Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page131 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n throwing money into his hat so that they can spend fifteen minutes sucking on some rock hard sugar. A time machine lasts for around fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n That keeps everybody focussed, sat quietly, listening, while Benet tells his perfectly timed, fifteen minute, almost true true story.<\/p>\n — o —<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sitting in a comfy chair in AuntSylvie\u2019s office in the Noble Coliseum, Franklin is chatting about Benet. Having known him for a long time, it will be no surprise to learn that Franklin also has a story to tell.<\/p>\n This one is about Benet.<\/p>\n And this one is completely true!<\/p>\n —o—<\/p>\n The Story of Benet and the Hidden Treasure<\/strong><\/p>\n SCENE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n (The commercial docks on St George\u2019s Quay. Some boisterous dockers are larking about.)<\/em><\/p>\n FRANKLIN <\/strong><\/p>\n (Gentle, calm voice, unrushed, hint of drama and suspense. Using hand gestures to emphasise the actions.)<\/p>\n Imagine one of those days, down at the docks when some of the wicked ruffians are causing a heinous commotion. Constable Walker is looking on, but there\u2019s no obvious cause.<\/p>\n One rascal is piling on top of another for no apparent reason. They\u2019re hurling wild, profane language about. The sort of words that we never learned in school. Punches are being thrown, hair is being pulled, and people are being dragged around by their shirt tails.<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page131 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page131 \u2013 Next throwing money into his hat so that they can spend fifteen minutes sucking on some rock hard sugar. A time machine lasts for around fifteen minutes. That keeps everybody focussed, sat quietly, listening, while Benet tells his perfectly timed, fifteen minute, almost true true story. — o — \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 … Continue reading “Chapter 17 Hidden Treasure131”<\/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\/1523"}],"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=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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