Help with simple jquery fade slideshow

Help with simple jquery fade slideshow

Hello all! 

I'm new to jquery. I'm trying to integrate a simple slideshow with Wordpress. I managed to show the post thumbnail but I can't figure out how to display the_content();

I'm replicating this slide

I have the HTML like this

  1. <div id="demo"> 
  2.  <div id="title"></div>  
  3.   <div id="slideshow" class="pics"> 
  4. <?php query_posts('category_name=featured&showposts=10'); ?>
  5. <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>                   
  6. <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?> 
  7. <?php endwhile;?> 
  8. <?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>
  9. </div> 
  10. </div> 
but the content doesn't display.. I tried moving it around but I get different issues. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?