Flooded with Jam

## Full Story

In the Swamp, a rainstorm has gone on for 4 days, flooding the homes of the denizens. as the flood waters start to rise toward Kissyfur's home. feeling that the flood refuses to let up, Shelby visits and tells Gus and Kissyfur that there's a place where they can be safe from the flood. With that, Gus uses His paddlecab to pick up the families by attaching ropes on His paddlecab to their rafts and boats. miles later, entering Unknown Lands, as the Gators try to keep up, without being seen, but got lost. Shelby informs Gus that they arrived at an abandoned Mansion, which is more than big enough for all the families to stay. Arriving there, They read a sign that says "Condemned". Gus breaks the board blocking the entrance, and they all enter, enticed to the bedrooms, dining room, kitchen, Greenhouse, recreation room, and a basement. In the Kitchen, where Lennie's family is to sleep in, He looks at a portrait of a 1800s Gentleman, and goes to the closet of one of the bedrooms and comes out wearing a tuxedo and top hat, declaring that his dominance to the denizens.

At morning, as the rain was still going on, All the denizens go to the dining room to split their rationed food. then, when They go to the kitchen, Gus locates an industrial-size refrigerator, and inside it. are hundreds of jam jars, in flavors of Grape, Blueberry, Apricot, and Strawberry. Lennie comes and tastes a drop of Strawberry Jam to Lennie, and He becomes calm, as He sheds a tear. Charles comes in and tells the denizens that anyone wanting jam, has to do some work, as Gus disputes it since They still need to ration their food. At Lennie's suggestion, Charles tells that all Jam is His since His spot to rest is the Kitchen. Hours later, as everyone is asleep, the two shadows enter the kitchen and take a jar of Apricot Jam, Charles wakes up and tries to stop them, but one of the shadows attacks Charles as the other runs away.

Charles has everyone wake up and come to the kitchen. Charles explains to the denizens that a thief has made off with a jar of Apricot Jam. And also said that no one will have any Jam until the culprit confesses. A few seconds later, as no one confessed, Charles says that He and Madge will search the rooms, as Lennie keeps watch. Minutes later, they hear a few splashes from outside, and Gus goes outside to see what the noise came from. Gus spots a few bricks falling, meaning the house is falling apart. due to the water weakening the house's foundation. Gus informs the denizens that the house's outer wall is weakening. so with everyone's help, They uses the empty jam jars as makeshift bricks. to keep the wall from crumbling, even as a few jars fall.

Outside the mansion, as the Gators try to find some food, they notice some empty jam jars, and Gus' Paddlecab near the mansion. the denizens hear harsh knocking from the entrance, and they spot Floyd and Jolene demanding full jam jars. (when they noticed the floating jam jars in the flood waters.) The Denizens barricade the doors to keep the gators out, as the gators notice the weak point of the house, and Jolene gets an idea. as Floyd smashes through the jam jar wall and in the interiors of the house, causing a chain reaction of the house beginning to collapse. The animals exit the mansion and head for the Paddlecab, but see Jolene making off with the Paddlecab, away from the house.

Inside the collapsing mansion, Charles grabs all the jam in a bag, as Gus tells the stubborn Warthog to forget the jam as Floyd attacks, Gus makes short work of the gator and goes outside to spot Jolene rowing away. Gus swims to the Paddlecab and catches up with it while tossing Jolene in the mansion. the other animals swim to a small island, just as Charles' family exits the mansion. the Gators go after them as the Mansion collapses to the ground. Charles' family screams for help as Gus tosses a rope to the warthogs, and they tie it to the bag of jam. Gus lifts the bag, but loses his grip due to the combined weight of the jam and the Warthogs. as the Gators continue to attack the Warthogs, the Denizens toss empty jam jars at the Gators, as Lennie and Madge climb to reach a tree branch to safety. Charles, refusing to give up His jam, as Gus beings to lose His grip again as Floyd bites a hole in the bag, and over a hundred jam jars fall, landing on the gators, knocking them out. without the excess weight of the jam, Charles still holding on to the rope, is slingshot up ward, and landing in the water, complaining that His jam is lost.

The rain ended as the denizens decide to head home, as the sun rose through the dark clouds, meaning the flood is over. On the way home, Charles is given a lesson in humility as He is on a washtub on His own. attached to the paddlecab, on the way home.