Just So Stories
8 total works
The Kangaroo wants to be different. He wants to be popular so that other Animals will follow him. His wish is granted - but why is Yellow-Dog Dingo chasing him all through the land?
When the Whale has eaten up every fish he can find, he meets the 'Stute Fish. Can the little fish escape the big Whale? And what happens when the Whale finds out that Man tastes nice?
Go back to the very beginning of time, when everything is just getting sorted out...The Rhinoceros has lovely skin that fits just right. But what happens when he spies the cake that Man has just made? A special cake with currants and plums in it...
The Elephant's Child wants to find out about everything. He especially wants to know what the Crocodile has for dinner. But the answer is not what he expects!
On the banks of the turbid Amazon, Painted Jaguar is hungry. How can Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog and Slow-and-Solid Tortoise escape him? A strange new animal that Painted Jaguar does not know appears...
Go back to the very beginning of time, when everything is just getting sorted out! The Leopard is happy to be sandy-yellow and greyish-brown all over. But when he goes to the speckly-spickly forest, he begins to wonder if spots would be better!
Is the Camel the laziest creature on earth? The other Animals want to get him out of the Howling Desert to do his fair share of work. Can the Jinn help?
The Cat is the wildest Animal in the Wild Wet Woods. But when he sees Man and Woman living in a warm dry Cave, he starts thinking about how he can join them...