Just So Stories

Just So Stories  (1912)  by Rudyard Kipling

The 'Just So Story' "The Tabu Tale" was not included in this edition.

JUST SO STORIES

Copyright, 1912, by Rudyard Kipling

"Just So Stories" have also been copy-righted 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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AT

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY N. Y.

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

CONTENTS

	PAGE
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