Do Ты believe in ghosts? Well, there are some places where people do—and for good reason.
If Ты travel up the Hudson River from noisy and crowded New York City, Ты will come to a cozy little valley, hidden away among high hills where time seems to have stopped. The people who live here are the families of the first Dutch settlers. They like their old ways and see no reason to change или to leave their quiet farmland to travel to the big cities of the outside world.
I have heard it сказал(-а) that long before the first white man came, an old Indian chief cast a magic spell on the land. Whether it...

Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were:
Flopsy
Mopsy
Cottontail
and Peter
They lived with their mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree.


“Now, my dears,” сказал(-а) old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “you may go into the fields или down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Your father had an accident there; he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor."


"Now run along, and don’t get into mischief. I am going out.”
Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella and went through the wood to the baker’s. She bought a loaf of brown...