Quotes from book
Just So Stories

Name: Just So Stories
Author: Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works.

“I keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When
And How and Why and Who.”

Rudyard Kipling book Just So Stories

The Elephant's Child.
Just So Stories (1902)

“I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”

Rudyard Kipling book Just So Stories

The Cat that Walked by Himself.
Just So Stories (1902)
Source: The Cat That Walked By Himself

“When the cabin port-holes are dark and green
Because of the seas outside;
When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between)
And the steward falls into the soup-tureen,
And the trunks begin to slide;
When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap,
And Mummy tells you to let her sleep,
And you aren't waked or washed or dressed,
Why, then you will know (if you haven't guessed)
You're ‘Fifty North and Forty West!”

Rudyard Kipling book Just So Stories

How the Whale Got His Throat.
Just So Stories (1902)

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