Piff Magazine No 46 1973 Now

Leo looked at the trunk of the tree he was leaning against. High up, where the main branches split, was a knot that looked suspiciously like a keyhole.

“To whoever finds this: The secret is on page 14, behind the comic strip. Don’t let the cat see you looking.” Piff Magazine No 46 1973

Halfway through the magazine, Leo found something that wasn't listed in the table of contents. Tucked between a satirical ad for "X-Ray Specs" and a DIY guide for building a birdhouse out of popsicle sticks was a handwritten note on a yellowed scrap of paper. Leo looked at the trunk of the tree he was leaning against

The humid air of July 1973 hung heavy over the newsstand, but for ten-year-old Leo, the only thing that mattered was the glossy, slightly bent cover of . Don’t let the cat see you looking

He looked up, half-expecting the psychedelic cat from the cover to be watching him from a branch. The park was quiet, save for the distant sound of a lawnmower. He looked at the key, then back at the magazine. On the very last page, in the "Letters to the Editor" section, a small, bolded line at the bottom read: “The lock is in the hollow of the old oak at the center of the world.”