RUDYARD KIPLING

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.


Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), which I am sure you have heard of, Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King"and Just So Stories, which we will be reading this month.

Just So Stories is a collection of stories written for children about animals and how they have acquired certain characteristics, with titles like  "How the Leopard Got his Spots" or "How the Camel Got is Hump"

Click on the book to read Just So Stories





Now lets talk about one of the stories, The Elephant's Child? 
 Can you answer these questions?

 

1.     What does ‘satiable curtiosity mean?

2.     Where does the Elephant's Child live?

3.     Name some of his relatives. Are they nice to him? Why?

4.     What did the Elephant do all the time on his way to see the Crocodile?

5.     What did the Crocodile say to the Elephant's Child?

6.     What happens then?

7.     What does Elephant’s new nose enable him to do that he couldn’t do before?

8.     What do you think the story is really about?