Once upon a time, there was a man called Rip Van Winkle. He was a likeable
b_______ lazy man who never did an ounce of w_______ in his life. His wife was always nagging a_______ him for being so lazy.
One day, to e_______ his wife's nagging, Rip Van Winkle took a stroll in the
woods. In these mysterious woods, he encountered a g______ of old men with
long flowing beards. W_______ they saw Rip Van Winkle, they offered him a
drink from a flask. Rip Van Winkle took a s________ and found the liquid
delicious. As he was very thirsty, he drank to his heart's c_________.
Immediately after the drink, he felt his eyes grow heavy. Before he knew it, he
had f_______into a deep sleep.
When he w________up,the sun was shining brightly.
"I must have slept the whole night," he thought to h________.
As Rip Van Winkle m_______ his way home, he discovered, to his
astonishment, that the landscape around him had changed. As he approached
his village, he was even m_______ dumbfounded. he found that he could not
recognize a________ in his village! Not only d_______ the people look different,
they were also d_____ in a different fashion. Everyone was staring at his chin.
As Rip Van Winkle looked d_________ at his own chin, he realized, to his
surprise, that he had g________ a very long beard.
After m_________ some enquiries, Rip Van Winkle realized that one hundred
years had passed from the time he drank the liquid t________ the time th woke up. This meant that he had been asleep for one hundred years!