Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: JUST SO STORIES] [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. [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE How the Whale Got His Throat 1 How the Camel Got His Hump 15 How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin 29 How the Leopard Got His Spots 43 The Elephant's Child 63 The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 85 The Beginning of the Armadillos 101 How the First Letter was Written 123 How the Alphabet was Made 145 The Crab that Played with the Sea 171 The Cat that Walked by Himself 197 The Butterfly that Stamped 225 [Illustration] HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT