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Just So Storiesfor little children
by Rudyard Kiplingillustrations by the author
© 1902, 1903
This document was prepared by Tim Bulkeley (2010) to accompany the Librivox recording of the Just So Stories.
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Contents
1. How the Whale got his Throat 3
2. How the Camel got his Hump 6
3. How the Rhinoceros got his Skin 9
4. How the Leopard got his Spots 12
5. The Elephant's Child 15
6. The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo 18
7. The Beginning of the Armadillos 21
8. How the First Letter was Written 24
9. How the Alphabet was Made* 27
10. The Crab that Played with the Sea 29
11. The Cat that Walked by Himself 32
12. The Tabu Tale 35
13. The Butterfly that Stamped 41
* NB the pictures of each letter of the alphabet for ch.9 “How the Alphabet was Made” (which are numbered in the text are in a separate file.
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How the Whale got his Throat
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This is the picture of the whale swallowing the mariner
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Here is the whale looking for the little 'Stute Fish
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How the Camel got his Hump
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This is the picture of the Djinn making the beginnings of the magic
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Here is the picture of the Djinn in charge of All Deserts guiding the magic with his magic fan
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How the Rhinoceros got his Skin
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This is the picture of the Parsee beginning to eat his cake
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How the Leopard got his Spots
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This is wise Baviaan, the dog-headed baboon
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This is the picture of the Leopard and the Ethiopian after they had taken wise Baviaan's advice
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The Elephant's Child
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This is the Elephant's Child having his nose pulled by the Crocodile
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This is just a picture of the Elephant's Child going to pull bananas off a banana-tree after he had got his fine new long trunk.
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The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo
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This is a picture of Old Man Kangaroowhen he was a Different Animal with four short legs.
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This is the picture of Old Man Kangarooat five in the afternoon
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The Beginning of the Armadillos
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This is an inciting map of the Turbid Amazon
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This is a picture of the whole story of the Jaguar and the Hedgehog and the Tortoise and the Armadillo
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How the First Letter was Written
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Now this is the picture Taffy had drawn for him!(It is described in the story, not separately.)
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This is the story of Taffimai Metallumai carved on an old tusk
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How the Alphabet was Made
This story has so many pictures, that it has a separate booklet all of its own, it will help you follow if you look at them while the story is read!
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This is a picture of the magic Alphabet-necklace.
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The Crab that Played with the Sea
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This is a picture of Pau Amma the Crab running away while the Eldest Magician was talking to the Man and his Little Girl-Daughter
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This is the picture of Pau Amma the Crab rising out of the Sea as tall as the smoke of three volcanoes
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The Cat that Walked by Himself
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This is the picture of the cave where the Man and the Woman lived first of all.
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This is the picture of the Cat that Walked by Himself
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The Tabu Tale
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This is a picture of the Tribal Totem Pole
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This is the picture that the Head Chief of Taffy keeping the Still Tabu.
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The Butterfly that Stamped
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This is the picture of the Animal that came out of the sea
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This is the picture of the four gull-winged Djinns lifting up Suleiman-bin-Daoud's palace
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