Just So Stories
1979 · Animation, Kids · 1 Season · 9 Episodes ·
A short series of animated shows for kids depicting the "Just So" stories by Rudyard Kipling.
Episodes
1. The Beginning Of the ArmadillosA young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.
2. How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His SkinA greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.
3. The Butterfly That StampedA butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.
4. The Cat That Walked By HimselfA wily, wild cat pretends he’s been tamed, while the dog, the horse and the cow have to serve man.
5. How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man KangarooAn idle camel is given a hump so he can work harder and a conceited kangaroo is tricked by the Big God Nqong.
6. The Crab That Played With The SeaA crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.7. How The First Letter Was WrittenThe little neolithic girl Taffy has a new idea to communicate with her mother and hits upon a great invention, drawing the first letter.
8. How The Alphabet Was MadeThe little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.
9. The Elephant's ChildAn insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.
