{"id":1979,"date":"2026-10-24T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:28:59","slug":"chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/24\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience316\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 36 Sympathy and Patience316"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/23\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience315\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page316 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/25\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience317\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he spends it on some of the other stuff in the shop, so the money ends up back in the till. I get my <em>Third Sector<\/em> wages, that doesn\u2019t amount to very much, the goods get recirculated, and all the profits go to the Coliseum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMum gets first choice on all the books that come in. It\u2019s fab!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you also love reading?\u201d asks KristalClear, \u201cwho\u2019s your favourite author?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I prefer non fiction,\u201d says Mrs Barr, \u201cknowledge is power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AngryBard quickly adds, \u201cFrancis Bacon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance is bacon?\u201d responds a confused KristalClear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo!\u201d says AngryBard, \u201cFrancis Bacon! He\u2019s an author.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in clumsy Latin, AngryBard continues \u201c<em>ipsa scientia potestas est,<\/em> knowledge is power, knowledge is the basis for reputation, influence, and success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell remembered darling,\u201d says Mrs Barr, before addressing her guests and saying, \u201cI\u2019m now reading Napoleon Hill\u2019s <em>Think and Grow Rich<\/em>, it\u2019s a challenging book, the power of a definite purpose, the power of thought, that sort of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KristalClear tells NutJob, \u201cwe need to read that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s bound to be more than one copy in the library,\u201d says Mrs Barr.<\/p>\n<p>AngryBard interjects, \u201cMum, why aren\u2019t we rich then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s more to life than money, sweetie. We\u2019re rich in other ways. I love my Third Sector job, I love reading. I love my husband and I love my son. We have enough income to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA decent standard of living, and complete peace of mind?\u201d suggests NutJob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. That\u2019s a clever way of putting it,\u201d says Mrs Barr, \u201cwe can even afford to eat at the caf\u00e9 sometimes. But be careful with that book, it promises some secrets, I haven\u2019t found them yet, but then again, I haven\u2019t finished reading it! Anyway, it\u2019s book club time, and we really must go, it\u2019s been lovely meeting you two.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/23\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience315\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page316 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/25\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience317\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page316 \u2013 Next \u201cAnd then he spends it on some of the other stuff in the shop, so the money ends up back in the till. I get my Third Sector wages, that doesn\u2019t amount to very much, the goods get recirculated, and all the profits go to the Coliseum.\u201d \u201cMum gets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/24\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience316\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 36 Sympathy and Patience316&#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\/1979"}],"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=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}