# Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading)

An audiobook by Rudyard Kipling, read by LibriVox volunteers (3 h 5 min, English).

The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of human kind or some magical being. Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating). And so on throughout the book. A fun collection of stories with something for everyone Summary by Michele Eaton Editor Michele Eaton How the Whale got His Throat Narrator: Rachel Whale: Kristin Gjerløw Stute Fish: Newgatenovelist Mariner: Bob Scott How the Camel got His Hump Narrator: Beth Thomas Camel: Gideon Snow Horse: Newgatenovelist Dog: Lydia Ox: E Snow Man: John Burlinson Djinn: Kristin Gjerløw How the Rhinoceros got his Skin Narrator: Rachel Rhinoceros: Kristin Gjerløw Parsee Man: Newgatenovelist How the Leopard got his Spots Narrator: Beth Thomas Leopard: Kristin Gjerløw Ethiopian: John Burlinson Baviaan: E Snow Zebra: Newgatenovelist Giraffe: Gideon Snow The Elephants Child Narrator: Ted Delorme Elephant's Child: Rachel…

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