In these twelve delightful, essential stories, rudyard kipling imagines how the animals became just so. So the elephant s child went home across africa frisking and whisking his trunk. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter josephine. The elephants child rudyard kipling s just so stories paperback august 7, 2008. Kipling s just so stories are literary classics characterized by a wonderful sense of humor and brilliant use of language. Its easy to understand why this is one of philip pullmans favourite books. The elephants child from the just so stories hardcover october 12, 1986 by rudyard kipling author. When he wanted fruit to eat he pulled fruit down from a tree, instead of waiting for it to fall as he used to do. Geoffrey patterson began his career in interior design and worked as a set designer with the bbc for years. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child.
When he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground, instead of going on his knees as he used to do. The elephants child rudyard kiplings just so stories. Rudyard kipling is remembered for his stories and poems of british soldiers in india and for his tales for children. All but two of them focus on animals and nature, and the two divergent stories deal with the origin of written language. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Just so stories is a collection of 12 children s stories. Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best known works. The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling. In this illustrated version of one, a young elephant equipped with an abbreviated trunk as big as a boot is filled with curiosity, although his family and relations try to drive it out of him through much spanking. The elephants child and other just so stories dover. Rudyard kipling 18651936 was a nobel prizewinning english writer who today is best known for his wonderful children s stories, which have become enduring classics of children s literature.