"To release Thrombeldinbar, put him in the paper bag, when the moon comes up make a wish, and burn the bag, as the smoke rises Thrombeldinbar is set free and then you get you wish..."
It is the Night of Thrombeldinbar on the Land of the Giants, a special night when cookies are left out for the elf type being called Thrombeldinbar. As Barry, Fitzhugh and Chipper head past a house, a housewife accidentally drops a cookie meant for Thrombeldinbar on the grass. Fitzhugh goes to retrieve it, but is captured by two orphan giant children who are convinced that he is the real Thrombeldinbar.
Fitzhugh is captured by two orphan boys who believe he is "Thrombeldinbar"–a magical elf celebrated like the Easter Bunny, who grants wishes to children. Steve and Mark come to his rescue, but Fitzhugh realizes the boys are lonely and stays to entertain them. Their wish is to find a loving home, but tradition has it that Thrombeldinbar can only grant their wish if he is burned in a fire at moonrise. A panicked Fitzhugh faces being burned alive. He is saved for the moment by an organ grinder, who is hunting the little people for the reward now offered for them, but the demented man captures the orphans and threatens to harm them if they will not reveal where more Little People can be found.