Panel 1: Nancy notices a fire hydrant on the sidewalk is leaking a small trickle. Panel 2: Nancy tells Sluggo, "The hydrant on Main Street is leaking." Sluggo responds, "Yeah?" Panel 3: Sluggo tells a girl walking down the street "Ya better keep away from Main Street... There's a hydrant shootin' water all over d' street." Panel 4: The girl from the previous panel tells another boy, "They say a big water main broke on Main Street." The boy responds, "Wow!" Panel 5: The boy from the previous panel tells another boy, "Have you heard? Main Street is all covered with water." Panel 6: The boy introduced in the previous panel tells another girl, "They say the water is rushing down Main Street like a srteam." Panel 7: The girl introduced in the previous panel tells Sluggo, "Have you heard? Half the city is three feet under water." Panel 8: A panicked Sluggo runs past Nancy, screaming "Run for your life... Th' dam has boist!" Panel 9: Caption: "3 hours later." It's nighttime. Nancy is sitting on the roof of her house wearing an inflated inner tube around herself, looking annoyed and saying "I wonder who started that rumor."