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Just So Stories (version 2)

Just So Stories (version 2)

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Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 3 hours and 12 minutes

Language: English

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Read along online and see the illustrations at mainlesson.com. Each story is accompanied by a poem, in a somewhat ballad style. Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sounding words, some of them made up. As a result, it is a delight to read them aloud, and easy to memorise passages from them. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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How the Whale Got His Throat (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
How the Camel Got His Hump (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
How the Leopard Got His Spots (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Elephant's Child (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Beginning of the Armadillos (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
How the First Letter was Written (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
How the Alphabet was Made (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Crab that Played with the Sea (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Cat who Walked by Himself (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Butterfly that Stamped (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
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