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The Rudyard Kipling Library

The Rudyard Kipling Library

By: Rudyard Kipling
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Step into a quiet corner of the Empire of Stories, where the lamp is lit and the pages turn at their own unhurried pace. This podcast offers full-length readings of Rudyard Kipling’s tales - of jungle law and soldier’s duty, of wandering men, sharp-eyed children, and the strange roads between East and West. Each episode is spoken clear and steady, as though by a fireside companion, carrying you through adventure, mischief, and moral alike. Come listen, traveller, and let the old words march again beneath the steady drum of a human voice.Public domain
Episodes
  • Just So Stories Tale 8 - How The First Letter Was Written

    Just So Stories Tale 8 - How The First Letter Was Written
    Mar 25 2026
    In which a resourceful little girl named Taffy, faced with her father’s broken spear and no means to send a message, invents a novel way of drawing pictures upon birch-bark to communicate across languages and distances. This quaint adventure, witnessed by a wary tribe and a foreign stranger, softly unveils the dawn of writing in the days when men lived simply yet dreamed grandly.
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    24 mins
  • Just So Stories Tale 7 - The Beginning Of The Armadillos

    Just So Stories Tale 7 - The Beginning Of The Armadillos
    Mar 25 2026
    In which a stickly-prickly Hedgehog and a slow-solid Tortoise dwell peacefully by the turbid Amazon until a puzzled Painted Jaguar, unsure how to distinguish one from the other, seeks to capture them by the instructions of his cautious mother. Through cleverness and unexpected transformations, the two friends discover new ways of swimming and curling, much to the astonishment of Jaguar and his mother, leading to the birth of a curious new creature for all to admire.
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    20 mins
  • Just So Stories Tale 5 - The Elephant's Child

    Just So Stories Tale 5 - The Elephant's Child
    Mar 24 2026
    In which a young Elephant, driven by an insatiable curiosity quite unlike the others in his family, embarks on a daring journey to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River to discover what the Crocodile has for dinner. Along the way, he encounters various creatures and, through a most peculiar adventure, gains a remarkable new feature that changes his life and the life of all elephants forever.
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    19 mins
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