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How the Camel Got His Hump

Children’s Fable

How the Camel Got His Hump

By Rudyard Kipling

A lazy camel who refuses to work is given a hump by a Djinn as a consequence of his idleness.

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How the Elephant’s Child Got His Trunk

Children’s Fable

How the Elephant’s Child Got His Trunk

By Rudyard Kipling

A curious elephant child's persistent questioning about the Crocodile's dinner leads to an encounter that transforms his short nose into a long, useful trunk.

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How the Leopard Got His Spots

Children’s Fable

How the Leopard Got His Spots

By Rudyard Kipling

This fable explains how the Leopard, once a plain sandy-yellowish-brown creature, acquired his distinctive spots to better camouflage himself in the shadowy forest after the game he hunted adapted to their new environment.

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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

Children’s Fable

How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

By Rudyard Kipling

A Parsee gets revenge on a rude Rhinoceros by filling its skin with cake crumbs, causing the Rhinoceros to get itchy, wrinkly skin and a bad temper.

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The Cat That Walked by Himself

Children’s Fable

The Cat That Walked by Himself

By Rudyard Kipling

This fable explains how the Cat, through its cleverness and independence, negotiated its place within the human household while retaining its wild freedom.

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The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo

Children’s Fable

The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo

By Rudyard Kipling

A proud, four-legged Kangaroo's desire to be different and popular leads to an exhausting chase by Dingo, transforming him into the hopping creature we know today.

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