How the Whale Got His Throat and Other Just So Stories

ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE

About the story.

A whale with a very large appetite discovers that the sea may contain an unexpectedly resourceful meal. Kipling begins with a grand question about the natural world and answers it through a story whose logic belongs entirely to make-believe.

This selection of Just So Stories delights in repeated phrases, elaborate explanations, and creatures with very definite opinions. These are playful origin tales to listen to for their language as much as their inventions.