Daily puzzle

Put Rip Van Winkle back in order

Seven beats from our edition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. A henpecked husband Rip Van Winkle neglects his farm, dodges his scolding wife, and idles on the bench outside the village inn.
  2. The man with the keg While hunting squirrels in the Kaatskills, Rip hears his name called and helps a strange old Dutchman carry a keg uphill.
  3. Ninepins and the flagon In a hidden hollow, silent men play ninepins, and Rip drinks from their flagon until he falls asleep.
  4. A rusty gun Rip wakes on the knoll to find his gun rusted, Wolf gone, and the way into the hollow walled off by rock.
  5. The Union Hotel In a changed village, Rip finds the inn replaced and King George’s sign repainted as General Washington.
  6. Twenty years gone After the election crowd calls him a tory, his daughter Judith reveals that twenty years have passed and her mother is dead.
  7. Hudson’s crew Peter Vanderdonk vouches for Rip’s story, and Rip settles into old age telling it at the inn door.