Little Angel #5

When Little Angel Higgins gets caught steamrolling the neighborhood's flowers, her father threatens to call Officer Flanagan to teach her a lesson—but the cop has other ideas about modern child psychology. Officer Flanagan decides to take the spirited youngster for a friendly ride in his police car, a decision that quickly spirals into chaos as Little Angel turns the outing into a wild joyride, complete with siren-pulling, gun-grabbing, and a stolen police commissioner's briefcase.

When Harry Higgins invites the important Mr. Mathews to dinner in hopes of landing a business contract, he's got one rule for his daughter Little Angel Higgins: don't stare at the man's eyebrows. But as the evening unfolds, Little Angel Higgins has a knack for taking innocent remarks at face value—with hilariously mortifying results for her father. The real twist comes when Harry realizes his worries may have all been for nothing, thanks to an unexpected stroke of luck.

Little Angel Higgins sets out for revenge when her father Harry accidentally gets soaked with water meant for her friend Tommy, leading to a escalating series of splashings throughout the neighborhood. As Harry desperately tries to stay dry—even resorting to a raincoat and hat—the mischievous Little Angel has one more trick waiting for him at bedtime in this 1954 comedy tale.

Little Angel Higgins promises her parents Harry and Dora Higgins that she'll behave perfectly during a restaurant outing, and she actually manages to eat properly and follow every rule of etiquette. But when it comes time to leave, Little Angel spots something her father forgot to do—and she's quick to point it out with her own mischievous twist.

When Harry Higgins discovers a mysterious map hidden behind a loose brick in his house, he becomes determined to track down the buried treasure it promises—digging holes around the property and puzzling over its cryptic markings while his daughter Little Angel Higgins tries repeatedly to get his attention. After numerous failed attempts, Little Angel finally takes a look at the map herself and quickly figures out exactly where the treasure is hidden. The twist reveals that the "big treasure hunt" was never quite what her father expected—and Woof the dog has a lot to do with it.

Little Angel Higgins decides to write a letter to herself, much to her mother Dora's bemusement—but there's a catch: the young girl hasn't learned to write yet, and she's waiting to receive her own correspondence before she knows what it says! It's a perfectly absurd bit of childhood logic that captures the playful mischief Little Angel brings to even the simplest activities.

When Little Angel Higgins cuts out an "atom bomb" label from a magazine and pastes it on a can of pineapple juice, she innocently creates mass panic in her neighborhood—sending Officer Flanagan, her parents Harry and Dora, and the entire block into an evacuation frenzy. As the Higgins family scrambles to respond to the supposed threat, Little Angel's well-meaning attempts to help only keep the chaos rolling in this classic 1954 humor tale.

Little Angel receives a giant lollypop from her father, but when she refuses to share it with Stephen, her father insists she break off a piece for him. What unfolds is a humorous lesson about generosity and what it really means to give.