Just So Stories
"How the Whale Got His Throat"
by Rudyard Kipling
A whale eats a crafty man, who finds a way to escape and dam up the whale’s throat.
A whale eats a crafty man, who finds a way to escape and dam up the whale’s throat.
The speaker describes and reflects upon the scenery of a Florida beach.
Mother and the children continue to watch the life of the Orioles and other neighboring bird families.
The men can see buildings and houses on the shore, but cannot see any people. Dawn breaks and they row to shore. The captain tells them that their boat will swamp and they must jump ship and swim for the shore.
Marmaduke is sick and has to stay in bed. He becomes very lonely because his siblings were sent to visit their uncle until he Marmaduke recovers. The Toyman visits him and sings to him while making him a special toy to help cheer him up.
"Want to trade me, do you, mistah? Oh, well, now, I reckon not,"
The bandaged stranger visits The "Coach and Horses" in Iping. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
The narrator reveals some detail about his own past, as well as introducing his friend, Pesca, and the circumstances of their meeting.
A young woman's father remarries after the death of his wife.
Two men converse while at the race track.
A story about the animals in the Wet Wild Woods and how the cat that walked helped domesticate all the wild animals.
"Dey ’s a so’t o’ threatenin’ feelin’ in de blowin’ of de breeze,"
Anne is not impressed with the service at Sunday-school.
An evil queen is jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty.
The girls are helped by Hank Belton. They discover that he hires out men for work and Grace hopes to hear news of her brother. Mr. Hammond takes the girls to his camp.
The three children ask Mother to show them another story. She shows them the Orioles as they return from the south in mid-May to build their nest.
Ishmael is shocked at the dangers that are present on a whaling ship.
Failing to find any sign of the boy's uncle in the ocean, the doctor devises another plan to locate him.
The poet ruminates upon the morning sun shining on the woods and hills. He encourages readers to spend more time in nature to soothe their souls.
A queen's prayers are answered, but is betrayed by her cook.
A father asks for his daughters to bring him lunch in the woods, but the birds eat up the trails he has left. The daughters each in turn find a small house with a little old man and three beasts. There they are tested.
The Time Traveller travels far in to the future, observing the extreme changes of the planet.
With all the villagers in attendance except one, Eppie marries Aaron.
"It was Chrismus Eve, I mind hit fu’ a mighty gloomy day—"
A snow-man learns about the world and his future from the yard dog.