{"id":1690,"date":"2026-07-24T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:48:52","slug":"chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/24\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries210\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 26 The Almost True True Story of The Canneries210"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/23\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries209\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page210 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/25\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries211\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>A geriatric, three legged tortoise with a Zimmer frame would have been faster.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already late afternoon, and they have had nothing all day.<\/p>\n<p>Except for two cups of revolting cold tea! And they were expensive!<\/p>\n<p><strong>FULLYCHARGED<\/strong><br \/>\n(Whispering.)<br \/>\nI\u2019m hungry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HAYLEY<\/strong><br \/>\n(Whispering.)<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t be hungry! You\u2019ve got a time machine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>FULLYCHARGED<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Reaching for HAYLEY\u2019s lollipop, and whispering.)<\/em><br \/>\nI\u2019ve finished mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HAYLEY<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Pushing his hand away, and whispering.)<\/em><br \/>\nYou idiot, you\u2019re supposed to suck it for fifteen minutes, not crunch it all up and eat it straight away!<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCENE 7<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(The Market Square in Lancaster, and the island of Lancer Rodney have become one and the same for the purpose of some audience participation.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BENET<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Selecting a sympathetic face from the crowd, somebody half familiar from a previous visit.)<\/em><br \/>\nI need some help from a grown up. You sir! What\u2019s your name?<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/23\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries209\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page210 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/25\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries211\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page210 \u2013 Next A geriatric, three legged tortoise with a Zimmer frame would have been faster. It\u2019s already late afternoon, and they have had nothing all day. Except for two cups of revolting cold tea! And they were expensive! FULLYCHARGED (Whispering.) I\u2019m hungry. HAYLEY (Whispering.) You can\u2019t be hungry! You\u2019ve got a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/07\/24\/chapter-26-the-almost-true-true-story-of-the-canneries210\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 26 The Almost True True Story of The Canneries210&#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\/1690"}],"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=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}