Note 423 — LXXIV. A RIP VAN WINKLE.[420]
Herbert Allen Giles translation
Alluding to a similar story, related in the Record of the Immortals, of how these two friends lost their way while gathering simples on the hills, and were met and entertained by two lovely young damsels for the space of half-a-year. When, however, they subsequently returned home, they found that ten generations had passed away. return to text