{"id":996,"date":"2026-02-26T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=996"},"modified":"2026-02-22T04:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:43:21","slug":"chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/26\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood031\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 4 In Philosophical Mood031"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/25\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood030\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page31 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/27\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood032\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>privacy. They step outside into the Market Square, each holding a small cupcake in their hand, and they find an empty bench where they can sit together peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>KristalClear\u2019s day is getting better. She\u2019s now in a philosophical mood as she surveys all the businesses and thinks about the employment opportunities surrounding the square.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back towards Chadwicks, then further down Market Street she can just make out the Wolfland Bank sign above the door. That\u2019s where Mr Wood works. In the same area, though beyond the pedestrian zone and out of sight, is <em>The Lancastrian<\/em> where NutJob works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you didn\u2019t work at <em>The Lancastrian<\/em> what would you actually choose to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d make aeroplanes,\u201d says NutJob, \u201cif I could!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Not grand schemes. I mean regular employment. What sort of job would you really like?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDunno really! I wonder why my dad has a job in a bank? Or why yours chose to run a shop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you get somebody to do something?\u201d asks KristalClear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you get anybody to do anything?\u201d replies NutJob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the same question really,\u201d says KristalClear, \u201c how do you get somebody to do something? I\u2019m asking you, because this is the chat that I have with <em>maman<\/em> from time to time. She\u2019s a teacher at Willowdene Primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does she get on with that? Persuading kids?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can lead a horse to water, but you can\u2019t make it drink. That\u2019s her philosophy. But there\u2019s more to it than that. What happens if you never lead a horse to water?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With no hesitation NutJob says, \u201cyou end up with an angry horse!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr it will find some water another way. If it can\u2019t get it here, it\u2019ll go elsewhere, it will run away if necessary, it can\u2019t live without water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s carrot and stick?\u201d asks NutJob, \u201cexcept the horse is the one with the stick, telling you to <em>stick it<\/em> when she\u2019s mistreated?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/25\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood030\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page31 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/27\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood032\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page31 \u2013 Next privacy. They step outside into the Market Square, each holding a small cupcake in their hand, and they find an empty bench where they can sit together peacefully. KristalClear\u2019s day is getting better. She\u2019s now in a philosophical mood as she surveys all the businesses and thinks about the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/26\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood031\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 4 In Philosophical Mood031&#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\/996"}],"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=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}