The episode begins with the fwagon fully repaired after getting fixed at the previous truck stop, and now the Plantar family are now back on the road, going through the same dark forest as they were a few hours earlier. Currently, both Hop Pop and (Y/N) are at the front of the fwagon, the former being the one to drive it, with Anne popping up through the trap door on the roof.
Hop Pop: All right, kids! We're about to hit the Dry Swamp. (passes Anne and (Y/N) a canteen each) Here, (Y/N) and Anne. You're gonna wanna hydrate.
(Y/N): (takes the canteen) Thanks for the warning, Hop Pop. (looks to Anne) Are you going to take it or not?
Anne: No thanks, that's okay, dude. It's still a swamp. (clicks her fingers) How dry could it be?
Anne would be taking her words of arrogance back soon because in the next day, she finds out that the name isn't a bluff. The Dry Swamp is a lot like a desert back on Earth: Full of sand, scorching temperature, and barely any civilisation for miles. Back with Anne, her skin and throat are now drying out, so she quickly reaches for the canteen, which has Sprig holding onto it, while Polly pops up beside her.
Anne: (with a dry voice) Gimme that stuff!! (pours it on herself)
Sprig: (innocently) Whee!
(Y/N): (drinking from his canteen) Hop Pop did warn you, Anne. (shakes his head) But you thought it the name was there to make it sound fancy.
Hop Pop: (chuckles) That I did, (Y/N), and so many other unwise people thought the same thing. Welcome to the Dry Swamp, Anne and (Y/N). Home to giant frog-eating sandworms. Bandits. Vagabonds! (pulls out a scroll) You'd know if you'd ever read the classic play "Fear the Dry Swamp".
(Y/N): (looks to Hop Pop) I heard of that play from Mayor Toadstool before. Is it any good?
Hop Pop: (looks excited) Any good? (Y/N), it's amazing! It's a wonderful story on how any form of nature can have a mind of its own, and can be either be friend or foe to any living creature! (looks to the script) Here, let me share you you all my favourite line.
Anne + Polly: (instantly become upset) Oh, brother.
Sprig: (rolls his eyes) He's gonna act.
Hop Pop: (a stage light shines on him from... somewhere) "Hark. For I am homeless. I am friendless. I am the Dry Swamp". (the stage light disappears) So, what did you think of that, (Y/N)?
(Y/N): (completely amazed) That was great acting, Hop Pop. Just from those lines, the audience can hear that the Dry Swamp itself sounds like a miserable figure that never wishes to bring misery to travellers or house such barbaric animals, yet it's forced to because of the bad hand Mother Nature dealt to it.
Hop Pop: (surprised) Wow, never thought of it that way before. How'd you peace that together, (Y/N).
(Y/N): Back in school, the English Literature lessons are all about reading different forms of well-known literature and poems, and the whole lessons are about identifying what we interpret as the author's intentions.
Anne: (shouts) Nerd! (coughs and takes a swig of her canteen)
(Y/N): (looks back at Anne) Anne, you got a C- on your English Literature exam while I got a A. You don't have the room to call me out until your grades improve. (Sprig and Polly laugh while Anne sulks)
Hop Pop: Well, nice to see that you're putting your education to good use, (Y/N). ((Y/N) beams as Hop Pop rolls up the scroll) You know, guys, I was this close to getting the lead part once.
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