# Just So Stories — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

- [How the Whale Got His Throat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-whale-got-his-throat.md): A whale eats all the fish in the sea except a small 'Stute Fish, who tricks the whale into swallowing a shipwrecked Mariner. The resourceful Mariner, inside the whale, causes such a disturbance that the whale agrees to t
- [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-camel-got-his-hump.md): In the beginning of years, the Camel lived in the middle of a Howling Desert, refusing to work and only saying 'Humph!' When the Horse, Dog, and Ox tried to enlist his help, he refused each time, forcing them to work dou
- [How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-rhinoceros-got-his-skin.md): A Parsee living on an uninhabited island in the Red Sea bakes a large cake, but a rude Rhinoceros steals and eats it. Later, when the Rhinoceros sheds his skin to bathe, the Parsee fills it with stale cake-crumbs. When t
- [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-leopard-got-his-spots.md): The Leopard and the Ethiopian find that the Giraffe and Zebra have adapted to the forest by developing spots and stripes, making them invisible. After failing to hunt them, the Ethiopian changes his skin to black and giv
- [The Elephant's Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-elephant-s-child.md): The Elephant's Child, driven by insatiable curiosity, travels to the Limpopo River to discover what the Crocodile eats. After being spanked by various animals for asking questions, he meets the Crocodile, who seizes his 

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- [The Singsong of Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-singsong-of-old-man-kangaroo.md)
- [The Beginning of the Armadillos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-beginning-of-the-armadillos.md)
- [How the First Letter Was Written](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-first-letter-was-written.md)
- [How the Alphabet Was Made](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-alphabet-was-made.md)
- [The Crab That Played with the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea.md)
- [The Cat That Walked by Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-cat-that-walked-by-himself.md)
- [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-butterfly-that-stamped.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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