โ Scribed by Rudyard Kipling
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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references. This fully illustrated edition includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title. - ;How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told""? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere. Kipling's imagined a.;Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- General Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Kipling's Life and Works -- JUST SO STORIES -- Author's Preface (uncollected) -- 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 Armadilloes -- How the First Letter was Written -- How the Alphabet was Made -- The Crab that Played with the Sea.
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