Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain and sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. So how did he get his spots? This charmingly illustrated adaptation of one of Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So Stories' is part of the Usborne Reading Programme, specially written for children who are learning to read. Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain and sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. So how did he get his spots? This charmingly illustrated adaptation of one of Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So Stories' is part of the Usborne Reading Programme, specially written for children who are learning to read.