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Line 1: {{work}} {{Infobox book ~~[[File:elephanttrunk_1793.png\|frame\|How the elephant got its trunk.]]~~ \| 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 = }} 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. Line 19 ⟶ 31: * ''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]. {{tropenamer}} ~~[[Trope Namer]] for~~* [[Just-So Story]].▼ ▲[[Trope Namer]] for [[Just-So Story]]. {{tropelist}} * [[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!") Line 36 ⟶ 50: * [[Happily Married]]: Suleiman-bin-Daoud and his chief wife, Balkis. Too bad he has 999 others... * [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: There's lots of this. Keep in mind it was published in 1902. For example, in ''How the Leopard Got His Spots'' {{quote\| 'But if I'm all this,' said the Leopard, 'why didn't you go spotty too?'~~<br />~~ 'Oh, plain black's best for a nigger,' said the Ethiopian. }} ** ''Scuse me,' said the Elephant's Child most politely, 'but do you happen to have seen a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?' Line 44 ⟶ 58: * [[Lamarck Was Right]]: All of the origin stories are heavily inspired by Lamarckian evolution. Most of the stories can be summed up as, "at some point in history a creature did something that caused it to change, and this is why nowadays all creatures of this type have this same trait". The only exception is ''How the Camel Got His Hump'', where the hump is given by a djinn as a sort of punishment for being lazy and missing three days of work at the start of Creation. * [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Kipling's account of how the alphabet was made has the modern English Latin alphabet come into existence from the beginning, ignoring how it has evolved over time. Of course he was well aware of this and put in a cute explanation: {{quote\| "And after thousands and thousands and thousands of years, and after Hieroglyphics and Demotics, and Nilotics, and Cryptics, and Cufics, and Runics, and Dorics, and Ionics, and all sorts of other ricks and tricks (because the Woons, and the Neguses, and the Akhoonds, and the Repositories of Tradition would never leave a good thing alone when they saw it), the fine old easy, understandable Alphabet—A, B, C, D, E, and the rest of 'em—got back into its proper shape again for all Best Beloveds to learn when they are old enough."}} * [[Malaproper]]: Most of the characters, and indeed the narrators; it's part of the ~~humour~~humor. * [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Small Porgies. He's large enough to eat all the food intended for all the other animals (excluding his brothers) on earth ''combined''. He's still the runt of his family, though. * [[Noodle Incident]]: {{quote\| There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud; but this is not one of them. It is not the story of the Lapwing who found the Water; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleiman-bin-Daoud from the heat. It is not the story of the Glass Pavement, or the Ruby with the Crooked Hole, or the Gold Bars of Balkis. It is the story of the Butterfly that Stamped.}} * [[Omniglot]]: {{quote\| Suleiman-bin-Daoud was wise. He understood what the beasts said, what the birds said, what the fishes said, and what the insects said. He understood what the rocks said deep under the earth when they bowed in towards each other and groaned; and he understood what the trees said when they rustled in the middle of the morning. He understood everything, from the bishop on the bench to the hyssop on the wall.}} ** His wife Balkis is no slouch herself. * [[Overly Long Name]]: Many of the characters. Line 64 ⟶ 78: * [[Take Our Word for It]]: How the Ethiopian changes his skin (of course, played for laughs). All we are told is that the Leopard is very impressed. * [[Unwanted Harem]]: You really do have to feel sorry for Suleiman-bin-Daoud. {{quote\| He didn't really want nine-hundred and ninety-nine wives, but in those days everybody married ever so many wives, and of course the King had to marry ever so many more just to show that he was the King. }} {{reflist}} Line 70 ⟶ 84: [[Category:Just So Stories]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:British Literature]] [[Category:Literature of the 1900s]]