“POOR RIP WAS AT LAST REDUCED ALMOST TO DESPAIR; AND HIS ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO ESCAPE
FROM THE LABOUR OF THE FARM, AND THE CLAMOUR OF HIS WIFE, WAS
TO TAKE GUN IN HAND AND STROLL AWAY INTO THE WOODS.”
-Washington irving, rip van winkle
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