tempting stomacher of the olden time, and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round.

Ili abe pas joelomulti ot metalau santo pur, matermagamaga porta pas ot Sardam, na es pas plas pluto intem tem paleo; e kon subbestigine, na es longane telenetuta pro presen pod e artropod bel plasuni ot lokal komple.

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Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex; and it is not to be wondered at that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes, more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion.

Ikabod Kren abe pas kardi rigidne e sofine peri ginemulti; e es ne pro tauma, na uni gine proba tak eureka beni in optik ili, surtuta poste ili bisit pas ili in dom ot pater.

Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberal-hearted farmer.

Baltus Ban Tasl es pas pitures komple ot androagri ot gain, beni e kardiben.

He seldom, it is true, sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm; but within those everything was snug, happy and well-conditioned. 

Berita, ili optik o ide pas rar ultra limit ot agri ot iliauto; sed in limit, stoftuta es pas fasil, beni e fakto ben.

He was satisfied with his wealth, but not proud of it; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance, rather than the style in which he lived. 

Ili es pas beni akaus pluto, sed lebanauto ne; ili logo pas peri stof multi, e medisin ot pluto ne.

His stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson, in one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. 

Plasforse ili es a limit ot potam Odson, a goni berdi, protek e gain, a na tak androagrimulti ot Olan filo dom.

A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water, in a little well formed of a barrel; and then stole sparkling away through the grass, to a neighboring brook, that babbled along among alders and dwarf willows.

Uni arbor maga skia distribu pas leban ramomulti stenone sur ili, e a basi ot arbor, basiidro ot idro rigidne e dus bobel pas in frea, na es fakto ot silinder ot arbor; e poste na, idro kuren pas dia erbi a potam telene mikro, na fono inter tipimulti ot arbor omone.

Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn, that might have served for a church; every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm; the flail was busily resounding within it from morning to night; swallows and martins skimmed twittering about the eaves; and rows of pigeons, some with one eye turned up, as if watching the weather, some with their heads under their wings or buried in their bosoms, and others swelling, and cooing, and bowing about their dames, were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. 

Telene ot dom ot agri abe uni domsereal, na pote probable serbi omo domkristo; portiklatera e orifis tuta ot na optikomo rakta akaus pluto ot agri; abe pas fonomulti okupa in domsereal na ot lebansola a noktu; orni, na fag insek, fono peri limit ot koberdom; e linemulti ot pijonmulti, numer ot na kon sefal a leban, omo ilis optikpro klimat, o numer ot ilis kon sefal sub tero o in kapilamulti ot steto, e numer ot ilis, na fakto fonomulti e kurba a ornigine, beni pas per fotosola sur koberdom.

Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, from whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air.

Porkomulti dus e sekuenne fono pas in repos e pluto ot dom ilis, eks na grupmulti ot porkoinfan aribe tem a tem pro rino aer.

A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard, and Guinea fowls fretting about it, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented cry. 

Uni grup lebanauto ot ornikak maga e leuko nata pas sur lak mikro telene, na porta grupmulti ot ornikak mikro, e grupmulti ot kokindimulti fono pas dia agri, e kokgineamulti okupa peri agri, omo ginegame nerfo, kon fonoleban sofine e benine.

Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart,--sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.

Ante portik ot domsereal, paso uni kokandro brabo, na es tipi ot androgame, androbatal e andronobel, batal bi tero foto uni a omone e fono akaus lebanauto in kardi, - tem multine intem rakta geo per bi pod, e poste na, apela kardiben a famili ot ginegamemulti e infanmulti pro abe fragmen ben ot alimen, ili eureka pas.

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The pedagogue’s mouth watered as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare.

Buka ot androinstruk esaribe pas umid, temkia ili optik donlogo gustaben na ot alimen pluto pro sesonkuadri.

In his devouring mind’s eye, he pictured to himself every roasting-pig running about with a pudding in his belly, and an apple in his mouth; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked in with a coverlet of crust; the geese were swimming in their own gravy; and the ducks pairing cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. 

In ide ot serebra, ili optik pas porko tuta, na kuren kon oleolakto in gastro e frut in buka; pijonmulti es dormi in stofdormi ot panikonko e kon kober ot pani; ornikakmulti maga nata in saus; e ornikak mikro es game per bi sur disko kon saus multi ot onion.

In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back, in a side dish, with uplifted claws, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit disdained to ask while living.

In porkomulti omone, ili optik pas, na karnioleo e karni umid gustoben es tomi eks ilis; ili optik pas kokindi tuta kon stofbel kon organkorpo sub tero e kon karniintestin inergo omo joelokol; e uni kokandro je kumbe sur noto omo alimen bi kon bi pos a leban, omo si ili desir repos, peri na ili desir ne deman intem bio.

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As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this, and as he rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buckwheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains, and his imagination expanded with the idea, how they might be readily turned into cash, and the money invested in immense tracts of wild land, and shingle palaces in the wilderness. 

Intem ili, na es perdi in tauma, ide peri na tuta, e optik per bi optik berdi maga agrierbi pluto, agri ot piro komon e piro rigid e sereal indian, e grupmulti ot frut ruj, na es peri abe ot Ban Tasl, kardi ot Ikabod desir pas gine, na erita futur geo na; e desinsiko ot ili esaribe pas maga akaus ide, ilis es fakto a dola kak, e dola na es usa pro akiri geo e silbi e dommulti a silbi.

Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee,--or the Lord knows where!

Ne, temkia desinsikomulti ili optikomo pas berita, e presen pas Katrina omo flor, na kultur kon famili komple ot infanmulti, na kursi sur kar, na es trakta per ipo, e stofdommulti e potmulti, na pende sub ili; e Ikabod optik pas iliauto, na kursi sur ipo, na paso kon ipoinfan telene, intem ilis komen paso a nasion Kentoki o Tenesi - o Deo kones a plaskia!

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When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete. 

Temkia ili paso pas in dom, gain ot kardi ili optikomo komple.

It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather.

Dom es uni ot domagrimulti maga kon limit leban e koberdom eskapne, na es fakto sekuen medisin ot antropdom komen ot Olan; kon koberdom, na lebanne a formaplan, na es inergo pro es kober intem klimat benne.

Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river. 

Sub na, abe stof pro direk ipo e stofagri e diktio multine pro pris pisi in potam bisini.

Benches were built along the sides for summer use; and a great spinning-wheel at one end, and a churn at the other, showed the various uses to which this important porch might be devoted. 

Kursilonga es pas fakto sekuen latera ot ili pro usa sesonbi; e uni rotat pro fakto line ot kapilakaprin a uni fini e silinder pro fakto butir a fini omone, na presen usamulti, pro na formaplan na es usa.

From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual residence. 

Eks formaplan na, Ikabod in tauma paso pas in samberinter, na es medi ot dom maga e plas peri biodom komon.

Here rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. 

Plasna line multine ot pot ot metalpab misa kon metalsan, na es pas sur protekbesti, foto pas in bi optik ili.

In one corner stood a huge bag of wool, ready to be spun; in another, a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the walls, mingled with the gaud of red peppers; and a door left ajar gave him a peep into the best parlor, where the claw-footed chairs and dark mahogany tables shone like mirrors; andirons, with their accompanying shovel and tongs, glistened from their covert of asparagus tops; mock-oranges and conch-shells decorated the mantelpiece; strings of various-colored birds eggs were suspended above it; a great ostrich egg was hung from the centre of the room, and a corner cupboard, knowingly left open, displayed immense treasures of old silver and well-mended china.

A uni goni, abe pas uni sako maga kon kapilakaprin, na espek pro nesis a line; a goni omone numer ot stofbesti, na es fakto per masinpenelo; parti ot serealindian e line multine ot frut e frutpersi umidne pende bel sekuen mura, na es misa kon foto ot pimen ruj; e uni portik, na es pas klos telenetuta, let pas, na ili optik a samberkursi ben, plaskia kursi multine kon pod omo oniko e mensa ot ligno negro foto omo kristaloptik; batonigni multine kon stofeskaba e klabiigni foto pas in orifis kon begeta berdi; limonsina e konko multi es stof bel sur planki sur plasigni; line multine ot obar krommulti pende pas sur ili; uni obar ot ostris pende a medi ot samber, e gardistof, na es let ober sekuen kones, presen pas tauma ot metalag e kristalsina.

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From the moment Ichabod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of his mind was at an end, and his only study was how to gain the affections of the peerless daughter of Van Tassel. 

Poste minut, na Ikabod optik komen lokal na ot beni maga, pasi ot ili es komple telenetuta, e studi resta ot ili es pas pro gain infangine ot Ban Tasl, na abe nul gine omo.

In this enterprise, however, he had more real difficulties than generally fell to the lot of a knight-errant of yore, who seldom had anything but giants, enchanters, fiery dragons, and such like easily conquered adversaries, to contend with and had to make his way merely through gates of iron and brass, and walls of adamant to the castle keep, where the lady of his heart was confined; all which he achieved as easily as a man would carve his way to the centre of a Christmas pie; and then the lady gave him her hand as a matter of course. 

Prona peri prisinter na, ili abe pas fasilne multi plus je na, na aparten usa a androipo ot tem paleo, na abe simple androgigan, ginetaumabenne e serpenigni multine, e antropfilone tak, na es fasil peri esbatal, e anti na ili obliga forseauto, e na obliga paso dia portikmaga ot metalfe e metalkusanto, e dia mura diaman a prison ot dommaga, plaskia es ginenoble ot kardi ili; peri na tuta ili gain probable fasil tak, andro tomi a medi ot pani jurkristo; poste na, ginenoble don probable sekur donlogo peri game.

Ichabod, on the contrary, had to win his way to the heart of a country coquette, beset with a labyrinth of whims and caprices, which were forever presenting new difficulties and impediments; and he had to encounter a host of fearful adversaries of real flesh and blood, the numerous rustic admirers, who beset every portal to her heart, keeping a watchful and angry eye upon each other, but ready to fly out in the common cause against any new competitor.

Anti na, Ikabod obliga pas gain kardi ot gineagri filoandro, a na es rut fasilne ot desir e tekni, na presen jurtuta stof fasilne e asistane; e Ikabod nesesa pas fasper arme ot filonemulti ot derma e emo berita - androadmira multi, na es okupa a portik tuta a kardi ot gine, intem optik nerfo e gardi uni anti omone, sed es uni pro batal anti androfilo neo tuta.

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Among these, the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham, or, according to the Dutch abbreviation, Brom Van Brunt, the hero of the country round, which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. 

Inter ilis es uni andro, na kaus fob plasuni, andro forse e fonoleban, kon nam Abram, o sekuen abrebi ot lingua ot Olan, "Brom" Ban Brunt, androbrabo ot geo bisini tuta, a na abe istori peri forse e rigid ot ili.

He was broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance. 

Ili abe bi epaul stenone e sine fasil, kon kapila longane, negro e peri, e fas, na es kuadri, sed beni, kon senti ot rekre e filoauto, na es misa uni kon omone.

From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. 

Akaus kuadri ot korpo omo Erkule, ili gain pas nam bi BROM OSTEOMAGA, per na antroptuta kones ili.

He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar.

Ili es pas kones akaus kones e tekni maga peri androipo, intem es tekni sur ipo je androtartar.

He was foremost at all races and cock fights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength always acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes, setting his hat on one side, and giving his decisions with an air and tone that admitted of no gainsay or appeal. 

Ili es plasuni peri kuren e batal; e sekuen na, forse korpo abe jurtuta peri bio ot agri, ili es androjudi peri disput tuta, sine bestisefal a latera ot sefal, e don judi per medisin e fono, na presen nul gain pro iliauto.

He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic; but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition; and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom. 

Ili es pas jurtuta prepara pro o batal o rekre; sed ili abe rekre plus in fakto ot ili je filone; e anti rigid triomfa ot ili, abe pas senti ot beni sub stoftuta.

He had three or four boon companions, who regarded him as their model, and at the head of whom he scoured the country, attending every scene of feud or merriment for miles round. 

Ili abe pas tri o kuadri filo ben, na abe ili omo sefal, e ili sefal ilis dia bisini komple, intem optikpro plas tuta ot batal o rekre dia milpasomulti.

In cold weather he was distinguished by a fur cap, surmounted with a flaunting fox’s tail; and when the folks at a country gathering descried this well-known crest at a distance, whisking about among a squad of hard riders, they always stood by for a squall.

Intem tem frigo, ili es pas jurtuta kones akaus bestisefal ot kapilajo, a na es fisa ura ot fos; e temkia antropagri abe festi optik sur ot sefal ili ot tele, intem sine inter grup ot androipo belo, ilis espek jurtuta batal.

Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and halloo, like a troop of Don Cossacks; and the old dames, startled out of their sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had clattered by, and then exclaim, “Ay, there goes Brom Bones and his gang!” 

Temmultine grup ili es pas fono, intem kuren ultra domagrimulti temkia medinoktu kon fonoleban e forseaer omo grup ot androkajak; e ginemulti paleo, temkia es eksdormi, oto pas intem minut sura fonoleban es ultra, e poste na logoleban: "Ia, abe Brom Osteomaga e grup ili!"

The neighbors looked upon him with a mixture of awe, admiration, and good-will; and, when any madcap prank or rustic brawl occurred in the vicinity, always shook their heads, and warranted Brom Bones was at the bottom of it.

Antropbisinimulti ide pas peri ili per misa ot fob, admira e kardiben; e temkia fraud o batal silbi es in bisini, ilis sine sefal latera a latera, e judi, na Brom Osteomaga es kaus ot na.

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This rantipole hero had for some time singled out the blooming Katrina for the object of his uncouth gallantries, and though his amorous toyings were something like the gentle caresses and endearments of a bear, yet it was whispered that she did not altogether discourage his hopes. 

Androbrabo bitridegre na distinge pas pas flor kultur na Katrina omo objek ot bio nobel e komonne ot ili, e benkia akto filo ot ili es omo taktifilo e atentif ot urso, es logo lebanne, na Katrina stop ne komple optima ili.

Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival candidates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours; insomuch, that when his horse was seen tied to Van Tassel’s paling, on a Sunday night, a sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, “sparking,” within, all other suitors passed by in despair, and carried the war into other quarters.

Es pas sekur, na akto ili es signa a androkurenkonmulti omone pro traktaauto - o ilis fasper leo in filogine; temkia ilis optik ipo ili, na es fisa a pol ot Ban Tasl intem noktu ot Juruni, es signa sekur, na ili es in dom e trakta Katrina a ili, o omo antroplokal logo "flas ili", e andro omone tuta pas kon optimane, e judi pas peri forseauto a lokal omone.

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Such was the formidable rival with whom Ichabod Crane had to contend, and, considering all things, a stouter man than he would have shrunk from the competition, and a wiser man would have despaired.

Androkurenkon, kon na Ikabod Kren obliga kuren, es pas tak, e intem ide peri stoftuta, andro forse plus let probable ot kuren, e andro sofi plus senti probable optimane.

He had, however, a happy mixture of pliability and perseverance in his nature; he was in form and spirit like a supple-jack--yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke; and though he bowed beneath the slightest pressure, yet, the moment it was away--jerk!--he was as erect, and carried his head as high as ever.

Prona ili abe in natur ili misa beni ot rigidne e stopne; ili es pas per forma e siko omo stofleban - inergo pro stop, sed rigid; benkia ili kurba, ili rakta ne; e benkia ili kurba sub pres mikro, minut temkia pres es priseks - jrk! - ili es direk, e porta sefal leban tak je jurtuta.

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To have taken the field openly against his rival would have been madness; for he was not a man to be thwarted in his amours, any more than that stormy lover, Achilles. 

Pris direk kurenkon anti androfilone na es probable mania; akaus ili es ne person, na es stop ot filogine, omo andrologoistori Akiles.

Ichabod, therefore, made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner. 

Prona Ikabod akto per medisin pasi e dus.

Under cover of his character of singing-master, he made frequent visits at the farmhouse; not that he had anything to apprehend from the meddlesome interference of parents, which is so often a stumbling-block in the path of lovers. 

Sub kober ot karakter peri sefalkantik, ili fakto pas bisit temmulti a domagri; ili abe nul pro studi per asistane atentif ot pamater, na es temmulti tak fasilne sur rut ot bi antropfilo.

Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter better even than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything. 

Balt Ban Tasl es pas person fasil e dus; ili filo infangine ili ben plus je pipetabako ili, e omo andro sofi e pater ben tele, let pas, na infangine abe in stoftuta medisin, ili desira.

His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves. 

Ginegame distinge e dus ot ili je abe okupa pro ergo, intem akto pur dom e atentif peri orniagri tuta; akaus ili obserba sofi, ornikak tuta es stofbio mania, peri na ili obliga es gardi, sed infangine inergo gardi iliauto.

Thus, while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza, honest Balt would sit smoking his evening pipe at the other, watching the achievements of a little wooden warrior, who, armed with a sword in each hand, was most valiantly fighting the wind on the pinnacle of the barn. 

Prona intem mater es okupa peri ergo in dom, o usa rotatnesisline a fini ot antedom, Balt filoonor kursi pas, intem fumi pipe, intem optik andro mikro, na kon sabre in bi mani, atak benti brabo sur sur ot domsereal.

In the mean time, Ichabod would carry on his suit with the daughter by the side of the spring under the great elm, or sauntering along in the twilight, that hour so favorable to the lover’s eloquence.

Intem na, Ikabod stopne pas akto peri filo kon infangine a latera ot basiidro sub arborskia maga, o intem paso in foto ot fini ot jur - ora, na es ben tak pro androfilo logo.

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I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. 

Mi logo ne, na mi kones, kardi ot gine es filo o gain kak.

To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.

A mi, ilis es jurtuta stof peri deman e admira.

Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. 

Multine ot ilis optikomo abe uni forsene o portik ober; intem omone ot ilis abe; intem omone plus abe mil rut, e inergo es pris per mil medisin.

It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window.

Abe triomfa maga peri tekni pro gain tipi uni, sed presen maga plus ot stratego pro abe tipi bi, omo andro obliga batal pro dommaga a portik e portiklatera tuta.

He who wins a thousand common hearts is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero. 

Andro, na gain mil kardi komon abe destra peri kones maga; sed andro, na abe sekur kardi ot ginefiloandro, es berita brabo.

Certain it is, this was not the case with the redoubtable Brom Bones; and from the moment Ichabod Crane made his advances, the interests of the former evidently declined: his horse was no longer seen tied to the palings on Sunday nights, and a deadly feud gradually arose between him and the preceptor of Sleepy Hollow.

Es sekur, na dis es pas ne kas ot Brom Osteomaga; e poste minut, temkia Ikabod pasoante, atentif ot andro uni optikomo esaribe plusne: ipo ili es pas ne fisa a pol intem noktu Juruni, e batal person morta esaribe inter ili e androinstruk ot Orifis Dormi.

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Brom, who had a degree of rough chivalry in his nature, would fain have carried matters to open warfare and have settled their pretensions to the lady, according to the mode of those most concise and simple reasoners, the knights-errant of yore,--by single combat; but Ichabod was too conscious of the superior might of his adversary to enter the lists against him; he had overheard a boast of Bones, that he would “double the schoolmaster up, and lay him on a shelf of his own schoolhouse;” and he was too wary to give him an opportunity. 

Brom, na abe numer ot karakter noble simple in natur, fakto kas tuta a batal komple, e fini probable stoftuta sekuen gine, sekuen medisin ot androrasonmulti ben e simple na, androipo ante anu ot tem paleo tele - per batal simple inter bi andro: prona Ikabod kones multitele forse plus maga ot filone pro kurenkon kon ili; ili oto pas pas aplaudauto ot Brom, na ili "kurba futur sefalskola, e plas ili sur planki in skola ili"; e Ikabod es sofi multitele pro don a ili kas tak.

There was something extremely provoking in this obstinately pacific system; it left Brom no alternative but to draw upon the funds of rustic waggery in his disposition, and to play off boorish practical jokes upon his rival.

Abe stof fasilne e apela in medisin pasi tele na; na let a Brom nul selek, sed pro atentif a medisin ot sporti agri, e usa ne rekre sofine anti androkurenkon.

Ichabod became the object of whimsical persecution to Bones and his gang of rough riders.

Ikabod esaribe pas objek ot defek simple a Osteomaga e androipo sofine ot ili.

They harried his hitherto peaceful domains; smoked out his singing school by stopping up the chimney; broke into the schoolhouse at night, in spite of its formidable fastenings of withe and window stakes, and turned everything topsy-turvy, so that the poor schoolmaster began to think all the witches in the country held their meetings there. 

Ilis pasine pas plas ili, na es pasi ante tem na; ilis fumi skola per stop pipefumi; ilis paso in skola intem noktu, anti stoffisa fob ot kordafe e stoffisamulti ot portiklatera, e turnisub pas stoftuta, a sekuen, na sefalskola ide pas ginetaumabenne tuta abe pas uni a na.

But what was still more annoying, Brom took all opportunities of turning him into ridicule in presence of his mistress, and had a scoundrel dog whom he taught to whine in the most ludicrous manner, and introduced as a rival of Ichabod’s, to instruct her in psalmody.

Sed na, na es nerfo plus, Brom usa kas tuta pro fakto ili objek ot risi a presen ot gine, ili filo, a forse uni kani benne, ili instruk fono leban per medisin risi, e presen kani a androkurenkon anti Ikabod pro instruk ili peri kantik.

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In this way matters went on for some time, without producing any material effect on the relative situations of the contending powers.

Sekuen medisin na, stof stopne pas intem tem longa, abene fakto muta ot bio ot bi androkurenkon.

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On a fine autumnal afternoon, Ichabod, in pensive mood, sat enthroned on the lofty stool from whence he usually watched all the concerns of his little literary realm. 

Intem postemedijur bel ot sesontri e intem ide, Ikabod omo roi kursi sur kursi leban abene noto, ot plaskia ili optik usa akto tuta peri nasionroi mikro ot instruk ot ili.

In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, while on the desk before him might be seen sundry contraband articles and prohibited weapons, detected upon the persons of idle urchins, such as half-munched apples, popguns, whirligigs, fly-cages, and whole legions of rampant little paper gamecocks. 

In mani ili, ili agita batonmetri, batonroi ot inergo absolu; batonbatal peri destra pende pas a tri stoffisa in mura poste ili, un fob stopne a antropbenne, intem sur mensa ante ili es optik stofmulti antilega e stofarme eksautorite, ili eureka pas in abe ot antropfobergo, omo frut medifag, fusilrekre, stofrekrenesis, kontendiktio pro insek e orni ot paper.

Apparently there had been some appalling act of justice recently inflicted, for his scholars were all busily intent upon their books, or slyly whispering behind them with one eye kept upon the master; and a kind of buzzing stillness reigned throughout the schoolroom. 

Optikomo, na ante tem longane, es pas akto fob peri aktojudi, akaus antropstudi tuta ot ili es okupa tele per biblomulti ilis, o logomikro poste biblo, intem abe uni optik a sefalskola; e tipi ot okupa fonone es pas roi ot skola.

It was suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a negro in tow-cloth jacket and trowsers, a round-crowned fragment of a hat, like the cap of Mercury, and mounted on the back of a ragged, wild, half-broken colt, which he managed with a rope by way of halter. 

Fonone es pas espekne rakta per espresen ot androafrika, na es in bestisur e bestiskelo, e bestisefal peri omo bestisefal ot dio Mercuri, e kursi sur ipoinfan, na es kapila e silbi medi, e ili usa korda pro direk ili.

He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or “quilting frolic,” to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel’s; and having delivered his message with that air of importance, and effort at fine language, which a negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook, and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.

Ili aribe fonopod a portik ot skola kon leter peri deman a Ikabod peri espresen a noktu beni, o "fakto koberstofdormi", na es futur intem noktu na a dom ot andro Ban Tasl; e poste don leter na per medisin ot balormaga e forseauto ot lingua bel, androafrika es usa pro presen peri ergo mikro ot tipi tak, ili kuren dia potam mikro, e es pas optik, intem kuren a orifis, intem komple per balormaga e belo ot ergo distinge ot ili.

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All was now bustle and hubbub in the late quiet schoolroom. 

Temkia stoftuta es pas okupa e fonologo in skola, na es fonone ante tem longane.

The scholars were hurried through their lessons without stopping at trifles; those who were nimble skipped over half with impunity, and those who were tardy had a smart application now and then in the rear, to quicken their speed or help them over a tall word. 

Infanskola tuta es pas belo peri lesonmulti abene stop akaus fasilne mikro; ilis, na es sofi, memorne unisurbi abene puni, e ilis, na es postetem, abe pas batal tem a tem a poste pro belo o asista ilis peri logo longa.

Books were flung aside without being put away on the shelves, inkstands were overturned, benches thrown down, and the whole school was turned loose an hour before the usual time, bursting forth like a legion of young imps, yelping and racketing about the green in joy at their early emancipation.

Biblomulti es bali a latera abene plas a planki, kontenidrograf es turni a strata, kursi multine katarakta, e skola komple es leteks uni ora ante tem usa, intem kureneks omo arme ot antropsantanemulti mikro, intem fonoleban e agita dia plasberdi akaus beni peri libere antetem.

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The gallant Ichabod now spent at least an extra half hour at his toilet, brushing and furbishing up his best, and indeed only suit of rusty black, and arranging his locks by a bit of broken looking-glass that hung up in the schoolhouse. 

Temkia Ikabod brabo pas pas plus unisurbi ora je tempur usa, intem bros bestimulti ben plasuni, berita bestikomple uni ot krom negro-osid, e intem donorder kapila per fragmen ot kristaloptik rakta, na pende in skola.

That he might make his appearance before his mistress in the true style of a cavalier, he borrowed a horse from the farmer with whom he was domiciliated, a choleric old Dutchman of the name of Hans Van Ripper, and, thus gallantly mounted, issued forth like a knight-errant in quest of adventures. 

Akaus ili desir espresen a presen ot ginenoble per medisin ot androipo ot tem paleo, ili demanstof ipo ot androagri, kon na ili dom, andro paleo e pato ot Olan kon nam Ans Ban Ripr, e prona, intem es kursi noble, pasoante pas omo androipo ot tem paleo pro optikpro turis ormon.

But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed. 

Prona es korek, na mi, konser kon siko berita ot istori ot aktofilo, don grafperi peri optik, e stofmulti ot androbrabo e ipo ili.

The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plow-horse, that had outlived almost everything but its viciousness. 

Jo, sur na ili kursi, es pas ipo organkultur fatiga e usa multitele, na pas pas stoftuta sed nerfo ot iliauto.

He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck, and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it. 

Ipo es pakine e kapila kon kol omo kaprin, e sefal omo martelo; kapilakol e ura kromosid ot ili es nodo, e konten akantomulti; uni optik perdi pas medi, e es fisa e krom komonne, sed optik bi abe flas ot androsantane berita in ili.

Still he must have had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder.

Sed ili inergo pas pas abe siko e forse intem tempas, si mis inergo judi akaus nam, ili abe, Pulbefusil.

He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master’s, the choleric Van Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had infused, very probably, some of his own spirit into the animal; for, old and broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country.

Berita ili es pas pas ipo filo plasuni ot androabe, Ban Ripr pato, na es androipo belo tele, e plas pas fragmen ot siko ot iliauto in ili; akaus anti ili optikomo paleo e rakta, abe pas in ili fragmen ot androsantane plus je in andro omone tuta ot lokal.

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It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. 

Abe pas jur sesontri ben, mi logo pas omo; sel es pas kristal e pasi, e natur abe pas foliomulti komple e krommetalau, mis ide jurtuta peri alimen ultra komple.

The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.

Silbi abe krom geo e santo, intem arbormulti ot tipi forsene es pas efek per idrojele a krom ot limonsina, rujajur e ruj foto.

Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory-nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble field.

Grupmulti ot ornikak tero leban espresen pas omo potam a sel; fono ot jofrutrigidmulti es pas oto leban eks arbormulti ot frutrigid, e forseaer ot orni sur geo tem a tem eks resta ot agri telene.

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The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. 

Ornimulti mikro abe pas temfag pro salut ante pasoeks.

In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree, capricious from the very profusion and variety around them. 

In komple ot festi, ili tero, fono e dansi pas ot arbormikro a arbormikro e ot arbor maga a arbor maga, beni akaus stof omone peri ilis.

There was the honest cock robin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud querulous note; and the twittering blackbirds flying in sable clouds; and the golden-winged woodpecker with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage; and the cedar bird, with its red-tipt wings and yellow-tipt tail and its little monteiro cap of feathers; and the blue jay, that noisy coxcomb, in his gay light blue coat and white underclothes, screaming and chattering, nodding and bobbing and bowing, and pretending to be on good terms with every songster of the grove.

Abe pas ornistetoruj filoonor kon fonoleban ot deman, orni, ba es filo per infandiana; e orninegro, na tero per grup fotone; e ornibatalarbor kon bi tero krommetalau e lofo ruj e kolseudo stenone e negro, e kapilaorni foto; e orniarborkoni kon bi tero kon fini ruj e ura kon fini santo e "bestisefal" ot kapilaorni; e ornipris ajur fonoleban kon bestisur ot ajur e bestisub ot leuko, intem fonoleban e logoresonne, signasefal e kurbi e optikomo es ben kon orni musik tuta ot grup na ot arbormulti.

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As Ichabod jogged slowly on his way, his eye, ever open to every symptom of culinary abundance, ranged with delight over the treasures of jolly autumn. 

Intem Ikabod paso belone sekuen rut, uni optik ili, na es ober jurtuta pro signa tuta ot alimen ben, optikpro pas tauma ot lunaokta beni.

On all sides he beheld vast store of apples; some hanging in oppressive opulence on the trees; some gathered into baskets and barrels for the market; others heaped up in rich piles for the cider-press.

A latera tuta, ili optik pas plasakargomulti ot frutruj; multine temkia in arbormulti; multine es kolek in pitakamulti e silindermulti pro marke; multi omone pro masin pro fakto idrofrut.

Farther on he beheld great fields of Indian corn, with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts, and holding out the promise of cakes and hasty-pudding; and the yellow pumpkins lying beneath them, turning up their fair round bellies to the sun, and giving ample prospects of the most luxurious of pies; and anon he passed the fragrant buckwheat fields breathing the odor of the beehive, and as he beheld them, soft anticipations stole over his mind of dainty slapjacks, well buttered, and garnished with honey or treacle, by the delicate little dimpled hand of Katrina Van Tassel.

Tele plus, ili optik pas agrimulti maga ot sereal indian kon "oto" santo, na espresen ot kober ot folio, e na don logo peri pani e paniseram; e frutindian santo, na kumbe sub ili, intem turni gastro pali e peri a sola, na don inergomulti ot frutinpanimulti gustaben; e tele plus, ili pas pas agrimulti ot serealtrigoni odorben, na odor omo sukarapi, e intem ili optik ili, idefutur peri espresen in serebra peri panipot, na es fakto per bi mani ot Katrina Ban Tasl bel, e es kober per sukarapi o sukarerbi.

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Thus feeding his mind with many sweet thoughts and “sugared suppositions,” he journeyed along the sides of a range of hills which look out upon some of the goodliest scenes of the mighty Hudson. 

Per medisin na, per na ili alimen serebra per idemulti dus e "dibina ot sukar", ili turis pas a latera ot grup ot monta mikro, na es sur optikmulti ben ot potam forse Odson.

The sun gradually wheeled his broad disk down in the west. 

Sola sinesub pas belone disko stenone ot ili a destranefas.

The wide bosom of the Tappan Zee lay motionless and glassy, excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shadow of the distant mountain. 

Lak Tapan kumbe pas abene sine, sed kon fas omo kristal, kontenne na dis e na, undula dus sine e distribu skia ajur ot monta tele.

A few amber clouds floated in the sky, without a breath of air to move them. 

Nefelo multine kromjoelobrun tero belone in sel, intem abe nul respira ot aer pro sine ilis.

The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing gradually into a pure apple green, and from that into the deep blue of the mid-heaven. 

Limitgeo es pas ot krommetalau forsene, intem es belone muta a krom ot frutberdi, e ot na a krom ajur forse ot medi ot sel.

A slanting ray lingered on the woody crests of the precipices that overhung some parts of the river, giving greater depth to the dark gray and purple of their rocky sides. 

Linesola oblik resta pas sur lofo ot arbormulti ot eskapmulti, na pende sur parti multine ot potam, e na don profun maga a gris fotone e ajur-ruj ot lateramulti ilis.

A sloop was loitering in the distance, dropping slowly down with the tide, her sail hanging uselessly against the mast; and as the reflection of the sky gleamed along the still water, it seemed as if the vessel was suspended in the air.

Uni sipbeil es pas belone a tele, intem pas belone per sinemari a lebanne, e intem beil pende usane a masto; e intem reflek ot sel foto in idro sinene, optikomo pas, na sip pende in aer.