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Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

May 01, 20233 hr 37 minEp. 987
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Episode description

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling audiobook.

Genre: folklore

Just So Stories is Rudyard Kipling's sparkling collection of origin tales - playful, rhythmic, and full of mischief - that explain how the world got its quirks. In these classic bedtime adventures, curious animals and headstrong people collide with the forces of nature to create the traits we recognize today: an elephant child whose endless questions lead to a life-changing tug-of-war, a camel who learns the cost of saying 'Humph,' a whale outwitted by a clever castaway, and more. Kipling's narrator speaks directly to the listener with a conspiratorial wink, weaving refrains, jokes, and vivid exaggerations that feel like stories told aloud by a master entertainer. Beneath the humor and fantasy is a steady beat of themes: curiosity and consequence, cleverness versus stubbornness, and the unpredictable ways small choices can reshape a life. Inventive, warm, and wonderfully theatrical, this audiobook-friendly classic invites families and longtime fans alike to settle in and hear how the leopard got his spots - and why the stories are told 'just so.'

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:07:54) Chapter 02

(00:15:48) Chapter 03

(00:22:25) Chapter 04

(00:37:44) Chapter 05

(00:56:42) Chapter 06

(01:06:05) Chapter 07

(01:26:02) Chapter 08

(01:49:37) Chapter 09

(02:13:42) Chapter 10

(02:38:30) Chapter 11

(03:05:29) Chapter 12

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