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Just So Stories

1979
~10 min / ep
1 season
9 episodes
AnimationKids

A short series of animated shows for kids depicting the "Just So" stories by Rudyard Kipling.

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Cast

Frankie Howerd

Seasons

  • The Beginning Of the Armadillos

    1.The Beginning Of the Armadillos

    03-04-197910 min

    A young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.

  • How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin

    2.How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin

    10-04-197910 min

    A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.

  • The Butterfly That Stamped

    3.The Butterfly That Stamped

    17-04-197910 min

    A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.

  • The Cat That Walked By Himself

    4.The Cat That Walked By Himself

    24-04-197910 min

    A wily, wild cat pretends he’s been tamed, while the dog, the horse and the cow have to serve man.

  • How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo

    5.How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo

    01-05-197910 min

    An idle camel is given a hump so he can work harder and a conceited kangaroo is tricked by the Big God Nqong.

  • The Crab That Played With The Sea

    6.The Crab That Played With The Sea

    08-05-197910 min

    A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.

  • How The First Letter Was Written

    7.How The First Letter Was Written

    15-05-197910 min

    The little neolithic girl Taffy has a new idea to communicate with her mother and hits upon a great invention, drawing the first letter.

  • How The Alphabet Was Made

    8.How The Alphabet Was Made

    22-05-197910 min

    The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.

  • The Elephant's Child

    9.The Elephant's Child

    29-05-197910 min

    An insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.

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