Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page276 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n out a young, slim girl with long flowing hair. HopAlong didn\u2019t know that she would have a companion.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my boyfriend, NutJob,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n That brings a look of surprise from HopAlong.<\/p>\n \u201cNutJob?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJust call him Dave, that\u2019s his real name, he can explain his nickname later, it\u2019s a long story!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDelighted to meet you \u2026 Dave! Call me HopAlong, everybody does. Gammy leg you see. That\u2019s also a long story!\u201d<\/p>\n The waitress brings some more tea. The tray has an elegant China teapot, with matching cups, all of which are tastefully decorated with an eye catching picture of the Ulverston fire breathing wolf.<\/p>\n \u201cWe long ago retired from mainstream farming,\u201d says EarlyBird, \u201cand over the past five years we\u2019ve been trying to generate an income from raising llamas.\u201d<\/p>\n HopAlong chips in, \u201cselling their wool.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a delightfully soft and warm wool,\u201d says EarlyBird, \u201cwhich gives clothes an enviable, luxurious feel.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s a costly business,\u201d says HopAlong, \u201cwith the price we needed to sell the wool at, the clothes just ended up being too expensive, and the whole thing is just not viable.\u201d<\/p>\n EarlyBird continues, \u201cllamas are delightfully affectionate creatures, they\u2019re curious, and they love human interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut ours could be a bit mischievous and temperamental!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnyway, the llama farm has ceased.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNow, I keep a few chickens and two goats, HopAlong has a vegetable garden, and we\u2019ve been thinking about using our smallholding to run a stable or something similar. Nothing too demanding though!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis tedious leg injury and my old age, mean that we don\u2019t want to manage fields. No crops, no herds of animals, just something simple that we can operate in an old converted llama compound. Maybe horses?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEmploying a farmhand or two,\u201d adds HopAlong, \u201cI\u2019m not doing it all myself!\u201d<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page276 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page276 \u2013 Next out a young, slim girl with long flowing hair. HopAlong didn\u2019t know that she would have a companion. \u201cThis is my boyfriend, NutJob,\u201d she explains. That brings a look of surprise from HopAlong. \u201cNutJob?\u201d \u201cJust call him Dave, that\u2019s his real name, he can explain his nickname later, it\u2019s … Continue reading “Chapter 31 The Dandy Highwayman Cafe276”<\/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\/1906"}],"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=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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