About this season
A short series of animated shows for kids depicting the "Just So" stories by Rudyard Kipling.
Episodes (9)
1. The Beginning Of the Armadillos
Aired 3 April 1979 • 10 min
A young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.
2. How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Aired 10 April 1979 • 10 min
A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.
3. The Butterfly That Stamped
Aired 17 April 1979 • 10 min
A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.
4. The Cat That Walked By Himself
Aired 24 April 1979 • 10 min
A wily, wild cat pretends he’s been tamed, while the dog, the horse and the cow have to serve man.
5. How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo
Aired 1 May 1979 • 10 min
An idle camel is given a hump so he can work harder and a conceited kangaroo is tricked by the Big God Nqong.
6. The Crab That Played With The Sea
Aired 8 May 1979 • 10 min
A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.
7. How The First Letter Was Written
Aired 15 May 1979 • 10 min
The little neolithic girl Taffy has a new idea to communicate with her mother and hits upon a great invention, drawing the first letter.
8. How The Alphabet Was Made
Aired 22 May 1979 • 10 min
The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.
9. The Elephant's Child
Aired 29 May 1979 • 10 min
An insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.