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How did the leopard get its spots? Why do the tides ebb and flow? How did the elephant get its trunk? And how was the alphabet made?
Titulli: Just So Stories
Origjinali: Just So Stories
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: Rudyard Kipling
Shtëpia botuese: Collins Classics
Viti: 2012
Fq. 160
Pesha: 0.103 kg
ISBN: 978-0-00-792073-0
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Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.'
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This revolutionary summons to workers transformed the modern world and still shapes millions of lives today.
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How did the leopard get its spots? Why do the tides ebb and flow? How did the elephant get its trunk? And how was the alphabet made?
