Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page137 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Chapter 18<\/strong> \u201cDespicable Kevin\u201d is an old tin bath, which has been painted yellow inside and out, and has been reinforced with what looks like blue wooden pallets strapped all around it. Sat inside are two bizarrely dressed sailors who look like bananas wearing dungarees and ridiculous over sized goggles.<\/p>\n Next to them are two men dressed as Vikings, sitting in a wooden bathtub with the name \u201cThe Do Drop Inn\u201d plastered along the side. The Vikings seem to be more interested in the fake ale in their exceedingly comic and massive tankards than in paddling \u201cThe Do Drop Inn\u201d to the shore.<\/p>\n On the far side of the Vikings are two sharks sitting in another bathtub emblazoned with the name \u201cThe Hammerhead\u201d!<\/p>\n This can mean only one thing. The flotation ceremony for a new ship is already under way, and now it\u2019s time for the fun stuff, the bathtub regatta!<\/p>\n Hayley Wilde is so excited. She hasn\u2019t seen a bathtub regatta since she was six years old. Back when her mum was alive. She\u2019s eight now, and she\u2019s the guest of honour, sitting high up in the official suite nestled amongst the judges.<\/p>\n Selected from hundreds of entrants, she won \u201cBest Overall\u201d in the schools\u2019 writing challenge for a story that had few rules, but had to be entitled \u201cWhat does the future hold?\u201d<\/p>\n Hayley will be awarding the prizes at the end of today\u2019s race.<\/p>\n Aboard the freshly completed ship The<\/em> Vorpal Sword<\/em>, anchored 200 metres offshore, MaxChaos is standing atop the dais and is about to strike the dinner gong. The<\/em> Vorpal Sword <\/em>is the latest addition to the Garrison\u2019s fleet, a mighty, well equipped vessel, but for today it has only one fo\u2019c\u2019sle cannon at the ready. Loaded with a dummy charge, it will signal the start of the race.<\/p>\n Ten amusingly decorated bathtubs, each crewed by two people in fancy dress, are now under starter\u2019s orders. On the<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page137 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page137 \u2013 Next Chapter 18 The Bathtub Regatta \u201cDespicable Kevin\u201d is an old tin bath, which has been painted yellow inside and out, and has been reinforced with what looks like blue wooden pallets strapped all around it. Sat inside are two bizarrely dressed sailors who look like bananas wearing dungarees and … Continue reading “Chapter 18 The Bathtub Regatta137”<\/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\/1535"}],"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=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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