Rudyard Kipling 
Just So Stories [EPUB ebook] 

How the Whale got his Throat — How the Camel got his Hump — How the Rhinoceros got its Skin — How the Leopard got his Spots — The Elephant’s Child — The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo — The Beginning of the Armadillos — How the First Letter was Written — How the Alphabet was Made — The Crab that Played with the Sea — The Cat that walked by Himself — The Butterfly that Stamped.