This text was prepared by Nate Ripperton, using as copytext, Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by J. M. Gleeson and Paul Branson, The Country Life Press, Garden City, NJ, 1912.

Since this book was first published before 1923, it is in the public domain in the United States. By U.S. law, it entered the public domain 75 years after its first publication.

An assortment of black and white llustrations and color plates are included in this text.

The edition printed in 1912 contains outdated slang that has been deemed innapropriate by the publishers, for today's children. If you would like to view the text and images with the original wording click here.

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