How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
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"How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" is one of Rudyard Kipling’s whimsical Just So Stories, telling a humorous origin tale explaining how the rhinoceros came to have its thick, wrinkled skin.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Just So Story
ⓘ
children's story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ origin myth ⓘ |
| hasAnimalProtagonist | yes ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationStyle | black-and-white drawings ⓘ |
| hasMoralFunction | didactic story ⓘ |
| hasStructure | single self-contained story ⓘ |
| hasTone |
humorous
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playful ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | whimsical tale ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of children's classics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | rhinoceros ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Macmillan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Just So Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| setting |
seashore
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tropical island ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of greed
ⓘ
etiological tale ⓘ humor ⓘ |
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