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Rip Van Winkle
Story for PAST PERFECT TENSE
Rip was married and his wife was always complaining about his not being responsible of the family.
He had a field to grow crops but he didn’t like to work on the field.
It was the dirtiest field and it wasn’t well kept either.
Rip liked to sit at café and chat with people. He didn’t like to work at all.
One day he was fed up with his wife’s nagging and complaints . He wanted to get away from it all and took his rifle and went up to the mountain near the village . He walked through the forest and up the mountain . It was peaceful and very quiet. He was happy here.
There was no body around, making fun of him.
When Rip got to the top of the mountain he found a nice tree and sat down at the foot of the tree. He was tired of climbing and going up the mountain.
He wanted to take a rest by the tree so he sat by the tree and soon he fell asleep.
He slept for 30 years.
When he woke up he thought he slept for just a few hours but in fact thirty years have past.
His rifle was still next to him on the ground by the tree, but it had been completely rusted.
He noticed his beard had grown and became white. He touched his hair and saw his hair also had become all white and long.
He stood up slowly and took his rifle from the ground. His clothes had been worn out.
He went down the mountain to his village.
As he got closer to his village he noticed new tombstones in the graveyard. The people he knew had died while he was up the mountain, and some new houses had been built.
As he came to the center of the village no body recognized him, because nobody had seen him for 30 years and most of his friends had died or moved away from this village.
In addition he looked quite different. His hair was much longer and very dirty. His beard had grown more than a meter long.
In the village he found his house but there was no body inside. It had become worn out.
His wife was not in. His wife had died already.
He lucky found his daughter, who was now an adult and had a family. Rip Van Winkle lived happily with her daughter’s family for the rest of his life.
