This collection of 12 stories presents a fantastic account of how various phenomena came about. First published in 1902, these stories have a typical theme of a particular animal modified from an original form to its present form by the acts of man, or some magical being.

Contents 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

Author Bio:

Rudyard Kipling(1865-1936), recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, was an English novelist, short-story writer, and poet. His sweeping tales of adventure, including Kim, Captains Courageous, and The jungle Book, won him wide popularity during his lifetime and have been beloved by generations.