The strip that should be following this one is missing from the archives. When these strips were re-run in 2017 they did include a (slightly damaged) version of that strip. You can find it here:
(The strip in this page is from Saturday, December 27, 1997. There were no Sunday strips in 1997, or at least they were not included in the archives, so the missing strip was from Monday, December 29.)
The strip that should be following this one is missing from the archives. When these strips were re-run in 2017 they did include a (slightly damaged) version of that strip. You can find it here:
http://www.gocomics.com/stone-soup-classics/2017/11/15
(The strip in this page is from Saturday, December 27, 1997. There were no Sunday strips in 1997, or at least they were not included in the archives, so the missing strip was from Monday, December 29.)