The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
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"The Elephant’s Child" is a classic children’s story by Rudyard Kipling, part of his "Just So Stories," that humorously explains how the elephant got its long trunk through a curious youngster’s adventure.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
children’s story
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literary work → short story → |
| author |
Rudyard Kipling
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| centralAnimal |
elephant
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| collectionType |
Just So Stories is a collection of origin tales
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| explains |
how the elephant got its trunk
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| firstPublishedIn |
Just So Stories for Little Children
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| genre |
animal fiction
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children’s literature → fantasy → |
| hasAdaptation |
audio recordings
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radio adaptations → stage adaptations → television adaptations → |
| hasForm |
prose
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| hasIllustrationsBy |
Rudyard Kipling
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| hasMoral |
curiosity can lead to unexpected outcomes
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| hasReputation |
classic of children’s literature
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| hasTargetAgeRange |
early readers
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middle childhood → |
| includedIn |
many collected editions of Kipling’s children’s stories
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| intendedAudience |
children
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| language |
English
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| literaryPeriod |
Edwardian era
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| literarySeriesPosition |
story in the Just So Stories collection
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| mainCharacter |
Elephant’s Child
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| mainCharacterTrait |
curious
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| narrativeDevice |
origin story
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| narrativeStyle |
didactic
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humorous → |
| originalPublicationMedium |
book
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| partOf |
Just So Stories
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| publicationYear |
1902
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| publisherOfFirstBookEdition |
Macmillan & Co.
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
How the Camel Got His Hump
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How the Leopard Got His Spots → How the Whale Got His Throat → The Cat That Walked by Himself → |
| setting |
Africa
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| theme |
consequences of asking questions
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curiosity → growth and transformation → |
| usesMotif |
animal transformation
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curious child protagonist → etiological myth → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Limpopo River
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mentionedInWork |