Four Color #104

In the quiet heart of the forest, tiny princess Esmeralda watches a noble knight ride by and dreams of being his size. When she seeks help from a witch, the mouse prince she meets on the journey uncovers a hidden captive—another mouse princess—and returns with a potion that could change Esmeralda’s fate.

In the hidden realms of the Thousand Mountains, a witch who strikes fear by night brings quiet gifts to the poor by dawn. When two children stray too far after a runaway goat and are taken to her castle, their tale of kindness is met with disbelief. Years later, as invaders threaten the kingdom, the same witch emerges to protect them—her true nature revealed not in fear, but in mercy.

In "The Wee Man," a sorcerer's curse reduces the man Crumpet to mouse-size, setting off a chain of tiny adventures when a prince rescues him from a hawk—only to have his own son fall victim to the same spell. Now both small in stature, the unlikely pair must journey to the sorcerer’s castle to uncover the secret that could break the curse.

In the enchanted forest, a forgotten girl named Melisandra is rescued by a kind old dwarf after being abandoned by her cruel stepmother. On her 18th birthday, the queen’s desperate spell reveals Melisandra still lives—turning the queen into a monstrous serpent that hunts her through the woods. When a young knight arrives to save her, Melisandra’s lost memories begin to return, setting her on a path to reclaim what was taken.