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Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories

Paper book: €16.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1902
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
241
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Children's Literature, Humor
Moods
Have a laugh, Be enchanted, Feel comforted
Translated from
English

Book summary

In this collection of twelve stories, Rudyard Kipling explains to a child he calls “Best Beloved” how the whale got his throat, the camel his hump, the leopard his spots and the elephant his trunk. We also learn how the first letter and the alphabet were invented.

Full of sound games, refrains and made-up words, these funny, mischievous tales are made to be read aloud, to children and grown-ups alike.

Short and rhythmic, these stories can be read one by one in the language you are learning.

The plot

什麼都想知道的小象。從前,大象沒有長鼻子,只有一個小小的鼻子。一頭小象總是不停地發問。有一天,牠想知道鱷魚吃什麼,可是沒有人回答牠。於是牠獨自出發,來到非洲的大林波波河邊。鱷魚在水邊對牠說。

The world of the book

世界的最初。這些故事發生在很久很久以前,那時動物還沒有今天的模樣。故事走遍世界:非洲的河流、澳洲的沙漠、亞馬遜河畔、最初人類的洞穴。說故事的人對著聽故事的孩子說話。他像唱歌一樣重複同樣的句子,還編出有趣的詞。初版裡的插圖全是作者自己畫的。

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