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Kromera's Crocodile single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Kromera's Crocodile
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Kromera, the village constable, has his badge eaten by a crocodile. Next day the crocodile grabs Kromera who saves himself by wrenching out the beast's tongue. A few days later the animal is captured and Kromera proves his story by showing its tongue is missing and his badge is in its stomach.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 8 October 1936 Z1693559 1936 newspaper issue 1936 pg. 5
    Note: Appears in 'Short Story'.
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