'Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was.H have you ever enquired why the elephant has such an enormously elongated nose? Are you confused by a cat's contrary nature? Have you ruminated on the wrinkles of a rhinoceros? Or speculated on a leopard's spots? Rudyard Kipling wondered about all these things too, and in this marvellous collection of stories he imagines how the animals became 'just so'. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory, you can find out why Just So Stories is one of Philip Pullman's favourite books and discover wacky facts about wild animals