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{{Infobox book
| title = Just So Stories
| image = elephanttrunk_1793.png
| caption = How the elephant got its trunk.
| author = Rudyard Kipling
| central theme =
| elevator pitch = A collection of short origin stories, suitable for reading to children at bedtime.
| genre = Origin stories
| publication date = 1902
| source page exists =
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
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A series of origin stories [[Children's Literature|for children]] by [[Rudyard Kipling]], first published in 1902. Kipling's ''[[Just So Stories]]'' are tied with ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' as being his most famous work.
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* ''The Tabu Tale''
''Just So Stories'' is now in the public domain and can be read [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2781/2781-h/2781-h.htm here], or [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926005059/http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/ here, if you want the illustrations].
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▲[[Trope Namer]] for [[Just-So Story]].
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of various kinds of oral history. For example, ''The Butterfly That Stamped'' parodies the style of the Koran ("Now listen and attend all over again!")
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[[Category:Just So Stories]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:British Literature]]
[[Category:Literature of the 1900s]]
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