Oasis in the Clouds

## Premise

An extended hour-long version of “We are the Swamp”.

## Story

### Part One

The story begins in Paddlecab County, where the swamp has become a desolate wasteland, because of a drought, that lasted for over 2 weeks. Water was scarce, Food was scarce, the freshwater ponds went dry, and the animals were suffering. Later in the day, Charles declared that it's time to move elsewhere. Gus disputes the idea and says to stay and wait, in hopes that things will return to normal, as some of the denizens agreed. Nearby, the cubs were suffering as well from the heat, so Toot suggested to cool off, at a nearby pond. They all go to Lookout Lake which is dried into a mud puddle, disappointing the cubs. As the cubs think about what to do next, they spot a buzzard on a tree branch, then introduced herself as Flo. Who tells the cubs about a lush oasis, that will only become real to those who believe as they are asleep, then flies away. Toot, says they shouldn't believe everything they hear, but, Lennie assures them that it's fine, to dream about great thing as they head for their homes..

At night, Kissyfur looks at the night sky, as He wonders if the drought will ever end, and where they'll go if the drought doesn't end. Gus responds that sometimes, things don't go accordingly to plan, but, before going to bed, Kissyfur asked Gus if He dreamed of being at an oasis. Gus responds that He hasn't, and says good night. Once Kissyfur was asleep, a sinister silhouette looks from a window. Morning came, and the Cubs wake up and find themselves in awe at the lush landscape, and go to play in a pond. Back on the ground, Floyd and Jolene, also suffering from the heat, spot Flo flying into the clouds, and they spot a giant tree, leading upward, so They climb up, thinking there's food there.

At the Oasis, the cubs are enjoying their time, as Flo flies by, surprised that everyone's here. Flo then introduces the cubs to Reginald, a giant snake, who unintentionally, creeps the cubs. Elsewhere, the gators, finally reach the top and explores the Oasis. Meanwhile, on the ground, as the grownups ration their water, Charles says to the denizens that He and his family are leaving, as Howie calls for help, saying that a buzzard was snooping around at night, carrying the cubs one by one to a giant tree, using a shrub branch to erase Her footprints. The other denizens pay no mind, until Ralph’s Dad said that he saw a buzzard’s footprint in front to his house. After hearing this, Gus goes to search for the kids as the other grownups follow. Back at the oasis, The Cubs imagine their families enjoying the oasis, as they start to worry and decide to head home, but as Flo tries unsuccessfully to convince the cubs to stay, the gators attack, and the cubs run for their lives. Flo, realizing what happened, goes after the cubs with Reginald following. In the chaos, the gators fall in a spot of quicksand, but only to stop sinking when Floyd is shoulder-deep and Jolene is neck-deep. Flo and Reginald corner Kissyfur and most of the cubs, telling them that They'll never leave, as the sun goes down. Back on the ground, the grown-ups with Howie's help locate the giant tree. At night, as Flo and Reginald guide the cubs to a dismal part of the oasis, Flo counts and realizes Toot is missing. But, they continue on to Flo's home, a hut, and Flo orders the cubs to be servants and has Reginald to look for the young beaver, and bring Him here. In another part of the oasis, Toot, hides in a rosebush, and goes to find a way to escape and go for help, but is cut off by a dark silhouette.

### Part Two

After Kissyfur explains the details in the last episode, We begin with Toot who just got stopped by a scary-looking silhouette, which is a scary looking tree, then proceeds to locate the entrance, but hides behind a waterfall, when Reginald is looking for him, forcing Toot to rest for the night. Gus and the other parents, after climbing the tree to the Oasis, tells Howie to search from the sky, while the others search from the ground. As the night wore on, Kissyfur and the other cubs are still cleaning everything in Flo’s hut, but start to get tired. As morning rose, Toot wakes up, ready to continue his search for the entrance. The Gators, still on a shallow patch of quicksand, scream for help, and are found by Reginald, who leave them saying, “You should have thought of that before scaring away my potential dinner.” Moments later, as the gators still screamed for help, they are spotted by Gus, who accuses them of eating the cubs, but retracts when He notices no meat or fur between the gators’ teeth. Gus gets them out, and tells them not to disrupt their search for the cubs. So, the gators make a run for it. At the hut, The cubs finally complete their cleaning, as Reginald returned, failed to locate Toot, but tells Flo about the two gators. With a “NOW”, The Cubs make a run for it, escaping the hut, with Flo and Reginald pursuing them, as Howie spots them, and goes to inform Gus.

In another part of the oasis, The gators are enjoying the fruits of the oasis and eat to their hearts’ content, when the cubs run through, unnoticed. Arriving at the waterfall, the Cubs reunite with Toot. Howie informs Gus that the cubs are found, as Gus rushes to the rescue with the other parents following. Back at the waterfall, As Kissyfur and the others catch their breath, Reginald and Flo locate the waterfall hideout and goes after the cubs, who run to a log on a river stream. The log on the stream outsped the buzzard and snake, but Kissyfur and the others jump off the log and into a grass patch when the log was about to fall off a taller waterfall. At the bottom of the waterfall, The gators are swimming in a lake, but Jolene is hit on the head with the log, as Floyd suggests heading back home, with Jolene agreeing after smacking Floyd with Her wig.

Exhausted from the chase, Kissyfur spots the tree leading back to the swamp, and decide to head there, but Flo and Reginald catch up, and get ready to eat them, but are stopped by Gus and Emmy-Lou. Gus tosses Flo at a quicksand bog, as Emmy Lou ties Reginald’s tail to a tree branch. As Gus tells the two, “If You so much as harm one hair on My son, or His friends, You’ll get worse than quicksand”, after learning that Flo forced the Cubs to be Her Servants. As rain clouds are approaching, the families climb down the tree with barrels of water and food. After everyone climbed down the tree, Toot and His parents proceed to tear the tree down, unaware that the gators begin climbing down the tree as well. However, the tree goes down as the beavers tell everyone to get clear. the tree falls hard, but the gators fall in a mudpit, as Jolene complains that they should have left sooner. then the rain falls as the population celebrated.