This is another cartoon folktale I grew up watching. Rip was a very likable character. He was kind and helpful to all the town's people. Not to mention, the children loved him. He was said to be a slacker a home though. who could blame him with a wife like that?
Here's my interpretation of what happened to Rip. I think he was finally feed up with his wife's nagging or just dealing with her in general. I think he took off with his dog and maybe a jug or two of moonshine. he waked and drank, all the while hallucinating for his sweet nectar. By the time he ran out of booze he walked and walked. Finally passing out from his alcohol intake and the wearing down of his body. He may have slept for a few days, but I believe when he awoke, his dog and had went home. He was now lost with no memory of the previous days. I took him several years to get home. Just a theory of mine.
I could not imagine going home after thinking it had just been days and it had been years.
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