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The story was first told aloud by the author to his daughter Josephine as part of their [[oral tradition]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmwYAAAAIAAJ |title=Storytelling encyclopedia |author=David Adams Leeming, Marion Sader |publisher=Oryx Press |year=1997}}</ref> It was then written down and first published in ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'' in June 1900.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pcLeU85FgQC&pg=PA52 |title=A Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling}}</ref> |
The story was first told aloud by the author to his daughter Josephine as part of their [[oral tradition]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmwYAAAAIAAJ |title=Storytelling encyclopedia |author=David Adams Leeming, Marion Sader |publisher=Oryx Press |year=1997}}</ref> It was then written down and first published in ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'' in June 1900.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pcLeU85FgQC&pg=PA52 |title=A Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling}}</ref> |
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It involves a vain kangaroo who asks the Middle God [[Nquing]] to make him unlike other animals, and sought-after. The result is '''Yellow-Dog Dingo''' trying to catch Kangaroo all across Australia, explaining how kangaroos came to have strong legs. |
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Revision as of 05:38, 28 June 2019
"The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo" is a short story — one of the Just So stories by Rudyard Kipling.
The story was first told aloud by the author to his daughter Josephine as part of their oral tradition.[1] It was then written down and first published in Ladies' Home Journal in June 1900.[2]
It involves a vain kangaroo who asks the Middle God Nquing to make him unlike other animals, and sought-after. The result is Yellow-Dog Dingo trying to catch Kangaroo all across Australia, explaining how kangaroos came to have strong legs.
References
- ^ David Adams Leeming, Marion Sader (1997), Storytelling encyclopedia, Oryx Press
- ^ A Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling
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