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This playful tale, in which a Parsee man seeks revenge on the nasty piggish rhino, is among the best known of Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet and novelist. The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat is one of Kipling's rare humorous stories. A group of friends out for a motor jaunt find themselves up on a trumped up speeding charge exacerbated by some outrageously insulting sarcasm from a country town magistrate. The group pit their ample wits and resources to exact their extraordinary revenge....

This quintessentially English poem is in the form of a father’s advice to his son on transitioning into manhood. Phillip J. Mather’s masterful delivery poignantly captures Kipling’s inspirational and timeless philosophy.

Doses of concentrated thrills and pure, raw excitement are delivered directly on the heels of the most explosive musical theme in radio - a crashing rendition of Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain". Produced and directed by William N. Robson, Norman MacDonnell, and Antony Ellis - and featuring stories by Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, and more - Escape is capable of chilling spines as expertly as it accelerates heartbeats.

"Puck of Pook's Hill" is a work for children by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck.

Detskij radiospektakl' "Maugli" - po motivam znamenityh rasskazov "Kniga dzhunglej" anglijskogo pisatelja Red'jarda Kiplinga. Malen'kij mal'chik popadaet v dzhungli, v volch'ju sem'ju. On prigljanulsja materi-volchice. Ona nazvala ego Maugli (ljagushonok) i zashhitila ot tigra-ljudoeda Sher-Hana, schitavshego ego svoej dobychej. Volki vskormili i vospitali chelovecheskogo detjonysha. Sem'ja zhivjot v stae, kotoraja upravljaetsja zakonom dzhunglej.

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.

Eight fanciful tales from Rudyard Kipling's book of animal origin tales, which began as bedtime stories told to his daughter Essie. They are called Just So Stories because Essie would not let Kipling deviate from the tale by even one word: They had to be told "just so".

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.

Here is a collection of 41 favorite classic children's poems by some of our best loved writers, including Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, and others.

Jeder kennt die Geschichte des Jungen Mowgli, der von dem Tiger Shir Khan als Säugling verschleppt wird und im indischen Dschungel bei einer Wolfsfamilie aufwächst. Mit Hilfe seiner Freunde, Baloo, dem Bären, Bagheera, dem Panther, und der Schlange Kaa, lernt Mowgli die Gesetze des Dschungels kennen. Schließlich naht der Tag der Abrechnung mit Shir Khan...

Fleete, a relative newcomer to India, becomes extremely drunk on New Year's Eve and on the way home desecrates the temple of the monkey-god Hanuman, by stubbing out his cigar on the statue of the deity. A mysterious leper appears and bites Fleete on the chest, leaving a strange mark. Another priest warns Fleete that Hanuman has not yet finished with him.During the next day, Fleete's behaviour becomes stranger and stranger. He gnaws ravenously on raw meat, grovels in the earth of the garden and begins to howl like a wolf.

Artist Dick Heldar returns to 1890's England from the war in the Sudan after sustaining eye injuries and turns to painting for a living. While his realistic paintings of scenes from the war in Sudan slowly achieve a certain popularity, he ekes a living painting romanticized portraits. Eventually, the old war injury to his eyes starts getting worse and Heldar realizes he is going blind. Before he completely loses his sight, Dick resolves to paint his masterpiece, Melancholia, using a prostitute named Bessie as a model.

Mark Redfield performs an eclectic mix of story excerpts, poems, and favorite readings of some of his favorite British and American storytellers.

This story was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on 11 May 1887, and collected in the first edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888 and in subsequent editions of this collection. Miss Jhansi McKenna is six foot high, all yellow freckles and red hair, a formidable figure on the dance floor. She is held in great regard in the regiment, as Mulvaney explains, because of her mother, Bridget McKenna, wife of the Colour Sergeant of 'B' Company, called 'Ould Pummeloe'.

There are certain stories which stand out from the crowd owing to the unique creativity of the plot and the skill with which the author unfolds his tale. This selection contains 50 of the most ingenious short stories ever written. Includes: 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher; 'The Umbrella' by Arnold Bennett; 'The Lovely Lady' by D. H. Lawrence; 'The Lake' by W. F. Harvey; 'A Tiger’s Skin' by W. W. Jacobs; and 'The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden' by F. Britten Austin.

Mowgli: All of the Mowgli Stories from the Jungle Books is a collection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling, originally published in 1894. The book tells the story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India. Through his various adventures with animal friends, Mowgli learns important life lessons about the natural world, the human experience, and the struggle for power and dominance. The book is celebrated for its timeless themes and unique blend of poetry and prose, and has captivated readers of all ages for over a century.https://www.solgood.org - Check out our ...

Glówny bohater powiesci - Kim jest nastoletnim chlopcem, urodzonym w Indiach. Wychowywal sie bez rodziców - matki Hinduski i ojca Irlandczyka. Mimo trudnej sytuacji zyciowej, zachowal pogode ducha. Cechuje go równiez wyjatkowa bystrosc umyslu. Pewnego dnia spotyka na swojej drodze Teshoo - kaplana z Tybetu, który poszukuje swietej rzeki Lama. Na towarzysza wyprawy wybiera Kima.

A breathtaking collection of 80 classic short stories inspired by different locations, people and customs across the globe...

Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure story, Kim, tells the tale of an Irish soldier's orphan son, who roams the back alleys and bazaars of British-ruled India. The young urchin learns the rules and language of the dirty streets, until he discovers his father's old army regiment. Suddenly, Kim abandons his former life and native customs, buys expensive European clothing, and begins a new career as a secret agent. Both an exciting adventure and a detailed look at a spy's inner conflicts, Kim is one of Kipling's most important and popular novels.