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Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling


Just So Stories

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