Sketchbook, by Washington Irving, second entry

I read a story called, The Wife. It was about a man who marries a woman who grew up as a rich girl. The man had a great job and they were living like rich people. When the man lost his job, he didn't tell his wife, he went into deppression. He was afraid that if he told her that she wouldn't love him anymore. He went to Irving and told him the story. Irving suggested that he tell her the truth, the man told his wife. She was happy that he told her. They moved out of their big house and into a small cottage. The wife still loved him and she seemed happier than before. I think that this story was supposed to teach a lesson, the lesson was that love will not change nomatter the economic situation.
The second story I read was called Rip Van Winkle, it was about a man who did favors for everyone and none for himself or his family. One day he ventured off into the forest with his dog to hunt squirrells. He met a man there who led him to a house. At the house the man had brought a keg full of liquor. He told the men there not to drink it. Rip Van Winkle drank it anyway. 20 years later Rip woke up on a stump near to where he met the man. He walked into town and no one recognized him and alot of things there were new. He asked the people there about his friends and they were all dead. He told them who he was. One old lady recognized him and she approved that it was Rip. He told them the story then lived the rest of his life there with his son. I liked this one alot. I think I'm understanding the english alot better than I did before. It seems that in every Irving story there is a lesson to be learned.

Sketchbook, by Washington Irving

This book has a bunch of short stories. The first one I read was called Voyage. I think it was about Irving sailing from America to Europe. When he got there, there wasn't anyone there to give him a hug or was happy to see him. First of all, I couldn't really understand the text very well because it was old english. I could understand the basic plot though.

The second short story I read was called Roscoe, it was about someone that Irving met. I wasn't sure what happened between them because I couldn't understand the english.