Creative classic series

A sick artist with no will to live feels she will die when the last leaf falls from the tree by her window--yet for some reason the leaf hangs on.

Two men kidnap a mischievous boy and request a large ransom for his return.

A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents.

A boy growing up in a household where there is no love and no luck but always a shortage of money develops an uncanny ability to pick horse-race winners while furiously riding his wooden rocking-horse.