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1902, 1903 This document was prepared by Tim Bulkeley (2010) to accompany the Librivox recording of the Just So Stories.
Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. How the Whale got his Throat How the Camel got his Hump How the Rhinoceros got his Skin How the Leopard got his Spots The Elephant's Child The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo The Beginning of the Armadillos How the First Letter was Written How the Alphabet was Made* 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 29 32 35 41
10. The Crab that Played with the Sea 11. The Cat that Walked by Himself 12. The Tabu Tale 13. The Butterfly that Stamped
* NB the pictures of each letter of the alphabet for ch.9 How the Alphabet was Made (which are numbered in the text are in a separate file.
This is the picture of the Djinn making the beginnings of the magic
Here is the picture of the Djinn in charge of All Deserts guiding the magic with his magic fan
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This is the picture of the Leopard and the Ethiopian after they had taken wise Baviaan's advice
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This is the Elephant's Child having his nose pulled by the Crocodile
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This is just a picture of the Elephant's Child going to pull bananas off a banana-tree after he had got his fine new long trunk.
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This is a picture of Old Man Kangaroo when he was a Different Animal with four short legs.
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This is a picture of the whole story of the Jaguar and the Hedgehog and the Tortoise and the Armadillo
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Now this is the picture Taffy had drawn for him! (It is described in the story, not separately.)
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This story has so many pictures, that it has a separate booklet all of its own, it will help you follow if you look at them while the story is read!
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This is a picture of Pau Amma the Crab running away while the Eldest Magician was talking to the Man and his Little Girl-Daughter
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This is the picture of Pau Amma the Crab rising out of the Sea as tall as the smoke of three volcanoes
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This is the picture of the cave where the Man and the Woman lived first of all.
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This is the picture that the Head Chief of Taffy keeping the Still Tabu.
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This is the picture of the Animal that came out of the sea
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This is the picture of the four gull-winged Djinns lifting up Suleiman-bin-Daoud's palace
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