Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories

What are the first ten things that indicate the passage of time after Rip awakes?

what are the first ten thing that indicate the passage of time

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) The condition of Rip's gun....

He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean well–oiled fowling–piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm–eaten.

2) Stiffness in his body...

As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity.

3) A stream in what was once a gully

With some difficulty he got down into the glen: he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs.

4) Tha opening in the ravine had disappeared.

At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained.

5) When he reaches the village, Rip is unable to find a familiar face.

As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he new, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.

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Rip Van Winkle