Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
For Little Children
- Free
- Free
- Read only
- chapters
- 12
- chapters
- min
- ~130
- min
- First published
- 1902
- English
About this book
How the Whale got his throat, the Camel his hump and the Leopard his spots, and the tale of the Elephant’s Child with his ’satiable curtiosity. Twelve bedtime stories for “O Best Beloved”, each with a verse.
Author: Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
Contents
- 1 How the Whale Got His Throat
- 2 How the Camel Got His Hump
- 3 How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
- 4 How the Leopard Got His Spots
- 5 The Elephant’s Child
- 6 The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
- 7 The Beginning of the Armadillos
- 8 How the First Letter Was Written
- 9 How the Alphabet Was Made
- 10 The Crab That Played with the Sea
- 11 The Cat That Walked by Himself
- 12 The Butterfly That Stamped
Why this book is free
- Rudyard Kipling died in 1936; Indian copyright (life + 60 years) has ended.
- First published in 1902 (before 1931), so public domain in the United States.
- Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #2781 — Macmillan, 1902 text
- All twelve stories with their verses, text only. Kipling’s own pictures and their captions are not included. Verses are shown one line per paragraph.