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Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a book written by Rudyard Kipling. This book tells a story about animals and people living together in the jungle. It takes place in India where a baby boy is raised by a pack of wolves that found him alone in the jungle. In this story there are many different animals that help teach Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, all the ways of living in the jungle. In the beginning of the book, a baby is found by a pack of wolves at the entrance of their cave. They call him, a man cub, name him Mowgli and take him in to raise him as their own. Later they sell him to a tiger named Shere Khan for a fat bull cow to feed their wolf pack. By the time they ate the bull they realized they had made a mistake and went to go get him back. Shere …show more content…
But I will have to hunt from the trees for days I'm hungry now said Kaa. Not if you hunt for a baby one, they like to play in the rotten logs on the ground said Baloo. Then kite the colorful bird comes flying in yelling “Baloo, Baloo” I have been told to drop off a message from Mowgli he has told me to tell you that the Bandar log monkeys have taken him to the cold lairs and they might stay there for the week or they might stay there for an hour, I do not know. I have asked the bats to watch through out the night while I sleep. Many thanks said Baloo, I will save you the head of my next kill. Thank you kite said licking his beak. May you have the deepest of sleep and thank you again said Baloo. After kite left, Bagheera said we need to hurry and get to the cold lairs. Baloo agreed. So they set out and Baloo stuck with Bagheera and Kaa for the first 50 yards then stopped, panting, and Bagheera and Kaa left him behind for him to catch up on his own. Kaa and Bagheera were running and even though Kaa was a 30ft snake he was able to keep up with Bagheera until they reached a river and had to swim across. …show more content…
He is taught by many different animals in the jungle, the ways of life in the animal kingdom as well as the dangers of living in the jungle. As he journeys through his life in the jungle trying to figure out if he belongs in the human world or in the animal world, he gains respect and friendship with many animals and realizes that his place is in the
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