Kipling, Rudyard

In India, a mongoose who is saved from a storm by a British boy and his parents, becomes the family's defender against the dreaded cobras, Nag and Nagina. Includes a bonus story in which Chester the cricket, Tucker the mouse, and Harry the cat share their version of the events of the Revolutionary War.

Because of his "satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

These two tales from Kipling's "Just So Stories" are playful "explainations" of How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin and How the Camel Got His Hump. In the first, a Parsee man seeks revenge on a nasty, piggish rhino, and in the second, pride and arrogance prove to be the downfall of a lazy camel.

Because of his "satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

Through many legendary adventures, Mowgli evolves from a vengeful member of the pack of wolves to a just and compassionate human being who at last returns to join - perhaps to lead - his own kind.

The adventures of Mowgli, man-child, reared by the jungle wolf pack and educated by wild animals. Includes other Kipling stories such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.".