“How the Rhinoceros got his Skin” is a fairy tale by English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling. There was once a time when the rhinoceros had smooth skin. He was also very ignorant. One day, he removed his skin and went for a swim, and an island man decided to teach him a lesson by putting crumbs in the rhino's skin. This caused the Rhinoceros to itch so much, his skin became wrinkled.