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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... 1929 The Meeting-Pool : A Tale of Borneo
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Elkin Mathews , 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Meeting-Pool : I, The First Meeting The First Meeting : At Which It is Decided that the White Man Must Be Stopped, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The animals of a small island near Borneo have gathered at the meeting-pool because they are worried the white man is cutting down the jungle.
 (p. 3-7)
The King of the Winds, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The animals wish to stop the White Man from clearing the jungle, and they gather at the meeting-pool to decide what to do. The flying fox suggests that they should use softness instead of force, and tells the story of the King of the Winds. (From the Victorian Readers : Fifth Book.)
 (p. 11-14)
The Tiger and the Mouse-Deer, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 17-21)
Pa Badak's Lawsuit, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 25-30)
The Second Meeting : At Which It Is Decided that the Python Should Kill the White Man, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 33-35)
The Meeting-Pool : II, The Greatest Race That Ever Was The Greatest Race That Ever Was, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The animals are again sitting around the pool debating how to deal with the white man when the Hornbill tells the story of the squirrel and the shellfish having the 'Greatest Race That Ever Was', a version of 'The Tortoise and the Hare'.
 (p. 39-42)
The Third Meeting : At Which the Python Goes to Sleep, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 45-47)
The Greatest Thing in the World, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 51-54)
The Fourth Meeting : At Which the Slow Loris Talks Magic, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 57-58)
The Meeting-Pool : III, The Jellyfish That Wouldn't The Jellyfish That Wouldn't, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The animals have met again under the Tapang-tree and this time it is the Slow Loris's turn to tell a story about the young jellyfish who did not heed his mother's advice.
 (p. 61-63)
The Fifth Meeting : At Which the Slow Loris Goes to Sleep and the Mosquito Tells a Story, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 67-69)
Lazy Tok : A Story from Borneo Lazy Tok, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 73-78)
The Meeting-Pool : IV, The Feast of Durians The Feast of the Durians, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
In another meeting the animals discuss how size doesn't always matter and how the mosquito has the power to undo the white man.
 (p. 81-86)
The Sixth Meeting : At Which Bruang the Bear Confesses to Being the White Man's Friend, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 89-90)
The Messenger of the Moon, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 93-97)
The Meeting-Pool : V, The White Man's Friend The Kenawai and the Water-Buffalo, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The animals are miserable as the White Man is burning the fallen jungle. Bruang the bear tells a story of the arrogant water-buffalo and how it shows 'it is a mistake to bite off more than you can chew'. He also declares he is a friend of the White Man because he was saved and reared to independence by one after his mother was killed.
 (p. 101-104)
The Meeting-Pool : VI, The Great Battle The Seventh Meeting : At Which the Python Wakes Up, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The White Man's child is lost by the meeting pool and python would succeed in killing it if it weren't for Bruang the bear who fights him to death.
 (p. 107-111)
The Meeting-Pool : VII, The Last Meeting The Last Meeting : At Which the White Man Tells a Story, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's
The White Man tells a story about the Bendo tree and the white ants then determines there will be no more jungle cut down near where his child was found.
 (p. 115-118)
The Tree with the Softest Heart, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 121-124)
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