There's someone I'd like you to meet.

And so the next storyline gets underway and we're introduced to Mary and Bob Jackson (and a blonde girl we can only assume is their daughter). Just when we thought we were through with the swamp stories, here's another one! Maybe this is how Rabbit will reappear and finally have some sort of resolution to his part in that raccoon fighting ring. (Probably not. This probably isn't even the same swamp, but it could be. It could be.) Ripping a story straight from the headlines, he find that Bob and Mary aren't doing well with the state of the economy and that their unemployment insurance is running out (I'm assuming that they've both already tried to get part-time jobs), and things are starting to look pretty grim. To further hint at the seriousness of the situation, panel two shows us that not only are Bob and Mary worried about the future, but so is that random blue heron and their home. (Maybe that's the answer. Hey Bob, you could charge people to come to your talking home. It could at least help to put food on the table so long as your home doesn't have a foul mouth. Then you could be looking at a lawsuit.) To reaffirm the home's statement, Bob even throws his two cents in, reassuring Mary that everything will be all right, or that they'll at least survive. I hope Mary knows how to weave cloth from what she can find in the swamp and that Bob is a good hunter. (The little blonde girl has yet to be named or show any real talent, leaving her contribution up in the air.) Oh how will they ever survive? This looks like a job for the common sense thinking of Mark Trail. Oh wait, he's gone fishing. I guess it's a job for someone else then.