Ichabod becomes infatuated with Katrina Van Tassel, the pretty, wealthy daughter of a successful Dutch farmer, and his attraction is not helped by the sight of her family’s overflowing food and comforts. He imagines winning Katrina and inheriting the farm, picturing a future of prosperity far beyond his poor schoolmaster life. The problem is that Katrina already has plenty of admirers, and the biggest obstacle is Brom Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones.