Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Indialog Publications
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 141
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187981962
Description
The fables in Just So Stories were first narrated by Kipling to an audience of his own children. In theme and subject matter, they range from animals and insects to the origins of the alphabet.
How the Leopard got his Spots, How the Rhinoceros got his Skin and How the Camel got his Hump are some of the most famous tales of this collection, which has endeared itself to generations of young readers.
Contents
How the Whale got his Throat
How the Camel got his Hump
How the Rhinoceros got his skin
How the Leopard got his Spots
The Elephant’s child
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
The Beginning of the armadillos
How the first Letter was Written
How the Alphabet was Made
The Crab that Played with the Sea
The Butterfly that Stamped