Just So Stories

Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling. Born: 30 December 1865 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. Most famous book: The Jungle Book (1894). Other books: The Second Jungle Book (1895), Captains Courageous (1897), Kim (1901), Just So Stories (1902). Travels: England, United States, India, South Africa.

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The Elephant’s Child (part one)

The Elephant’s Child arrives at the Limpopo River. He sees a new animal in the big green river. ‘What a strange animal,’ he thinks. ‘What is it?’ ‘Excuse me,’ he asks, ‘does a Crocodile live here?’ ‘Yes, Little Elephant,’ says the new animal in the green river. ‘I’m a Crocodile.’ ‘Oh, good!’ says the Elephant’s Child. ‘Can you please tell me what you have for dinner?’ ‘Yes, of course,’ says the Crocodile, happily. [...]

Old Man Kangaroo

Australia has a lot of animals that you can’t find in other places in the world. Let’s have a look at some of them. The kangaroo The kangaroo is probably the most popular animal of Australia. The kangaroo is a marsupial – that means that is carries its young in a special pouch.1 A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When a joey is born it is very small – only about two centimetres long. [...]

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‘I know the animals are here somewhere,’ says the Leopard, ‘but I can’t see them. Let’s wait until the night.’ ‘Alright,’ says the Man. They sit down and wait. When it is dark they hear and smell the Zebra and the Giraffe. The Man catches the Giraffe. ‘Now you’re mine!’ he says, happily. And the Leopard catches the Zebra. ‘And now you’re mine!’ he shouts, looking at the Zebra. ‘But there’s something strange about these animals. [...]

What do you know about whales? Here are some interesting facts. Whales live in the sea, but they are not fish, they are mammals.1 They need air to live. They must come up to the top of the water often to get air. They breathe2 air in and out through the blowhole on their back. When whales sleep they stay on the top of the water. The biggest whale is the blue whale. It is around 30 metres long and weighs about 200 tonnes. [...]

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