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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Spot the Dog
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'While sick in bed, a boy is asked to play a game of Spot the Dog by his mother, whose pictures of landmarks in their home town are very detailed, but lack people. While looking over the picture, the boy seems to end up sucked into the game, because 1) he ends up looking for dogs around town personally; 2) the town seems to be deserted during his search, just like it is in his mother's pictures; and 3) whenever he finds the dogs, they run away faster than normal to their new location. The last page of the story contains a distorted picture of the town, and a chance for the reader to play Spot the Dog.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-Tied_(short_story_collection))

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Tongue-Tied! Paul Jennings , Camberwell London : Puffin , 2002 Z955946 2002 selected work children's fiction children's

    'Have you ever . . .

    • swallowed a live fish?
    • seen bugs in hailstones?
    • had luminous teeth?
    • used a smell-detector?
    • been a ghost?

      'No? Then read about kids who have - eight twisted tales to leave you tongue-tied!'

    (Publication summary) 

    Camberwell London : Puffin , 2002
  • 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. 244-259
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