Just So Stories

Episodes

1. 

   1. The Beginning Of the Armadillos

   3 Apr 1979 · 10 min

   A young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.

2. 

   2. How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin

   10 Apr 1979 · 10 min

   A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.

3. 

   3. The Butterfly That Stamped

   17 Apr 1979 · 10 min

   A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.

4. 

   4. The Cat That Walked By Himself

   24 Apr 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. 

   5. How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo

   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. 

   6. The Crab That Played With The Sea

   8 May 1979 · 10 min

   A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.

7. 

   7. How The First Letter Was Written

   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. 

   8. How The Alphabet Was Made

   22 May 1979 · 10 min

   The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.

9. 

   9. The Elephant's Child

   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.