Just So Stories
-Season 1
Episodes
1. The Beginning Of the Armadillos
Apr 3, 1979
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
Apr 10, 1979
A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.
3. The Butterfly That Stamped
Apr 17, 1979
A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.
4. The Cat That Walked By Himself
Apr 24, 1979
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
May 1, 1979
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
May 8, 1979
A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.
7. How The First Letter Was Written
May 15, 1979
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
May 22, 1979
The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.
9. The Elephant's Child
May 29, 1979
An insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.