"A Fish With Headlamps" is a whimsical tale from The Helen Haywood Christmas Book #1953 (1952), where Peter Pipkin’s misadventure begins with a glass of wine and ends with a dramatic transformation into an ugly dwarf—thanks to the witch Grimcackle’s trickery. Only the Wise Magician’s Ruby Touchstone holds the key to reversing the spell, but the path to redemption is far from ordinary. The story unfolds in the familiar, festive world of Helen Haywood’s seasonal tales, with typeset lettering lending a distinctive, period charm to the proceedings.
Contains 15 stories
A Fish With Headlamps
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen HaywoodLetters ? Helen Haywood
The Clumsy Imp
4 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
The Bumble Boys Go Fishing
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen Haywood
WizzBizzMr. Frog
Barty Bantum's Snowman
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Untitled Humor story
0.25 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Peter Pipkin and the Ruby Touchstone
4 pp · Fantasy
Peter PipkinGrimcackle the WitchWise MagicianLila
When Peter Pipkin is tricked into drinking wine by the cunning Grimcackle, he’s transformed into an ugly dwarf—only the Wise Magician’s legendary Ruby Touchstone can restore him. With Lila’s help, Peter must journey through enchanted woods to find the Touchstone before the spell becomes permanent.
It Saw Napoleon!
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen HaywoodLetters ? Helen Haywood
Crispin's Ghost
2 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals, Fantasy
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen HaywoodLetters ? Helen Haywood
Young CrispinFox Billy
Untitled Humor story
0.75 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen HaywoodLetters ? Helen Haywood
Untitled Humor story
0.25 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
The Professor's Strange Adventure
5 pp · Fantasy
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen Haywood
Professor PringlePolly PrueJennifer PringleMrs. Pringle
A Long Smoke!
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen HaywoodLetters ? Helen Haywood
Crispin's Whale
2 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen Haywood
The Bumble Boys Go Fishing Again
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Script Helen HaywoodPencils Helen HaywoodInks Helen Haywood
Bumble-BoysMr. FrogPom the Poodle
