Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle is always ready to help his neighbours, but he avoids working on his own farm. One afternoon, he takes his dog into the Catskill Mountains. There he meets a group of strangely dressed...
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The Chief’s Daughter
Raven wants a new wife, but a troublemaker keeps persuading fathers to refuse him. Angry at one chief, Raven uses magic to help an old man look young and win the chief’s daughter. The change lasts...