Nah. Teenie Briars and Donnie the Dog will suddenly appear out of nowhere and snatch the victory. That’s why, a few years later, Lottie will be so determined not to let them beat her again. https://badmachinery.com/comic/2023-03-22/ (Rereading those pages makes me really sad that all the comments are gone. We- the readers- had a lot of fun with those pages, as I recall.)