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Excerpt: ...and those things that Mummy called bad people are my beavers. I drawded them to show him the way through the swamp; and I drawded Mummy at the mouth of the Cave looking pleased because he is a nice Stranger-man, and I think you are just the stupidest people in the world,' said Taffy. 'He is a very nice man. Why have you filled his hair with mud? Wash him!' 138 Nobody said anything at all for a long time, till the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man (who was at least a Tewara) laughed; then Tegumai laughed till he fell down flat on the bank; then all the Tribe laughed more and worse and louder. The only people who did not laugh were Teshumai Tewindrow and all the Neolithic ladies. They were very polite to all their husbands, and said 'idiot!' ever so often. Then the Head Chief of the Tribe of Tegumai cried and said and sang, 'O Small-person-without-any-manners-who-ought-to-be-spanked, you've hit upon a great invention!' 'I didn't intend to; I only wanted Daddy's black-handled spear,' said Taffy. 'Never mind. It is a great invention, and some day men will call it writing. At present it is only pictures, and, as we have seen to-day, pictures are not always properly understood. But a time will come, O Babe of Tegumai, when we shall make letters
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Kipling has an Aesopian understanding of animals, of our dealings with them and our curious interrelatedness, interdependence, how we can learn about our own strange behaviour. --Michael Morpurgo
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Rudyard Kipling's original extraordinary tales, fully illustrated by the author
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A Watermill Classic Series delightful tales by Rudyard Kipling. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. There was a time, many years ago, when things were quite different than they are today. Elephants had big fat noses instead of long trunks; leopards did not have spots; camels did not have humps. There was even a time when there was no alphabet. But, then, along came "Just So Stories", and nothing has been the same since. Complete and unabridged book. Clean and unmarked green illustrated wraps, with wear to corners, light rubbing of edges, no creasing. Glued binding is tight, spine is square. Pages are clean and free from any markings, no dog-eared pages. lightly toned. 151 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. Troll Communications, 1980. First published 1902. Seller Inventory # 019385
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Just So Stories (Watermill Classic)
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