A collection of children's author Rudyard Kipling's delightful, fanciful myths. This volume includes "How the Elephant Got His Trunk," "How the... A collection of children's author Rudyard Kipling's delightful, fanciful myths. This volume includes "How the Elephant Got His Trunk," "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," and "The Beginning of Armadillos."
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Good Morning Rick: I couldn't sleep either from the heavy rain so I've been up since 5 a.m.
I thought you or I had posted some Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Boris Karloff. It might just be 'deja vu' or the system may have eaten the posting again.
Thanks so much for posting these wonderful classic stories by Rudyard Kipling and read by David Davis. You are only missing one of them called 'The Crab that Played with the Sea.'
The second set of stories read by Alistair Mcgowan in 2004 is entitled The Real Just So Stories.
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The Real Just So Stories
BBC Radio 4
Original Broadcast: 2004-08-09-2004-09-06
With Alistair Mcgowan
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have enchanted generations of children with their fanciful explanations
of how animals came by their peculiar features. But natural historians, folklorists and fossil experts have
their own explanations.
01 How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
In the first of a new series, Alistair Mcgowan revisits the Kipling stories and asks how the elephant really got its trunk? Other programmes in the series look at the camel's hump, the giraffe's neck, the whale's throat, and the zebra's stripes.
02 How The Camel Got Its Hump
Alistair Mcgowan revisits Rudyard Kipling's classic children's story to ask: is the camel really as obstinate and moody as kipling said? and how, actually, did it come by that thing on its back?
03 How The Giraffe Got Its Neck
Alistair Mcgowan asks how the giraffe got its long neck. For 200 years, zoologists have assumed that it's to reach the top leaves of the trees. The real explanation, he learns, is rather less savoury.
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04 How The Whale Got Its Throat
Alistair Mcgowan revisits Rudyard Kipling's classic children's story, 'How the Whale Got his Throat', a tall story involving a mariner being swallowed by a giant cetacean. The story has echoes of the biblical Jonah, and Alistair asks whether a human ever has, or could be, swallowed by a marine mammal.
05 LAST How The Zebra Got Its Stripes
Alistair Mcgowan asks how the zebra got its stripes. Kipling, like many zoologists, assumed that the stripes are camouflage against big predators, but the truth turns out to be more surprising: the stripes make zebras invisible to tsetse flies.
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I thought you or I had posted some Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Boris Karloff. It might just be 'deja vu' or the system may have eaten the posting again.
Take care, katy
Thanks so much for posting these wonderful classic stories by Rudyard Kipling and read by David Davis. You are only missing one of them called 'The Crab that Played with the Sea.'
The second set of stories read by Alistair Mcgowan in 2004 is entitled The Real Just So Stories.
10 The Crab That Played With The Sea.mp3
BBC Radio 4
Original Broadcast: 2004-08-09-2004-09-06
With Alistair Mcgowan
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have enchanted generations of children with their fanciful explanations
of how animals came by their peculiar features. But natural historians, folklorists and fossil experts have
their own explanations.
01 How The Elephant Got Its Trunk
In the first of a new series, Alistair Mcgowan revisits the Kipling stories and asks how the elephant really got its trunk? Other programmes in the series look at the camel's hump, the giraffe's neck, the whale's throat, and the zebra's stripes.
02 How The Camel Got Its Hump
Alistair Mcgowan revisits Rudyard Kipling's classic children's story to ask: is the camel really as obstinate and moody as kipling said? and how, actually, did it come by that thing on its back?
03 How The Giraffe Got Its Neck
Alistair Mcgowan asks how the giraffe got its long neck. For 200 years, zoologists have assumed that it's to reach the top leaves of the trees. The real explanation, he learns, is rather less savoury.
Real Just So Stories 1.5 - How the Elephant Really Got Its Trunk.mp3
Real Just So Stories 2.5 - How the Camel Really Got Its Hump.mp3
Real Just So Stories 3.5 - How the Giraffe Really Got Its Neck.mp3
Alistair Mcgowan revisits Rudyard Kipling's classic children's story, 'How the Whale Got his Throat', a tall story involving a mariner being swallowed by a giant cetacean. The story has echoes of the biblical Jonah, and Alistair asks whether a human ever has, or could be, swallowed by a marine mammal.
05 LAST How The Zebra Got Its Stripes
Alistair Mcgowan asks how the zebra got its stripes. Kipling, like many zoologists, assumed that the stripes are camouflage against big predators, but the truth turns out to be more surprising: the stripes make zebras invisible to tsetse flies.
Real Just So Stories 4.5 - How the Whale Really Got Its Throat.mp3
Real Just So Stories 5.5 - How the Zebra Got Its Stripes [2004-09-0...
10. The Elephant's Child
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
broadcast on Fri, 9 Jul 2010, 05:30 on BBC Radio 7
First published in 1902, the fantastical tale of a very curious animal is read by David Davis.
11. The Sing Song Of Old Man Kangaroo
Request Fills - If anyone has any more of these lovely tales, would you please post them here?
The Elephant's Child.mp3
The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo.mp3
7.How The Alphabet Was made
8. How The First Letter was Written
9. How The Whale Got His Throat
How The Alphabet Was Made.mp3
How The First Letter Was Written.mp3
How The Whale Got His Throat.mp3
4. How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin
5. The Butterfly That stamped
6. The Cat That Walked By Himself
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.mp3
The Butterfly that Stamped.mp3
The Cat That Walked By Himself.mp3
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
1. Beginning of the Armadillos
broadcast on Fri, 9 Jul 2010, 05:45 on BBC Radio 7
First published in 1902, the fantastical tale of a hedgehog and tortoise is read by David Davis.
2. How The Camel Got His Hump
3. How The Leopard Got His Spots
Beginning of the Armadillos.mp3
How the Camel Got His Hump.mp3
How the Leopard Got His Spots.mp3