"The Birthday Secret" is the sixty-fourth issue in Fables.
Publisher's summary
In this one-issue interlude from our sprawling Flycatcher saga, we turn our attention back to The Farm. Snow White and Bigby's cubs are turning five years old, so it's time for a celebration! But none of them are expecting the amazing present they get this year. Plus, the timelines between FABLES AND JACK OF FABLES converge in strange, unexpected ways.
Plot
At the Farm, Rose Red and Boy Blue assign people at certain facilities. The two of them head to the Farm, while the wolf cubs get in trouble with Snow. Bigby returns from training human Fables, for the wolf cub's birthday. The wolf kids wake up Snow and Bigby, while at the Farm, Boy Blue asks Rose Red if she's thinking of becoming a mother. Bigby and Snow tell their kids that they have to keep a very important secret and tell no one. Bigby tells them about their other brother, Ghost, who was responsible for several murders.
After the birthday party, Rose Red and Boy Blue that something is different. The kids get some new toys, including a King Arthur model for Ambrose and an Action Jack action figure for Dare. Ghost plays with them, accidentally stabbing Action Jack with Arthur's sword. A thousand miles away at the Grand Canyon, at the same moment, our friend Jack Horner has a slight accident with a magical sword of his own...