


"How the Whale Got His Throat"Ī whale eats a crafty man, who finds a way to escape and dam up the whale’s throat. How elephants got trunks, and how the Elephant’s Child learned to like his new feature. The Eldest Magician helps the Man with the flooding problem caused by Pau Amma, the monster crab. The story involves King Solomon, a butterfly and their wives and the question of keeping up appearences in front of one’s spouse.Ī story about the animals in the Wet Wild Woods and how the cat that walked helped domesticate all the wild animals. Tortoise and Painted Jaguar come across a new kind of creature in the woods and try to decide what it is with the help of Mother Jaguar. They give fantastical explanations for various phenomena. Just So Stories are considered some of Kipling's best works.
