Just So Stories
The Beginning Of the Armadillos
A young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.
How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin
A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.
The Butterfly That Stamped
A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.
The Cat That Walked By Himself
A wily, wild cat pretends he’s been tamed, while the dog, the horse and the cow have to serve man.
How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo
An idle camel is given a hump so he can work harder and a conceited kangaroo is tricked by the Big God Nqong.
The Crab That Played With The Sea
A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.
How The First Letter Was Written
The little neolithic girl Taffy has a new idea to communicate with her mother and hits upon a great invention, drawing the first letter.
How The Alphabet Was Made
The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.
The Elephant's Child
An insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.