The schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow was a man named Ichabod Crane. His name
was a good one because he looked like the kind of bird which is called a crane. He was
very tall and thin, with narrow shoulders and long arms and legs. His head was small,
and very flat on the top. He had huge ears, large green eyes and a very long nose. He
was not handsome at all.
Ichabod’s clothes did not fit him well. They were loose, and they flapped in the
wind. So when he walked, the schoolmaster looked very strange.