alt=JUST SO STORIES How the Elephant got his trunk RUDYARD KIPLING

JUST SO STORIES

Copyright, 1912, by Rudyard Kipling

"Just So Stories" have also been copyrighted separately as follows: How the Whale Got His Tiny Throat. Copyright. 1897, by the Century Company. How the Camel Got His Hump. Copyright, 1897, by the Century Company. How the Rhinoceros Got His Wrinkly Skin. Copyright. 1898. by the Century Company. The Elephant's Child. Copyright. 1900. by Rudyard Kipling; Copyright, 1900. by the Curtis Publishing Company. The Beginning of the Armadillos. Copyright. 1900, by Rudyard Kipling. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo. Copyright, 1900, by Rudyard Kipling. How the Leopard Got His Spots. Copyright, 1901, by Rudyard Kipling. How the First Letter Was Written. Copyright, 1901 by Rudyard Kipling. The Cat that Walked by Himself. Copyright. 1902, by Rudyard Kipling.


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He picked up his hairy uncle, the Baboon, by one hairy leg, and hove him into a hornet's nest . . . page 81


CONTENTS


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How the Whale Got His Throat 1
How the Camel Got His Hump 15
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin 29
How the Leopard Got His Spots 43
The Elephant's Child 63
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 85
The Beginning of the Armadillos 101
How the First Letter was Written 123
How the Alphabet was Made 145
The Crab that Played with the Sea 171
The Cat that Walked by Himself 197
The Butterfly that Stamped 225


JUST SO STORIES

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