Just so stories
Just so stories is 29,621 words — about 1h 58m at 250 words per minute, across 12 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it 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
- Length29,621 words · 1h 58m of reading
- Chapters12
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
12 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT
- 02HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
- 03HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN
- 04HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS
- 05THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD
- 06THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO
- 07THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS
- 08HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
- 09HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE
- 10THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
- 11THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
- 12THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED
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