Just so stories
Just so stories is 28,568 words — about 1h 54m at 250 words per minute, across 13 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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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…
Details
- AuthorRudyard Kipling
- SourceProject Gutenberg #2781
- Length28,568 words · 1h 54m of reading
- Chapters13
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
13 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01By Rudyard Kipling
- 02HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT
- 03HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
- 04HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN
- 05HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS
- 06THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD
- 07THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO
- 08THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS
- 09HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
- 10HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE
- 11THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
- 12THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
- 13THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED
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