{"id":1580,"date":"2026-06-09T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:51:53","slug":"chapter-20-the-unexpected-visitor157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/09\/chapter-20-the-unexpected-visitor157\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 20 The Unexpected Visitor157"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/08\/chapter-20-the-unexpected-visitor156\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page157 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/10\/chapter-21-bubble-and-squeak159\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>\u00ab Let me tell you something sunshine. Something that nobody\u2019s told you before. The world doesn\u2019t owe you a living. Your destiny will not simply fall into your lap. You have to go after it with a club! You\u2019re not going to find your station in life by moping around here. Do something, go out, try stuff, make mistakes, learn. If you\u2019ve been hanging around waiting for a sign, this is it. I am your sign! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab That\u2019s a bit blunt! But uplifting too! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab You want blunt and uplifting? OK, I\u2019ll give you blunt and uplifting! The future is carved out by those with the courage to act. The world isn\u2019t all sunshine and rainbows you know. It\u2019s a mean and nasty place. It doesn\u2019t matter how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees. You gotta work hard, build resilience, stay strong. You gotta keep moving forward. That\u2019s how freedom is won. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Unsure what to make of this angry bird who\u2019s trying to be helpful, Slender wants to end the conversation, but she doesn\u2019t want to alienate Merlin. Another chat, another time, would surely be helpful.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Thank you. Wonderful advice! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab You\u2019re welcome. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab What did I do with my pancake? I\u2019m still hungry. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab I could bring you a worm if you like? \u00bb<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/08\/chapter-20-the-unexpected-visitor156\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page157 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/10\/chapter-21-bubble-and-squeak159\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page157 \u2013 Next \u00ab Let me tell you something sunshine. Something that nobody\u2019s told you before. The world doesn\u2019t owe you a living. Your destiny will not simply fall into your lap. You have to go after it with a club! You\u2019re not going to find your station in life by moping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/06\/09\/chapter-20-the-unexpected-visitor157\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 20 The Unexpected Visitor157&#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\/1580"}],"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=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1581,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}