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The three "Just So" stories in the program include:
How the Elephant Got His Trunk (The Elephant's
Child) - Once the African Elephant had no trunk, and there lived a
certain Elephant's child who had a 'satiable curtiosity, asking all the
animals in the jungle all sorts of annoying questions. One day he got too
close to the greasy Limpopo River and a crocodile bit his stumpy nose and to
save his life, the Elephant's Child pulled and pulled and pulled, until his
nose became the trunk we know of today. How the Rhinoceros Got His
Skin - Once there lived a Parsee who lived by the Red Sea and only
ate cake. One day a rhinoceros, that in those days had a nice smooth skin,
but no manners, came by and ate the Parsee's cake. On a hot day the rhino
took off his skin to go for a swim and the angry Parsee put crumbs in the
skin; so when the rhino put the skin back on it itched something terrible.
The rhino rubbed his itchy skin so much it began to fold, but nothing
helped, and that's why today rhinos have folds in their skin and a very
nasty temper. The Beginning of the Armadillos - This is a
story during the High and Far-Off Times of Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog and
Slow-Solid Tortoise, who lived on the banks of the turbid Amazon, and nearly
escaped being eaten by a slow-witted Painted Jaguar. To make themselves
safer in the future, the Hedgehog and Tortoise assisted each other and
changed how they looked to become the world's first Armadillos. Produced by
Interama, Inc. 08DR Closed-Captioned PI 30 min. Associated Series: Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So' Series (with Jackson Gillman) Also animated by Sheila Graber: The Animated World of Sheila Graber Series and All About Pets: Best Friends |
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Just So Stories 2: Whale; Leopard; Camel (Animated) |
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The three "Just So" stories in the program include:
How the Whale Got His Throat - Once upon a time there was a
whale who ate up all the fishes in the ocean, except for one small, but
clever, Stute Fish, who convinced the whale not to eat him but to swallow a
shipwrecked Mariner, who had nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches
and a pair of suspenders. But this Mariner too was clever and using his
wits, and suspenders, prevented the whale from eating him or anything else
but small, small fishes. How the Leopard Got His Spots - Once,
long ago, the zebra and the giraffe used camouflage to hide from the
Leopard, who had no spots, and a light-skinned Ethiopian hunter; however,
Baviaan the baboon suggested the Ethiopian change his skin to black and the
Leopard to have spots, and they've never changed them since. How the
Camel Got His Hump - Once, when the world was all new, the Camel
didn't want to help the other animals work, and when asked to all he would
say is "humph." When the Djinn learned the lazy Camel hadn't worked for
three day, he gave the creature its own hump so it could work for three days
without eating. 08DR Closed-Captioned PI 30 min. Associated Series: Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So' Series (with Jackson Gillman) Also animated by Sheila Graber: The Animated World of Sheila Graber Series and All About Pets: Best Friends |
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The two "Just So" stories in the program include: Why
the Cat is Walking by Himself - Once the Dog, the Horse, the Cow,
the Sheep, the Pig, and the Cat were all wild creatures, until a clever
woman figured a way to tame all the animals, except the cat that walks by
himself. Still there were things like warm milk and a warm fire that the cat
wanted to enjoy and here we learn how the clever cat got what he wanted and
still kept his independence. How the Crab Played With the Sea
- In the beginning the Eldest Magician gave all the animals their games to
play, all but one great Crab, who played with the sea and caused problems
for Man. The Eldest Magician used his magic to make the crab small and able
to live and hide in the ocean an on land; also he used the moon to put the
waters twice a day, what we now call tides. 08DR Closed-Captioned PI 30 min.
Associated Series: Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So' Series (with Jackson Gillman) Also animated by Sheila Graber: The Animated World of Sheila Graber Series and All About Pets: Best Friends |