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How the whale got his throat
Rudyard Kipling
Written by Rudyard Kipling 23 audiobooks with Academy Voices
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Richard Stibbard
Read by a real person Richard Stibbard 32 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Engaging British Voiceover I’m a British voice artist from the UK with a background in speech sciences (PhD in phonetics studying the effects of emo… Hear more from Richard →
Children's Story

How the whale got his throat

by Rudyard Kipling · read by Richard Stibbard · 8 min

The Whale, in the beginning, ate everything in the sea. Then one day he meets a Mariner on a raft and swallows him whole.

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The Whale, in the beginning, ate everything in the sea. Then one day he meets a Mariner on a raft and swallows him whole. The Mariner is clever. He starts to jump and dance inside the whale. Rudyard Kipling's Just So Story of how the whale came to have such a small throat, read by Richard Stibbard. Eight minutes, full of sound and fun. Good for reading aloud. It is a favorite of children for its sounds and its clever sailor.

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Details
Length
8 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
November 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295358708
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Who narrates the How the whale got his throat audiobook?

This edition of How the whale got his throat by Rudyard Kipling is narrated by Richard Stibbard.

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It runs 8 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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