They say that a leopard never changes its spots. They didn’t indeed! Web. Retrieved January 18, 2021, from https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1304/how-the-leopard-got-his-spots/. The story features narration from Danny Glover, African music from Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Lori Lohstoeter’s colorful and beautiful illustrations. Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud.As we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in "How the Leopard Got his Spots" he uses what one recent reviewer called "the N word" to refer to the Ethiopian. Don’t you know that if you were on the High Veldt I could see you ten miles off? Shame on Kindle, or Amazon. How the Leopard Got His Spots was featured as The Short Story of the Day on Tue, Apr 19, 2016 Enjoy Kipling's How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin. ‘You can lie out on the bare ground and look like a heap of pebbles. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's "How Fear Came", in The Second Jungle Book (1895). The Elephant’s Child. How the Leopard Got His Spots Rudyard Kipling ‘For goodness’ sake,’ said the Leopard at tea-time, ‘let us wait till it gets dark. ‘Now come along and we’ll see if we can’t get even with Mr. One-Two- Three-Where’s-your-Breakfast!’. Just So Stories. In Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories: ‘How the Leopard got his Spots’ the leopard gets his spots so that he can blend into the background, making him better able to creep up on his prey. Book Approach. But they didn’t. I wouldn’t look like Giraffe—not for ever so.’, ‘I’ll make ‘em with the tips of my fingers,’ said the Ethiopian. ‘Think of Giraffe,’ said the Ethiopian. Well the book I got was the wrong book. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. And where’s your breakfast?’. How the Whale got his Throat. Illustrated etext of Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kiping. Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012. For more information, including classroom activities, readability data, and original sources, please visit https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1304/how-the-leopard-got-his-spots/. I bought this edition because I read the same one as a child and have always loved the artwork. Product Details; About the Author; Please try again. Stand over!’. I’m going to take Baviaan’s advice. They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up; and Zebra moved away to some little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy, and Giraffe moved off to some tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy. ‘How the Leopard got his Spots’ By Rudyard Kipling In the days when everybody started fair, Best Beloved, the Leopard lived in a place called the High Veldt. Leopard stared, and Ethiopian stared, but all they could see were stripy shadows and blotched shadows in the forest, but never a sign of Zebra and Giraffe. I can smell Giraffe, and I can hear Giraffe, but I can’t see Giraffe.’, ‘That’s curious,’ said the Leopard. A classic! After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Context. When all the animals moved away, the hungry leopard had to follow them to the striped, splotchy, spotted forest. The animals move to the jungle, into the shade, for safety. "-Early Childhood News. The leopard and his friend the Ethiopian hunt for animals (like the kudu) on the veldt. Both listening skills and language skills will be awakened as the children listen to and talk about the story. This daylight hunting is a perfect scan-dal.’ So they waited till dark, and then the Leopard heard something breathing sniff-ily in the starlight that fell all stripy through How the Rhinoceros got his Skin . I did not receive this book, mistaken down load, but I paid for nothing. Oh, now and then you will hear grown-ups say, ‘Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots?’ I don’t think even grown-ups would keep on saying such a silly thing if the Leopard and the Ethiopian hadn’t done it once—do you? The stories, first published in 1902, are origin stories, fantastic accounts of how various features of animals came to be. ‘It’s a long time since we’ve hunted ‘em. Unable to add item to List. Hardcover. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. How the Leopard Got His Spots: The Best of Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling. "How the Leopard Got His Spots". I love the art. ‘The long and the little of it is that we don’t match our backgrounds. In How the Leopard got his Spots by Rudyard Kipling we have the theme of necessity, fear, appearance, conflict, change and trust. He told me I ought to change; and as I’ve nothing to change except my skin I’m going to change that.’. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Take a lesson by it, Leopard. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Shoo Rayner is the author and illustrator of many well-loved books, including THE GINGER NINJA and RICKY ROCKET series. Can’t you see?’, ‘I can now,’ said the Leopard. Where the leopard got his spots: House where Rudyard Kipling wrote his Just So Stories goes on sale for £1.6million. Web. Pennisi seems embarrassed that her title is in Kipling just-so story form: “How the camel got its hump” or the like. Follow another one of Rudyard Kipling’s delightful tales as he explains how leopards got their striking spots in his Just So Stories. Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories - How the Leopard Got His Spots - YouTube All the animals that the yellow coloured leopard used to eat, hid from him in the forest. I went into other spots as fast as I could. Excerpt: In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. The leopard must adapt also, in order to survive. Just So Stories ... How the Leopard got his Spots. Just So Stories (Lit2Go Edition). "(Glover) tells the story beautifully, with such feeling that one almost feels one is in the forest with the characters. As we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in "How the Leopard Got his Spots" he uses what one recent reviewer called "the N word" to refer to the Ethiopian. ), Then said Baviaan, ‘The game has gone into other spots; and my advice to you, Leopard, is to go into other spots as soon as you can.’, And the Ethiopian said, ‘That is all very fine, but I wish to know whither the aboriginal Fauna has migrated.’, Then said Baviaan, ‘The aboriginal Fauna has joined the aboriginal Flora because it was high time for a change; and my advice to you, Ethiopian, is to change as soon as you can.’, That puzzled the Leopard and the Ethiopian, but they set off to look for the aboriginal Flora, and presently, after ever so many days, they saw a great, high, tall forest full of tree trunks all ‘sclusively speckled and sprottled and spottled, dotted and splashed and slashed and hatched and cross-hatched with shadows. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Please try again. ‘What to?’ said the Leopard, tremendously excited. Kipling’s story may not actually be far from the truth of why the leopard got its spots. ‘Let us up,’ said the Zebra, ‘and we will show you. 0. rudyard-kipings-just-so-stories-how-the-leopard-got-his-spots-1991-uk-vhs Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. plus-circle Add Review. So they went away and lived happily ever afterward, Best Beloved. Photo Credit: MalaMala Game Reserve How the Leopard Got His Spots: The giraffe and the zebra and various other animals flee the sandy yellowish brownish High Veldt into the shifting light of the jungle, where they develop new camouflage, in order to escape the hunting Ethiopian and his leopard companion. Rudyard Kipling, ""How the Leopard Got His Spots"," Just So Stories, Lit2Go Edition, (0), accessed January 18, 2021, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1304/how-the-leopard-got-his-spots/. Keep this one on your bookshelf, O Best Beloved. At last they were so hungry that they ate rats and beetles and rock-rabbits, the Leopard and the Ethiopian, and then they had the Big Tummy-ache, both together; and then they met Baviaan—the dog-headed, barking Baboon, who is Quite the Wisest Animal in All South Africa. Just So Stories. Elephant's Child, The Rudyard Kipling. In the yellow hues of the African plains, hunting was easy for the leopard, whose light coat served as camouflage. AUDIO CD: Rabbit Ears presents the story of HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS as told by Danny Glover. ‘There’s plenty of black left on my skin still. Can you correct? Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices. The Tadpoles Tales series features simple retellings of Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories with bright, fun illustrations, for children who are just starting to read on their own. This document was downloaded from Lit2Go, a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format published by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. You can see them on any Leopard’s skin you like, Best Beloved. He told you to go into spots.’, ‘So I did,’ said the Leopard. Copyright © 2006—2021 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. “How the Leopard Got His Spots” is the fourth of the “Just So Stories” to be introduced in the Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics Series. ‘But I couldn’t all yesterday. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks … You show up in this dark place like a bar of soap in a coal-scuttle.’, ‘Ho! But he didn't stand a chance of survival unless, of course, he acquired spots himself. Was this a scam? Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. ‘I suppose it is because we have just come in out of the sunshine. Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2015. They are quite contented as they are. They haven’t any form—any of ‘em.’, So they sat down on them hard till bright morning-time, and then Leopard said, ‘What have you at your end of the table, Brother?’, The Ethiopian scratched his head and said, ‘It ought to be ‘sclusively a rich fulvous orange-tawny from head to heel, and it ought to be Giraffe; but it is covered all over with chestnut blotches. AUDIO CD: Rabbit Ears presents the story of HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS as told by Danny Glover. He was a grown-up. Rabbit Ears is a collection of award-winning and critically acclaimed stories which celebrate the fine art of storytelling and engage the imaginations of children and their families. Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain and sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. How is it done?’. Kipling, Rudyard. One—two—three! Kipling, R. (0). This collection of children's literature is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by various grants. This was very bad for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of them; for he would lie down by a ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish stone or clump of grass, and when the Giraffe or the Zebra or the Eland or the Koodoo or the Bush-Buck or the Bonte-Buck came by he would surprise them out of their jumpsome lives. Share Facebook Twitter Email Home; Just So Stories; Giraffe is about seventeen feet high, of a ‘sclusively fulvous golden-yellow from head to heel; and Zebra is about four and a half feet high, of a ’sclusively grey-fawn colour from head to heel.’, ‘Umm, said the Ethiopian, looking into the speckly-spickly shadows of the aboriginal Flora-forest. In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a Howler himself. Well, with a coat so beautiful, so unique and so mesmerizing, I’m not sure I’d change my spots either. So he changed his skin then and there, and the Leopard was more excited than ever; he had never seen a man change his skin before. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I am very angry. Taken from his Just So Stories collection the reader realises after reading the story that Kipling may be exploring the theme of necessity. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2015. Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016, Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015. When all the animals moved away, the hungry leopard had to follow them to the striped, splotchy, spotted forest. $8.99. Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2015. ORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Ladysmith Black Mambazo; BASED ON THE STORY WRITTEN BY: Rudyard Kipling. 'Member it wasn't the Low Veldt, or the Bush Veldt, or the Sour Veldt, but the 'sclusively bare, hot, shiny High Veldt, where there was sand and sandy-coloured rock and 'sclusively tufts of sandy-yellowish grass. With Danny Glover. ), ‘What is this,’ said the Leopard, ‘that is so ‘sclusively dark, and yet so full of little pieces of light?’, ‘I don’t know, said the Ethiopian, ‘but it ought to be the aboriginal Flora. ‘Sit on its head till the morning—same as me. After a long time—things lived for ever so long in those days—they learned to avoid anything that looked like a Leopard or an Ethiopian; and bit by bit—the Giraffe began it, because his legs were the longest—they went away from the High Veldt. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, How the Leopard Got His Spots (Just So Stories). I can smell Zebra, and I can hear Zebra, but I can’t see Zebra.’, ‘Wait a bit, said the Ethiopian. How the Leopard Got His Spots: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin) Sean Tulien. Think of that and purr!’, ‘But if I’m all this,’ said the Leopard, ‘why didn’t you go spotty too?’, ‘Oh, plain black’s best for me,’ said the Ethiopian. The Leopard and the Ethiopian hunted all day; and though they could smell them and hear them, they never saw one of them. Reviews There are no reviews yet. I love this book and thought that I had ordered this book. The 'Just So Stories' by Rudyard Kipling tell us so many interesting things and in this story we learn exactly how the Leopard got his spots - and, indeed, why he can never change them. Kipling's "Just So Stories" have enthralled generations of children and adults who have delighted in their whimsical explanations of the special physical characteristics of certain animals. You can lie out on the naked rocks and look like a piece of pudding-stone. Hi!’ said the Ethiopian. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. How the Rhino Got His Skin (Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics), How the Leopard Got His Spots: The Best of Just So Stories, A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, Yoto Player – Kids Audio Player | Children’s Speaker Plays Content Cards from Bestselling Audiobooks, Music, Educational Activities & More | Includes Sleep Trainer, Clock & Night-Light All-in-One, How the Camel Got His Hump (Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics), Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? That is all. This daylight hunting is a perfect scandal.’, So they waited till dark, and then the Leopard heard something breathing sniffily in the starlight that fell all stripy through the branches, and he jumped at the noise, and it smelt like Zebra, and it felt like Zebra, and when he knocked it down it kicked like Zebra, but he couldn’t see it. 0. ‘For goodness’ sake,’ said the Leopard at tea-time, ‘let us wait till it gets dark. And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusively greyish-brownish-yellowish man he was then), who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two used to hunt together—the Ethiopian with his bows and arrows, and the Leopard ‘sclusively with his teeth and claws—till the Giraffe and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Quagga and all the rest of them didn’t know which way to jump, Best Beloved. 4,158 Top How The Leopard Got His Spots Teaching Resources. He meant spots on your skin.’. It just melts in your mouth as you read it. The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were ‘sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over; but the Leopard, he was the ‘sclusivest sandiest-yellowish-brownest of them all—a greyish-yellowish catty-shaped kind of beast, and he matched the ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish colour of the High Veldt to one hair. ‘To a nice working blackish-brownish colour, with a little purple in it, and touches of slaty-blue. You can lie out on a leafy branch and look like sunshine sifting through the leaves; and you can lie right across the centre of a path and look like nothing in particular. IN the days when everybody started fair, Best Beloved, the Leopard lived in a place called the High Veldt. (We have slightly adapted the story at the end to fit in with modern mores). 'Member it wasn't the Low Veldt, or the Bush Veldt, or the Sour Veldt, but the 'sclusively bare, hot, shiny High Veldt, where there was sand and sandy-coloured rock and 'sclusively tufts of sandy-yellowish grass. They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows of the forest, while the Leopard and the Ethiopian ran about over the ‘sclusively greyish-yellowish-reddish High Veldt outside, wondering where all their breakfasts and their dinners and their teas had gone. Just So Stories: How The Leopard Got His Spots by Shoo Rayner. This review is for the hardcover BOOK , with illustrations by Lori Lohstoeter, Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2011. Directed by Tim Raglin. How the jaguar got his spots? Add Image Add an image. ‘Hi! Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud. They had just walked off and hidden themselves in the shadowy forest. https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1304/how-the-leopard-got-his-spots/, Florida Center for Instructional Technology. Ho!’ said the Leopard. ‘This is the way it’s done. Home. This collection contains six of the best of these tales, charming new illustrations by Thea Kliros. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Sometimes the fingers slipped and the marks got a little blurred; but if you look closely at any Leopard now you will see that there are always five spots—off five fat black finger-tips. Find out in this retelling of one of Rudyard Kipling’s famous Just So Stories, specially written for young children and gorgeously illustrated by John Joven. How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Elephant's Child, The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the First Letter was Written, How the Alphabet was Made, The Crab that Played with the Sea, The Cat that … Perhaps we’ve forgotten what they were like.’, ‘Fiddle!’ said the Leopard. 5.0 out of 5 stars 1. Be the first one to write a review. How cats get their stripes and spots (Elizabeth Pennisi, Science Magazine). Outstanding storytelling for both children & adults, Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020. In it, Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes. Can't give it less than five stars!! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It turns out there's some truth to Rudyard Kipling's short story How the Leopard Got His Spots: the rosettes that cover the leopard's coat camouflage it so that the cat can move and hunt undetected. HarperChildren's Audio continues its re-release rollout of classic backlist titles with Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Other Tales performed by the late British actor Boris Karloff. ""How the Leopard Got His Spots"." HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS N the days when everybody started fair, Best Beloved, the Leopard lived in a place called the High Veldt. The Just So Stories by Kipling (who also wrote the Jungle Book) tell us so many interesting things - and in this story we learn how the Leopard got his spots - and why a Leopard can never change his spots. You haven’t any form.’, ‘Yes,’ said the Zebra, ‘but this isn’t the High Veldt. I am going to sit on your head till morning, because there is something about you that I don’t understand.’, Presently he heard a grunt and a crash and a scramble, and the Ethiopian called out, ‘I’ve caught a thing that I can’t see. So how did he get his spots? When Rudyard Kipling told how the leopard got his spots, he missed the mark. Then the Ethiopian put his five fingers close together (there was plenty of black left on his new skin still) and pressed them all over the Leopard, and wherever the five fingers touched they left five little black marks, all close together. Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017. one of my favorite books as a child. Together the cats lifted off the coat, burning themselves at the same time, and hid it. He would indeed! ""How the Leopard Got His Spots"." 4.4 out of 5 stars 27. ‘What’s the use of that?’ said the Leopard. They scuttled for days and days and days till they came to a great forest, ‘sclusively full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows, and there they hid: and after another long time, what with standing half in the shade and half out of it, and what with the slippery-slidy shadows of the trees falling on them, the Giraffe grew blotchy, and the Zebra grew stripy, and the Eland and the Koodoo grew darker, with little wavy grey lines on their backs like bark on a tree trunk; and so, though you could hear them and smell them, you could very seldom see them, and then only when you knew precisely where to look. Paperback. ‘But what about me?’ he said, when the Ethiopian had worked his last little finger into his fine new black skin. I went into this spot with you, and a lot of good it has done me.’, ‘Oh,’ said the Ethiopian, ‘Baviaan didn’t mean spots in South Africa. But they will never do it again, Best Beloved. HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump. comment. ‘Would it surprise you very much to know that you show up in this dark place like a mustard-plaster on a sack of coals?’, ‘Well, calling names won’t catch dinner, said the Ethiopian. So he said, ‘Be quiet, O you person without any form. Just So Stories is a collection of classic “animal origin” children’s stories of fables, including How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Camel Got His Hump, and many more. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 48 Views . ‘I remember them perfectly on the High Veldt, especially their marrow-bones. ‘You take Baviaan’s advice too. Just So Stories: How the Leopard got his Spots . It smells like Giraffe, and it kicks like Giraffe, but it hasn’t any form.’, ‘Don’t you trust it,’ said the Leopard. by Elizabeth Rogers, Petra Brown. It is the entire original story of "How the Leopard" in all its Rudyard Kipling language. ‘Member it wasn’t the Low Veldt, or the Bush Veldt, or the Sour Veldt, but the ‘sclusively bare, hot, shiny High Veldt, where there was sand and sandy-coloured rock and ‘sclusively tufts of sandy- yellowish grass. ... We've Got Your Streaming Picks Covered. . HarperChildren's Audio continues its re-release rollout of classic backlist titles with Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Other Tales performed by the late British actor Boris Karloff. Advertise a project, then do nothing when the customer receives nothing, but pays anyway? They find their spots and stripes give them per-fect satisfaction.’, ‘Umm,’ said the Leopard. A classic story for children. The leopard himself visits the jungle, and discovers that his prey are well hidden in the mixture of sun and shadows that exists beneath the canopy. In the yellow hues of the African plains, hunting was easy for the leopard, whose light coat served as camouflage. Her article will quickly redeem itself. ‘That’s a trick worth learning. How the Leopard Got His Spots IN the days when everybody started fair, Best Beloved, the Leopard lived in a place called the High Veldt. Rich in language and subtle humor, this inspired adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling classic comes alive with the gentle sounds of South African a cappella harmonies. Summary Just So Stories How the Leopard got his Spots is a fantastic large format picture book, with stunning illustrations by Kimberley Scott to bring wonderful events to life in kids' imaginations. 15min | Family, Fantasy | Episode aired 5 January 1973 ... Search for "Just So Stories: How the Leopard got his Spots" on Amazon.com. What in the world have you been doing to yourself, Zebra? Just So Stories.Lit2Go Edition. ‘I wouldn’t look like Zebra—not for ever so.’, ‘Well, make up your mind,’ said the Ethiopian, ‘because I’d hate to go hunting without you, but I must if you insist on looking like a sun-flower against a tarred fence.’, ‘I’ll take spots, then,’ said the Leopard; ‘but don’t make ‘em too vulgar-big. Kipling, Rudyard. The Ethiopian likes to use long words, because he is a Grown Up. Explore more than 4,158 'How The Leopard Got His Spots' resources for teachers, parents and pupils as well as related resources on 'Just So Stories' Please try again. What have you at your end of the table, Brother?’, And the Leopard scratched his head and said, ‘It ought to be ‘sclusively a delicate greyish-fawn, and it ought to be Zebra; but it is covered all over with black and purple stripes. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.

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