[4] Atlengthhereachedtowheretheravinehadopenedthroughthecliffstotheamphitheatre; , andfellintoabroaddeepbasin, , then, ; hewasonlyansweredbythecawingofaflockofidlecrows, sportinghighinairaboutadrytreethatoverhungasunnyprecipice; andwho, secureintheirelevation, seemedtolookdownandscoffatthepoorman’? themorningwaspassingaway, ; hedreadedtomeethiswife; , shoulderedtherustyfirelock, and, withaheartfulloftroubleandanxiety, turnedhisstepshomeward.
[5] Asheapproachedthevillagehemetanumberofpeople, butnonewhomheknew, whichsomewhatsurprisedhim, , too, , andwhenevertheycasttheireyesuponhim, , involuntarily, todothesame, when, tohisastonishment, hefoundhisbeardhadgrownafootlong!
[6] , hootingafterhim, , too, notoneofwhichherecognizedforanoldacquaintance, ; , — strangefacesatthewindows — ; — thereranthesilverHudsonatadistance — .“Thatflagonlastnight,” thoughthe, “hasaddledmypoorheadsadly!”
[7] Itwaswithsomedifficultythathefoundhiswaytohisownhouse, whichheapproachedwithsilentawe, — therooffallenin, thewindowsshattered, , butthecursnarled, showedhisteeth, .“Myverydog,” sighedpoorRip, “hasforgottenme!”
[8] Heenteredthehouse, which, totellthetruth, , forlorn, — hecalledloudlyforhiswifeandchildren — thelonelychambersrangforamomentwithhisvoice, andthenallagainwassilence.
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