Rudyard Kiplings Just so Stories - How the Rhinoceros got his Skin

How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" is a whimsical story from Rudyard Kipling's classic collection, Just So Stories. It explains in a playful, fantastical way how the rhinoceros, which once had smooth skin, became wrinkly.
The tale begins on an uninhabited island in the Red Sea, where a Parsee (a man of Persian ancestry) lives with a shiny hat, a knife, and a cooking-stove. One day, he bakes a delicious fruit cake, but a rude rhinoceros with smooth, tight-fitting skin comes along and eats it. When a great heat wave comes, the rhino takes off his skin—which conveniently buttons underneath—and goes for a swim. The Parsee seizes his chance, fills the skin with cake crumbs, and returns it. The resulting unbearable itch forces the rhino to rub and roll against a palm tree until his skin wrinkles and the buttons pop off, forever trapping the scratchy crumbs inside.

*Binding:* Small Hardcover
*Condition:*  Very Good
*Number of Pages*: 32
*Category:* Story/reading
*Publisher:* Miles Kylie publisher
*Recommended Age:* 3-5 years

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