The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

did some say that Ichabod crane looks like a scare crow?

in the reading ' sleepy hollow'

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"Ichabod Crane is most recognized by his appearance – one that has made him a legendary fictional character . He is tall and skinny with long arms and legs and looks like a scarecrow ."

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Here is a quote from the actual story,

"The other boys in the neighborhood would throw rocks at him and call him cruel names such as Ichabod and Scarecrow."

Yes "To see him striding along the rofile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him one might have mistaken him for the genius offamine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield".

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving