
The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.HOW THE WHALE...




Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" is a timeless collection of imaginative short stories exploring how animals acquired their unique characteristics. Journey to India and Africa through these charming tales, originally conceived as children's literature but enjoyed by readers...

Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" is a timeless collection of imaginative short stories exploring how animals acquired their unique characteristics. Journey to India and Africa through these charming tales, originally conceived as children's literature but enjoyed by readers...