{"id":1438,"date":"2026-04-13T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:11:08","slug":"chapter-12-the-good-apples088","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/13\/chapter-12-the-good-apples088\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 12 The Good Apples088"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/12\/chapter-12-the-good-apples087\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page88 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/14\/chapter-12-the-good-apples089\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Conning is better connected, works part time with her parents\u2019 shipbroking business, and at the moment she\u2019s trying harder than Kayt to find a first proper gig for the duo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not <em>full<\/em> of men,\u201d says KristalClear, \u201caccording to CandiCrush it has a near perfect fifty fifty split, it\u2019s just that she\u2019s never met anybody suitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Softening the tone of her voice she says, \u201ctell me about grandad\u2019s apples!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conning tries to remember the precise Manx fable. And tries hard to recite it all in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good Apples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where can you find,<br \/>\nAn apple tree?<br \/>\nIn an orchard,<br \/>\nWhere you sowed the seeds.<br \/>\nThe best seeds,<br \/>\nFrom the best apples.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting the best soil,<br \/>\nWatering the seeds,<br \/>\nCaring for the saplings,<br \/>\nCarefully cultivating them,<br \/>\nResponsibly and compassionately,<br \/>\nKeeping the pests at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Using your wits to give them,<br \/>\nThe best start in life,<br \/>\nProtecting them,<br \/>\nUntil fully they grow,<br \/>\nAnd blossom,<br \/>\nAnd deliver their first fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Done properly,<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a joy.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/12\/chapter-12-the-good-apples087\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page88 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/14\/chapter-12-the-good-apples089\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page88 \u2013 Next Conning is better connected, works part time with her parents\u2019 shipbroking business, and at the moment she\u2019s trying harder than Kayt to find a first proper gig for the duo. \u201cIt\u2019s not full of men,\u201d says KristalClear, \u201caccording to CandiCrush it has a near perfect fifty fifty split, it\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/04\/13\/chapter-12-the-good-apples088\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 12 The Good Apples088&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}