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Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling · 1902

Playful tales of how animals came to look as they do, written to be read aloud.

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  1. Part 9Hedgehog and Tortoise cannot run away from Jaguar. How do they use words to protect themselves?
  2. Part 13Taffy's picture means one thing to Taffy and something very different to everyone else. Why?
  3. Last partIn these stories, animals and people change. What makes them change, and is each change a reward or a lesson?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeWho is the cleverest one in this story: the Whale, the 'Stute Fish, or the Mariner? Why?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionThe Camel only says "Humph!" and does no work. Is it fair that he gets a hump?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionThe Rhinoceros took the Parsee's cake. Did he get what he deserved?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionThe Leopard and the Ethiopian can smell and hear the animals, but they can't see them. Why?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionWhy is it so important for the Leopard and the Ethiopian to match their background?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionThe Elephant's Child keeps asking questions even when he gets spanked. Is it good to be so curious?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionThe Crocodile meant to hurt the Elephant's Child. Did it turn out to be a bad thing or a good thing for him?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionKangaroo got exactly what he asked for. Why isn't he happy?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionHedgehog and Tortoise cannot run away from Jaguar. How do they use words to protect themselves?Locked
  10. Lesson 10SubscriptionHedgehog and Tortoise each learn something the other can do. How do two friends help each other change?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionMother Jaguar says "a Hedgehog is a Hedgehog, and can't be anything but a Hedgehog." Is she right?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionTaffy and her Daddy cannot write. Why is it so hard to send a message without writing?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionTaffy's picture means one thing to Taffy and something very different to everyone else. Why?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionThe Head Chief calls Taffy's picture "a great invention." Why is it great, even though it caused so much trouble?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionIn these stories, animals and people change. What makes them change, and is each change a reward or a lesson?Review · Final essayLocked

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Once you finish the 15 Grand Tour lessons, you can read the remaining chapters to the end of the book — just reading, no lessons.

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  1. HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADEHOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE
  2. THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEATHE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
  3. THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELFTHE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
  4. THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPEDTHE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED

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