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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Birdman
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'A boy is entering a flying contest; the wings that he has built are broken and his hang-glider has been stolen by the school bully (who is also entering the contest), so he relies on a cat-shaped hat that has washed ashore. This hat seems to come to life every now and then; whenever it does, it opens its eyes, and it forces whoever wears it to do whatever it sees someone else doing. The cat-shaped hat sees a bird flying and the boy flies up with it. After, the bully tries on the hat but it sees a pile of faeces and the bully ends up going towards it. Was later adapted as an episode of Round the Twist.'    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmentionable)

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  • Appears in:
    Unmentionable! : More Amazing Stories Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1991 Z834865 1991 selected work children's fiction children's humour
    — Appears in: Absolut unfassbar! 1996;
    'In "Birdman," the awful Buggins has stolen Sean's hang-glider and now Sean has no hope of winning the annual Birdman competition, or can he? In "The Velvet Throne," Mr Simpkin lives with his lazy brother who orders him around. One day he decides to run away and amazing things start to happen." (Source: Trove)
    Ringwood : Puffin , 1991
    pg. 9-27
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories Paul Jennings , Camberwell : Penguin , 2006 Z1343299 2006 selected work children's fiction children's

    From the hugely popular UnCollected series comes this special selection of tales – a showcase of Paul's storytelling talents at their very best . . . and weirdest!

    Camberwell : Penguin , 2006
    pg. 369-389
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