Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: Tales

Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 - English writer, poet, the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 for observance, bright imagination, maturity of ideas, and outstanding storytelling talent. Kipling was born in India, and at the age... of 5, his parents sent him to study in England. These were hard years for the boy - the landlady of the private boarding house where he lived treated him poorly. But during these years, he began to love reading. A little later, while studying at a private Devon school, Rudyard began to write himself. His father was so impressed with his stories that he helped his son find work as a journalist in the editorial office of the Civil and Military Gazette. In 1882, Kipling returned to India. He worked as a journalist, wrote short stories and poems, and traveled a lot. Rudyard Kipling wrote many wonderful tales, and their main characters - people and animals - coexist as absolutely equal inhabitants of one planet. In these playful tales, young readers will find answers to hundreds of different how and why - how the first letter was written, why camels have humps, where the whale's narrow throat comes from, and where the rhinoceros's wrinkled skin comes from. Kipling also has tales that require reflection. The main character of the tale The Caterpillar Who Stamped is the wisest ruler Suleiman-Ben-Daud, who understood the language of animals and birds but sometimes succumbed to boasting and vanity. But the tale teaches that any shortcomings can be corrected with love and heartfelt attitude towards each other, if one truly desires it. And the writer did not forget about adventures! In one of the stories of The Jungle Book, the victory of the mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi over huge cobras is narrated and how he saved the people he lived with from a cruel death. In this book, the child will get acquainted with the tales of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, How the Wrinkles Appeared on the Rhinoceros's Skin, The Caterpillar Who Stamped.