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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... 1929 The Greatest Race That Ever Was
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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'.

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Alternative title: The Meeting-Pool : II, The Greatest Race That Ever Was
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