But there was one Elephant—a new Elephant—an Elephant’s Child—who was full of ‘satiable curtiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions. It is nearly four times longer than its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. And still he was full of ‘satiable curtiosity! Added to my bag CHECKOUT. He asked his tall uncle, the Giraffe, what made his skin spotty, and his tall uncle, the Giraffe, spanked him with his hard, hard hoof. Sep 26, 2014 - "How the Leopard Got His Spots" | Just So Stories | Rudyard Kipling | Lit2Go ETC
Then the Elephant’s Child sat down most hard and sudden; but first he was careful to say ‘Thank you’ to the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake; and next he was kind to his poor pulled nose, and wrapped it all up in cool banana leaves, and hung it in the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo to cool. Back to top. ‘Come hither, Little One,’ said the Crocodile, ‘and I’ll whisper.’ Maybe some of these were your favorites when you were in high school.
Of course, you should also look at the recommendations we’ve made for other grade levels.
The stories have appeared in a variety of adaptations including a musical and animated films. Lit2Go. They give fantastical explanations for various phenomena. And still he was full of ‘satiable curtiosity! A number of sites offer free Mp3s of public domain books—Lit2Go marries the old school library form (each novel’s year of publication and original publisher is included) with the capacity of the web (a link takes readers directly to the iTunes store, where Lit2Go has Many titles include support material to kick off classroom discussion or to coach students through developing their own character diagrams. He asked questions about everything that he saw, or heard, or felt, or smelt, or touched, and all his uncles and his aunts spanked him. ‘What are you doing that for?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. Then the Crocodile winked the other eye, and lifted half his tail out of the mud; and the Elephant’s Child stepped back most politely, because he did not wish to be spanked again.
Now how do you feel about being spanked again?’
When he felt lonely walking through Africa he sang to himself down his trunk, and the noise was louder than several brass bands.
When the flies bit him he broke off the branch of a tree and used it as fly-whisk; and he made himself a new, cool, slushy-squshy mud-cap whenever the sun was hot.
And the Crocodile floundered into the water, making it all creamy with great sweeps of his tail, and he pulled, and pulled, and pulled. What’s new; Most wanted; Shop by; Clothing ; Shoes; Bags; Jewellery; Accessories; Swimwear; L
We thank you!I would like to listen to audio books. In the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. ‘I think, said the Crocodile—and he said it between his teeth, like this—’I think to-day I will begin with Elephant’s Child!’ But it was really the Crocodile, O Best Beloved, and the Crocodile winked one eye—like this!
At this, O Best Beloved, the Elephant’s Child was much annoyed, and he said, speaking through his nose, like this, ‘Led go!
One dark evening he came back to all his dear families, and he coiled up his trunk and said, ‘How do you do?’ They were very glad to see him, and immediately said, ‘Come here and be spanked for your ‘satiable curtiosity.’ Back.
‘Have I seen a Crocodile?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, in a voice of dretful scorn.
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Kipling, R. (0). Would you please send to me? To search all of FCIT's content, please use the search box in the header bar.Information, news, and discussion related to teaching with technology, the Online courses and professional development topics from the makers of Recognized by Apple as a distinguished program for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence. You are hurtig be!’ ‘’Vantage number one!’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake.
‘’Vantage number two!’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. ‘Thank you,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘I’ll remember that; and now I think I’ll go home to all my dear families and try.’ Since there are so many choices on the Lit2Go site, you may want to start with the short list of recommended books below.
‘It is,’ said the Elephant’s Child, and before he thought what he was doing he schlooped up a schloop of mud from the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo, and slapped it on his head, where it made a cool schloopy-sloshy mud-cap all trickly behind his ears. I also excluded Baviaan from my story. Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake came down from the bank, and knotted himself in a double-clove-hitch round the Elephant’s Child’s hind legs, and said, ‘Rash and inexperienced traveller, we will now seriously devote ourselves to a little high tension, because if we do not, it is my impression that yonder self-propelling man-of-war with the armour-plated upper deck’ (and by this, O Best Beloved, he meant the Crocodile), ‘will permanently vitiate your future career. ‘I asked him what he had for dinner, and he gave me this to keep.’ "The Beginning of the Armadillos" Tortoise and Painted Jaguar come across a new kind of creature in the woods and try to decide what it is with the help of Mother Jaguar. Lit2Go Audiobooks | Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in MP3 (audiobook) format. He asked his tall aunt, the Ostrich, why her tail-feathers grew just so, and his tall aunt the Ostrich spanked him with her hard, hard claw. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side; but he couldn’t pick up things with it.