'If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack- knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.' 'One at a time is enough,' said the 'Stute Fish. 'Then fetch me some,' said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, 'I'm hungry.' And the small 'Stute Fish said in a small 'stute voice, 'Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?' All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth-so! Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small 'Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale's right ear, so as to be out of harm's way. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. IN the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT Gleeson and were originaly published by Doubleday & Company, in 1912 the Black & white images are by Rudyard Kipling. The Kangaroo gets its powerful hind legs, long tail, and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo. The Leopard has spots painted on him by an Ethiopian (after the Ethiopian painted himself black). The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between eating).
For example, the Whale has a tiny throat from a swallowed mariner who tied a raft in there to block the whale from swallowing others.
The Just So Stories have a typical theme of a particular animal being modified from an original form to its current form by the acts of man, or some magical being. This stories are highly fantasised origin stories and are among Kipling's best known works. Just So Stories (1902) by Rudyard Kipling, and illustrated by Joseph M.
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