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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 UFD
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'A boy reports seeing a flying dog, but his family does not believe him. He is bet a thousand dollars if he can prove he saw one, or three years of washing if he can't.'  

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_(short_story_collection))

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Uncanny! : Even More Surprising Stories Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1988 Z832219 1988 selected work children's fiction children's mystery adventure
    — Appears in: Absolut unheimlich! 2006;     Ringwood : Puffin , 1988     pg. 53-60
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Stories for Eight Year Olds Linsay Knight (editor), Milsons Point : Random House , 2005 Z1198660 2005 anthology children's fiction children's

    'Super-fun stories specially chosen for 8-year-olds!

    'A mysterious water horse, dogs with big plans, a fortune-telling dragon, poetry and elephants, a mouse rescuer extraordinaire, sheep on the football field, a bull ant emergency, a royal wedding for Nanny Piggins, a cross-country catastrophe and a soup-eating hero . . . You'll find all these in Stories for 8-Year-Olds. And you'll find some of your favourite Australian authors, too.

    'After you've read one, you'll want to read them all! ' (Publication summary)

         Milsons Point : Random House , 2005     pg. 1-16
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories Paul Jennings , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1231159 2005 selected work children's humour

    To celebrate 20 years of stories by Paul Jennings, this is a collection of his funniest work. Hand-picked by Paul, each book contains around 25 stories from the "UnCollected Series" and "Tongue-Tied".

         Camberwell : Penguin , 2005     pg. 302-310
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