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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Little Squirt
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'A boy always gets beaten by his older brother, especially at running and at urinating as high as possible. However, he spends a week training, making him a lot better. Finally, the boy beats his brother at the urinating contest and his brother hits the roof. Was later loosely 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. 28-31
  • 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. 200-203
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Piddler on the Roof Paul Jennings , 1998 single work children's fiction children's humour
— Appears in: Unseen 1998; Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories 2005; (p. 204-211)

'A sequel to the Unmentionable story Little Squirt. When the water in Sydney becomes contaminated, Weesle is forced to stay with his aunt in the countryside. He dislikes his aunt because she is a health freak, and her son enjoys dobbing on Weesle whenever he does anything slightly wrong.'
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