Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling is a classic collection of origin fables. It shares humorous tales of how various animals acquired their most distinctive features, for instance, how the elephant got its long trunk, and why the camel has a hump.

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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 Singsong 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 Cat That Walked by Himself

The Butterfly That Stamped

List of Illustrations

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fiction

fantasy

children

sports

Just So Stories