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A reading of the book, "Rumpelstiltskin" by author Paul O. Zelinsky. Host LeVar Burton visits a Renaissance festival in Agoura Hills, California. Viewers experience what it was like to live in the days of lords, kings and queens, and knights in shining armor. LeVar explores the festival where daily performers such as minstrels and jesters all take part in the fanfare.