The Just So Stories were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. The Just So Stories have a typical theme of a particular animal being modified from an original form to its current form by the acts of man, or some magical being. For example, the Whale has a tiny throat from a swallowed mariner who tied a raft in there to block the whale from swallowing others. These stories have been loved by generations of children and adults alike. So, have one and share it with your kid. The current edition from FLTRP is a bilingual one, in English and Chinese, so it will also be a helpful, and fun, reading for language learners of both languages.
《原来如此:讲给孩子们的故事》是吉卜林侨居美国时所写的著名童话故事，本来是他讲给自己的小女儿约瑟芬听的，字里行间无不透露出父爱的关怀与期望。但遗憾的是，小约瑟芬于1899年死于肺炎。直到三年以后的1902年，吉卜林才把这些故事结集出版，并亲自创作了插图。全书由12篇引人人胜的短篇故事组成，充满了异域风情和诙谐幽默。吉卜林发挥天马行空的想象力，讲述了诸多动物的来历和世界之初的样子。在书中，这些动物时而机智、时而鲁莽、时而勤劳、时而笨拙......故事就在它们之间栩栩如生地展开。吉卜林通过拟人的手法、生动的情节和逗趣的语言，赋予了它们人类的性格，为孩子们描绘了一个想象中的广阔天地，同时也传达给孩子们现实生活中的教训。 1907年，吉卜林因其"细致的观察、新颖的想象、雄浑的思想和杰出的叙事才能"荣获诺贝尔文学奖。《原来如此——讲给孩子们的故事》也成为世界儿童文学作品中脍炙人口的佳作。
