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Newcomer undresses to swim a five-foot stream. He has walked all morning toward a mountain that seems only five miles away, but which is actually sixty miles from his starting point. J2214.12.1
Person or animal jumps back to starting place (from midair). X1741.2

Tale types

ATU 1889J Jumping Back to the Starting Place (previously Jumper over Water Turns Around Midway of Jump and Returns)