# Best Beloved — Just So Stories character guide

> Best Beloved in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** O Best Beloved

**First appearance:** 0000-how-the-whale-got-his-throat

## Who they are

The child to whom the stories are addressed.

## In the story

### [How the Whale Got His Throat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-whale-got-his-throat)

The audience addressed throughout the tale.

### [How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-rhinoceros-got-his-skin)

Addressed as 'O Best Beloved' in the narrative, the implied child listener.

### [The Elephant's Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-elephant-s-child)

The audience surrogate addressed directly throughout the narrative.

### [The Beginning of the Armadillos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-beginning-of-the-armadillos)

The narrator's audience, addressed throughout the story.

### [How the First Letter Was Written](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-first-letter-was-written)

The narrator addresses Best Beloved throughout the story.

### [The Crab That Played with the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea)

The audience addressed throughout the tale.

### [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-butterfly-that-stamped)

The child to whom the story is addressed.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/best_beloved
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters