Kipling Rudyard

Unabridged. This story is a warning against laziness, and the Camel learned his lesson by getting a hump on his back after rejecting work too many times by saying "Humph".

Unabridged. When a rude rhino steals a cake, the baker gets even by filling the rhino's skin with itchy cake crumbs.

Unabridged. The whale was once a fearsome predator who ate humans, but was changed by one of his victims.

Librivox recording, 2010. English original text without abbreviations. Read by: Tim Bulkeley. How the Whale got his Throat -- 00:09:38 How the Camel got his Hump -- 00:09:15 How the Rhinoceros got his Skin -- 00:08:06 How the Leopard got his Spots -- 00:14:53 The Elephant's Child -- 00:17:51 The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo -- 00:10:12 The Beginning of the Armadillos --...

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose.

Unabridged. “The Butterfly that Stamped” is one of the stories about King Solomon, his lovely wife Balkis, his other nine-hundred ninety nine wives, and two charming but quarrelsome butterflies.

It is an entertaining fable about how humans domesticated animals. Several species here make what they think is a good bargain - but the house cat is clearly the cleverest of all.

A poem about dogs and cats which can teach skills of comparison in English, explaining your point of you. A good help in a lesson devoted to pets.

Unabridged. Because of his 'satiable curtiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

BBC Radio play, 1994 Level: Intermediate. Suitable for ages 10+. In this charming and funny BBC radio play Eartha Kitt hisses as Kaa, Jonathan Hyde growls as Bagheera and Freddy Jones grumbles as Baloo. And all of them helps Nisha K. Nayer as Mowgli. BBC audio book.

Read by Madhav Sharma. Junior Classics. Abridged. Running time 03:46:04 Classic Literature with Classical Music. This delightful collection of stories of the boy Mowgli and his jungle companions are brought to life beautifully by the warm, vivid characterizations of the reader.

Unabridged. This story is about wanting to be famous. It features Old Man Kangaroo who, in his younger days, dances and sings in the Middle of Australia hoping a fan will notice how special he is and follow him everywhere. He eventually gets his wish granted, but maybe not quite in the way he expected.