Four Color #573

In this whimsical 1954 fantasy tale from Four Color #573, a magic mouse embarks on a daring journey with the Little People to a distant castle, where they seek the wisdom of the Old One to outwit a mean magician. With only a clever riddle—“Where does a hole go when it's filled up?”—standing between them and the spell’s undoing, the fate of the Little People hangs in the balance.

In "The Little People and the Groons," the forest dwellers are tricked by the idle Groons, who claim to be gathering provisions for the Little People—though their real motive is far less noble. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1954 fantasy tale spins a quiet, clever yarn about deception and the quiet wisdom of those who watch from the shadows.

When Jink, Cork, and Chub are swept far downstream by a giant fish and stranded on the mysterious Island of Enchanted Pearls, they discover that touching a pearl grants speech to the inanimate—turning stones, trees, even the very air into voices. With the island’s magic stirring around them, the Old One sends Tar, the crow, on a mission to find them before the enchantment traps them forever.