Just So Stories - Softcover

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This collection of 12 stories presents a fantastic account of how various phenomena came about. First published in 1902, these stories have a typical theme of a particular animal modified from an original form to its present form by the acts of man, or some magical being.

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

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