Rudyard Kipling

A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.

Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper.

Relates how the leopard got his spotted coat in order to hunt the animals in the dappled shadows of the forest.

Because of his curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, a little elephant and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which a very curious mongoose becomes a house pet and races a snake to see who will be "Master of the Garden."