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Just So Stories (version 3)
by Rudyard KIPLING (1868 - 1936)04 - How the Leopard got his Spots
These whimsical short stories offer fanciful answers to a dozen of childhood's favorite "why" and "how" questions. With their generous sprinkling of nonsense words as well as a delightfully rhythmic storytelling feel, they seem to have been written to be read aloud. (summary by rachelellen)
Listen next episodes of Just So Stories (version 3):
05 - The Elephant's Child , 06 - The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo , 07 - The Beginning of the Armadillos , 08 - How the First Letter was Written , 09 - How the Alphabet was Made , 10 - The Crab that Played with the Sea , 11 - The Cat that Walked by Himself , 12 - The Butterfly that Stamped