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Title: Just So Stories

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Illustrator: Joseph M. Gleeson

Release Date: May 23, 2010 [EBook #32488]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: How the Whale Got His Throat]

Transcriber's Note: Not being able to ascertain which words were Kipling
being clever and which were his printer's creativity, all spelling
anomalies except the few glaringly obvious ones noted at the end have
been retained. For example, "He married ever so many wifes" was retained
on page 227. For the HTML version, the page images have been included so
that the reader may make comparisons.

JVST SO STORIES

BY RVDYARD KIPLING

[Illustration]

_Pictures by Joseph M. Gleeson_

Doubleday Page & Company
1912

Copyright, 1912, by Rudyard Kipling

"Just So Stories," have also been copyrighted
separately as follows: How the Whale Got His Tiny
Throat. Copyright, 1897, by the Century Company.
How the Camel Got His Hump. Copyright, 1897, by
the Century Company. How the Rhinoceros Got His
Wrinkly Skin. Copyright, 1898, by the Century
Company. The Elephant's Child. Copyright, 1900, by
Rudyard Kipling; Copyright, 1900, by the Curtis
Publishing Company. The Beginning of the
Armadillos. Copyright, 1900, by Rudyard Kipling.
The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo. Copyright, 1900
by Rudyard Kipling. How the Leopard Got His Spots,
Copyright, 1901, by Rudyard Kipling. How the First
Letter Was Written. Copyright, 1901, by Rudyard
Kipling. The Cat That Walked by Himself,
Copyright, 1902, by Rudyard Kipling.

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