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Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories are often described, O Best Beloved, as creation myths. In 13 tales, more varied in tone and shape than most grownups ever quite remember, Kipling explains how the elephant got his trunk, the leopard his spots and the rhinoceros his saggy, baggy skin. The stories appeared in their final form in 1902 when Kipling was 36 and already a literary star, thanks to the success of Kim and The Jungle Book, both of which drew heavily on his Indian childhood to tell fables of social and emotional maturation. Now here he was, circling back to the shorter forms wit...

FIVE CHILDREN AND IT AND THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET 'I love her books, particularly the Five Children and It sequence' Neil Gaiman At a pet shop near the British Museum, the children discover their old friend the Psammead, caged and miserable. The children pool their pocket money together to rescue it, and in gratitude, the Psammead tells them to buy an amulet - or rather, half an amulet. Incomplete, the magic charm can take them to any place and time to search for its other half; but when the amulet is whole, it will have the power to give the children their hearts' desire.

transformational action now to put the brakes on plastic pollution. She affirmed that the UNEP stands ready to support member states’ discussions towards stronger global action on single-use plastics, while urging them and other stakeholders to start the work of eliminating single-use plastics where possible. According to the marine litter, in a bid to unlock funding and provide the framework and impetus for action and change at local, national, regional and international levels. More than 120 single-use plastics, heard the meeting. In Africa, 34 of 54 nations have instituted bans on sing...

Views: Visits 17 A Customary Court in Ile-Tuntun, Oyo State, on Friday dissolved a 10-year-old union between a housewife, Adeyinka Ajibola, and estranged wife, Ayo, over interference by her mother-in-law in the marriage. Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Chief Henry Agbaje dissolved the union in the interest of peace. The arbitrator awarded custody of the two children to Ayibola and ordered Ayo to pay N10,000 as monthly feeding allowance. ”My mother-in-law has not categorically pointed out to me what she wants from me. All I know is that her son, cooks up flimsy reas...

Actress Park Tam-hee is starring in the KBS 1TV daily drama 'A Fool's Dream'. 'A Fool's Dream' is the story of two families of different cultures meeting in the twilight of their parents and becoming one family. It is directed by Kim Jeong-gyoo who is credited for various works such as 'Lee Soon-sin is the Best' and 'Five Children' and it is written by Yeo Myung-jae.