Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page138 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n quayside OpenMike has heard the hammer whack the gong, and he encourages the crowd to start the countdown.<\/p>\n \u201cFive, four, three, two, one.\u201d<\/p>\n The shipborne cannon fires.<\/p>\n One man and his dog (one man with a fake bald head and a stupid, old fashioned, sleeveless, green sweater, alongside his khaki coloured \u201cdog\u201d with preposterously big, floppy brown ears and a massive, fake black nose) furiously paddle their bathtub \u201cFowl Vengeance\u201d into an early lead.<\/p>\n It\u2019s clear that the Gatchaman Super Hero lookalikes, paddling \u201cThe Jubjub Tub\u201d are in second place, followed closely by two puffins doing their best to make \u201cThe Puffin\u201d bathtub move as fast as its namesake The Puffin<\/em> ferry.<\/p>\n This is the craziest sight anyone has ever seen in Lancaster harbour! The crowd on the quayside are cheering so loudly that nobody can hear what OpenMike is saying. It\u2019s the same aboard The<\/em> Vorpal Sword<\/em> with everybody, MaxChaos included, cheering on their favourites.<\/p>\n By the halfway stage the two Vikings in \u201cThe Do Drop Inn\u201d do drop in to the sea, and the suspicion is that the sharks in \u201cThe Hammerhead\u201d may have had something to do with that.<\/p>\n The Super Heroes\u2019 \u201cJubjub Tub\u201d is putting in a heroic effort, but it seems to be taking on water. They\u2019ve slowed down, and that\u2019s allowed the \u201cThe Puffin\u201d to overtake them. Amazingly the bananas piloting \u201cDespicable Kevin\u201d are gaining on the two leading vessels.<\/p>\n The puffins are now puffing and panting as their muscles tire, and their bathtub is definitely slowing down. \u201cFowl Vengeance\u201d still looks like it\u2019s going to take first place, and at this hotly contested stage of the race there now appears to be only two teams in contention. The banana pair, and one man and his \u201cdog\u201d.<\/p>\n MaxChaos and OpenMike are valiantly trying to turn up the volume, but they can\u2019t be heard above the crowds. The onlookers are shouting at the tops of their voices, and furiously<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page138 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page138 \u2013 Next quayside OpenMike has heard the hammer whack the gong, and he encourages the crowd to start the countdown. \u201cFive, four, three, two, one.\u201d The shipborne cannon fires. One man and his dog (one man with a fake bald head and a stupid, old fashioned, sleeveless, green sweater, alongside his … Continue reading “Chapter 18 The Bathtub Regatta138”<\/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\/1537"}],"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=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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