How the Leopard Got His Spots (A Just So Story by Rudyard Kipling)

Maked Up Stories: Imaginative Kids Stories

Maked Up Stories

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to Makeup Story.
0:14.2	My name is Laura.
0:17.4	Go to makeupstory.com to join the Macomb.
0:23.6	Okay buddy, are you settled in?
0:28.6	Yeah.
0:29.6	Are you tucked in tight?
0:30.6	Yeah.
0:31.6	Are you ready for your story?
0:33.6	Yeah.
0:34.6	This story is called How the Leopard Got His Spots.
0:38.3	Do you remember the name of the author?
0:41.3	No.
0:42.3	It's Rudd-Eard Kipling.
0:44.3	This story is a type of story called a just-so story.
0:49.3	Do you know what that means?
0:50.3	No, I don't.
0:51.3	That means it's a story that explains why something is the way that it is.
0:58.5	But it explains it in a way that can't be verified.
1:01.9	So it might be true or it might be made up.
1:06.6	So what do you think this story might be explaining? Um, I don't know.
1:11.6	So it's called how the leopard got his spots.
1:14.6	Um, a leopard getting in some spots.
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