Dennis the Menace #34

Dennis's family faces a heating crisis when their furnace suddenly stops working, and a heating company arrives to assess the damage—but Dennis keeps trying to help while the adults are trying to solve the problem. When Dennis finally manages to explain what happened, it turns out his teddy bear is the culprit, and the solution saves his father a costly repair bill. A classic tale of good intentions gone hilariously sideways, with a bonus story about a boy named Joey and his oversized snowman surprise.

Dennis gets carried away at a hobby shop and accidentally damages a bunch of model kits, forcing his dad to buy them—then the real trouble starts when Dennis's father becomes just as obsessed with building a detailed ship model as Dennis ever was, neglecting dinner and staying up late to complete it. When Dennis decides to test-launch the finished U.S.S. Constitution in the bathtub, the results teach everyone a lesson about what happens when a grown-up acts like a kid.

When Dennis loses a tooth, he's thrilled to hear about the tooth fairy—until his parents realize they don't have a quarter to leave under his pillow. What follows is a comedy of errors as Mom and Dad scramble through increasingly chaotic attempts to sneak the coin into Dennis' room without waking him, only to keep triggering his makeshift booby traps and convincing him there's a burglar in the house. By the time they finally manage to leave the quarter, Dennis has drawn his own hilarious conclusion about who the "Good Fairy" really is.