In the story "rip van winkle," by washington irving, the first clue that something had changed after rip wakes up is that his dog wolf is licking his face is that true? or false?

The statement "the first clue that something had changed after Rip wakes up is that his dog wolf is licking his face" is False. In fact, when he woke up his dog, Wolf was nowhere to be found. Rip Van Winkle just noticed that his beard has grown foot long and his musket was rusty and rotting.