Ha Ha Comics #27

When an ambitious young worm determines to catch an early bird for breakfast, he devises an increasingly elaborate series of traps to outsmart his sleepy quarry—but a romantic rivalry between competing suitors throws the whole plan into chaos. "The Early Riser" is a delightful chase of slapstick schemes and comic chaos that reminds us why timing is everything.

A waiter's sarcastic remark about parsley's supposed strength-building powers sets a customer off—he devours the garnish and discovers he's gained genuine super-strength, leading to a wild series of increasingly absurd mishaps as he tests his new abilities. With the law on his tail and chaos erupting wherever he goes, this pint-sized parsley devotee learns that superpowers and common sense don't always go hand in hand.

A young Indian boy desperate for a canine companion tries every trick he can think of to sneak a dog past his father's strict "no dogs allowed" rule—but the pooch's flea problem keeps foiling his plans, and his creative schemes only dig him deeper into trouble.

When a farm scarecrow named Samuel learns his farmer plans to burn the field—and him along with it—he flees with help from some sympathetic crows, only to end up in the city where he's mistaken for a department store dummy. As Samuel navigates city life and its slicker characters, his old farmer searches desperately to bring him home, armed with an unexpected peace offering that might just change everything.