<span>"His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men; for the former are lamentably scanty on his favorite topics; whereas he found the old burghers, and still more their wives, rich in that legendary lore, so invaluable to true history. Whenever, therefore, he happened upon a genuine Dutch family, snugly shut up in its low-roofed farmhouse, under a spreading sycamore, he looked upon it as a little clasped volume of black-letter,' and studied it with the zeal of a book-worm.""Rip Van Winkle," 1994 edition, 1-2
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1.
Myth evolves by word of mouth. It depends on the
person’s way of life, typography, traditions and religion. It was believed to
be sacred and historical as basis of factual events.
2.
Myth changes as time goes by due to different
experiences of people and their interpretations and emotions about certain
events.
He thinks the women's loud conversation is distracting his crew from their work and thereby endangering the ship. He's helping the women escape from slavery, and if he were caught, he would be severely punished. He's afraid that another ship he's seen is about to hit his ship.
Do is a command, in the past instructing.
Does is in the present, currently doing.
