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 The Jungle Book
Character Study
Sherekhan
A tiger that hunted the man's cub and wanted to kill him.
Father wolf
The father of the four cubs of wolves with which Mowgli lived with.
Mother wolf
The mother of the four cubs of wolves which named the man's cub 'Mowgli'.
Mowgli
The man's cub that lives with the wolf-pack in the jungle.
Tabaqui
A jacket which is a wild animal. And all animals didn't like him.
Baloo
A sleepy brown bear whose job is to teach the law of the jungle to the
wolves cubs.
Kaa
A python which saved Mowgli from Monkey people
Buldeo
The village hunter who wanted to take the tiger's coat from Mowgli and
sell it.
Chil
The kite that told Baloo and Bagheera about the place of Mowgli among
the monkeys.
Akela
A large grey wolf and the leader of the Seeonee Wolf Pack.
Messua
A woman that took Mowgli to her house and gave him milk and bread.
Bagheera
The panther; black as the night, strong, clever and dangerous.
Grey Brother
The oldest of Mother Wolf's cubs
The story is about Mowgli, a baby who grows up in the jungle with a Wolf-
pack. As Mowgli grows up, he has many adventures with his animal friends. But
he also has an enemy – Shere Khan, the tiger, Shere Khan has wanted to kill
Mowgli since he was a baby and is waiting for the right moment to attack.

One very warm evening in the Seeonee hills in Southern India, Father Wolf
work up from his day's rest. Next to him lay Mother Wolf, with their four cubs
beside her 100.
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Tabaqui, who eats everything and anything, even old clothes from the
villages. The wolves of India do not like him, because he runs around making
troubles and telling bad stories about them.
Shere Khan, the tiger, is coming to look for food. said Tabaqui. By the Law
of the Jungle he must tell first, before he comes her to hunt.'
Shere Khan has a bad leg, so he can only kill cows. In the village near him,
the people are angry. That is why he is coming here– to start hunting in a new
place.
He is a stupid animal and he listened to the angry noise of a tiger who has
not eaten. No one will find anything to eat in the jungle now.
But Shere Khan is hunting man, not animal, tonight.
The Law of the Jungle says that animals must not hunt man, because if they
kill a man, other men will come with guns. Then everybody in the jungle is in
danger.
Father and Mother Wolf listened to Shere Khan in the jungle not far away.
Then, suddenly, they heard a noise much nearer to them.
It's a man. A man's cub. And there in front of them stood a baby who could
just walk. He looked up at Father Wolf and laughed. The baby, small and with
no clothes, pushed its way between the cubs to get near to Mother Wolf. He is
taking his meal with the others.
Suddenly, it was dark, and Shere Khan was pushing his big head in through
the mouth of the cave. Shere Khan is hunting a man's cub. Its father and
mother have run away. Give it to him. Father Wolf knew that Shere Khan could
not get inside the cave because he was too big. Shere khan went.
By the Law of the Jungle all wolf-cubs must come to the Pack when they
can walk. The wolves look at the cubs carefully. Then the cubs are free to run
anywhere because all the adult wolves know them and will not attack them.
When the four wolf-cubs could run a little, Father Wolf took them and
Mowgli and Mother Wolf to the Meeting Rock. Here, the hundred wolves of the
Wolf-Pack met every month when the moon was full.
The leader of the Pack was Akela, a great grey wolf-Each new wolf-cub
came to stand in front of him. At the end, father Wolf pushed Mowgli into the
circle of wolves. Then from the trees outside the circle they heard the voice of
Shere Khan.
Akela did not move but said only, 'Look well! Who speaks for this man-
cub? Two voices, who are not his father and mother, must speak for him.'
There is only one other animal who can come to these wolf-meeting –
Baloo, the sleepy brown bear. His job is to teach the Law of the jungle to the
wolf-cubs
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 Quietly, another animal jumped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the
panther, black as the night, clever, strong, and dangerous.
'O Akela, will you let me speak?' said Bagheera softly. 'The Law of the
jungle says we can buy the life of a cub. It is bad to kill a man-cub. He cannot
hurt you. Let him live with you, and I will give you a fat cow, newly killed,
which lies in the jungle not far away.'
The voices of the wolves replied, 'Let him live.' They were always hungry
and they wanted to get the dead cow. Soon they went away, and there were
only Akela, Bagheera, Baloo and Mowgli's wolf family left. They could hear the
angry roars of Shere Khan in the night.
'It is good,' said Akela. 'Men are clever. Perhaps this man-cub will help us
when he is older. Take him away,' he said to Father Wolf, 'and teach him well.'
And so, because of Baloo's good word and the present of a cow, Mowgli
now belonged to the Seeonee Wolf-Pack.
* * *
The story of Mowgli's life with the wolves fills many books, but we must
jump ten or eleven years now. Father Wolf, Baloo and Bagheera taught
Mowgli well, and he learnt everything about the jungle. He understood every
sound in the trees, every song of the birds, every splash in water. He learnt to
climb trees like a monkey, to swim in the rivers like a fish, and to hunt for his
food as cleverly as any animal in the jungle.
Vocabulary
story ‫ حكاية‬- ‫قصة‬ village ‫قرية‬
jungle ‫ؼابة كثيفة األشجار‬ stupid ‫ ؼبي‬- ‫ساذج‬
grow up ‫يكبر‬ hunt ‫يصطاد‬
adventures ‫مؽامرات‬ in danger ‫في خطر‬
enemy ‫عدو‬ suddenly ‫فجأة‬
tiger ‫نمر‬ laugh ‫يضحك‬
wait for ‫ينتظر‬ far away ‫بعيد‬
attack ‫ُيهاجم‬ meal ‫وجبة ؼذائية‬
warm ‫دافئ‬ attack ‫ُيهاجم‬
rest ‫فترة راحة‬ adult ‫بالػ‬
cubs ‫صؽار الحيوان‬ carefully ‫ بحرص‬- ‫بعناية‬
cave ‫كهؾ‬ wolf-meeting ‫اجتماع الذئاب‬
jackal ‫حيوان برى ُيشبه الكلب‬ bear ‫دب‬
clothes ‫مالبس‬ panther ‫قط برى كبير أسمر اللون‬
free ‫ طليق‬- ‫ُحر‬ roar ‫ُيزمجر‬
full ‫مملوء‬ splash )‫طرطشة (صوت شيء ما ُيلقى بالماء‬
belong to ‫ ينتمي إلى‬- ‫يخص‬ dead ‫ميت‬
A. Questions with model answers:
1. Who was beside Mother Wolf?
Four cubs were beside Mother Wolf.
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2. Why did Father Wolf leave the cave?
Father Wolf left the cave to look for food.
3. Who was Tabaqui?
Tabaqui was the jackal.
4. Why didn't the wolves of India like Tabaqui?
The wolves of India do not like him, because he runs around making
trouble and telling bad stories about them.
5. Who was Shere Khan?
Shere Khan was the tiger.
6. Why did Shere Khan only kill cows?
Shere Khan only killed cows because he had a bad leg.
7. Why did the Law of the Jungle say that animals must not hunt man?
The Law of the Jungle said that animals must not hunt man, because if
they killed a man, other would will come with guns. Then everybody in the
jungle was in danger.
8. What made the noise nearer to them?
A man's cub made the noise nearer to them.
9. What was Shere Khan hunting?
Shere Khan was hunting a man's cub.
10. Why did Shere Khan go away?
Shere Khan went away because he could not fight Mother Wolf in the cave.
11. What did Mother Wolf call the man's cub?
Mother Wolf called the man's cub Mowgli, the frog.
12. Where did Father Wolf take the four wolf-cubs and Mowgli?
Father Wolf took wolf-cubs and Mowgli to the Meeting Rock.
13. What is the Meeting Rock?
The meeting Rock is the place where the hundred wolves of the Wolf-Pack
met every month when the moon was full.
14. Who was the leader of the Wolf-Pack?
The leader of the Wolf-Pack was Akela.
15. Who was Baloo?
Baloo was the sleepy brown bear.
16. What was Baloo's job?
Baloo's job was to teach the law of the jungle to the wolf-cubs.
17. How did Bagheera the panther look like?
Bagheera the panther, black as the night, clever, strong, and dangerous.
18. Who did Mowgli belong to?
Mowgli belonged to the Seeonee Wolf-Pack
19. Why did Akela decide to let Mowgli live with the wolves?
Because he listened to Baloo and Bagheera who spoke for Mowgli and
agreed that he could live with them and Akela saw men are clever and
the man's cub will help them when he is older.
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 Because if animals kills a man, other men will come with guns and the
animals will become in danger.

B. Complete the following sentences:

1. Four cubs were beside Mother Wolf.
2. Father Wolf left the cave to look for food.
3. Tabaqui was the jackal.
4. The wolves of India do not like Tabaqui because he runs around making
trouble and telling bad stories about them.
5. Shere Khan only killed cows because he had a bad leg.
6. The Law of the Jungle said that animals must not hunt man, because if
they killed a man, other would will come with guns.
7. Shere Khan was the tiger.
8. A man's cub made the noise nearer to them.
9. Shere Khan was hunting a man's cub.
10. Shere Khan went away because he could not fight Mother Wolf in the cave .
11. Mother Wolf called the man's cub Mowgli, the frog.
12. Father Wolf took wolf-cubs and Mowgli to the Meeting Rock.
13. The meeting Rock is the place where the hundred wolves of the Wolf-Pack
met every month when the moon was full.
14. The leader of the Wolf-Pack was Akela.
15. Baloo was the sleepy brown bear.
16. Baloo's job was to teach the law of the jungle to the wolf-cubs.
17. Bagheera the panther, black as the night, clever, strong, and dangerous.
18. Mowgli belonged to the Seeonee Wolf-Pack.

Baloo, the old brown bear, loved teaching Mowgli.

He taught him how to speak to the different Jungle-People, and he taught
him the important Master-Words. But Mowgli sometimes got bored with all the
lessons. One day, when he was not listening. Baloo hit him, very softly, on the
head, and Mowgli ran away angrily.
Bagheera, the black panther, was not happy about this. 'Remember how small
he is,' he said to Baloo. 'How can his little head hold all your long words?'
'These words will keep him safe the birds, from the Snake-People, and all
the animals that hunt,' said Baloo. 'It is true that he is only small. But no one
will hurt him, if he remembers all the Master-Words. Come, Mowgli!' he called
into the trees. 'Come and say the words again.'
Mowgli climbed down from a tree and came to sit next to them. 'I will say
the words to Bagheera, not you, fat old Baloo!' he said angrily.
'Very well,' said Baloo sadly. 'Say the words for the Hunting-People.'
'Good. Now for the birds.'
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Mowgli said the same words but with the sound of a bird.
'Now for the Snake-people,' said Baloo.
Mowgli then made the long 'ssss' sound, which was like no other noise,
only the noise of snake.
'Good,' said Baloo gently. 'One day you will thank me for my lessons. Now
you will be safe in the jungle, because no snake, no bird, no animal will hurt
you. You do not have to be scared of anyone.'
'And I will have my people and go with them high up in the trees,'
shouted Mowgli.
'What did you say, Mowgli?' asked Baloo, surprised. 'Have you been with
the Bandar-log, the Monkey-people?'
Mowgli could hear that Baloo was angry, and he saw too that Bagheera's
green eyes were cold and hard.
'When Baloo hurt my head,' said Mowgli, 'I went away, and the grey
monkeys came down from the trees and talked to me. They were kind to me
and gave me nice things to eat. Then they took me up into the trees. They
said that I was their brother, and they wanted me to be their leader one day.
Why have you never told me about the Monkey-People? Bad old Baloo! They
play all day and don't do lessons, and I will play with them again.'
'Listen, man-cub,' said Baloo angrily. 'I have taught you the Law for all
the jungle-People, but not for the Monkey-People they have no law. Their
ways are not our ways. They are noisy and dirty, and they think that they are
a great people, but then they forget everything. The rest of the jungle-People
do not talk to them, or even think about them. Remember what I tell you.'
Mowgli listened, and was sorry. But all this time the Bandar-log were up
in the trees, listening and watching. They followed Mowgli and his friends
through the jungle until it was time for the midday rest. Mowgli lay between
his friends and went to sleep, saying. 'I will never talk to or play with the
Monkey-people again.'
When he woke up, he was high in a tree and there were hands holds
holding his legs and arms – hard, strong, little hands. Down below Baloo was
shouting angrily, and Bagheera was climbing up the tree, but he was too
heavy for the thin branches. The monkeys, shouting and laughing, carried
Mowgli between them and started their journey along the monkey roads,
which are high in the trees.
It was an exciting journey. The monkeys jumped from tree-top to tree-top,
crashing through the leaves and branches. At first Mowgli was scared of
falling, but then he began to think. He must tell Baloo and Bagheera where he
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monkeys were carrying a man-cub. He flew down to look, and was surprised to
hear the bird-call of the kites: 'We are of one blood, you and I'
'Who are you?' called Chil.
'Mowgli, the man-cub!' came the reply. 'Watch where they take me, and
tell Baloo and Bagheera.'
'I will,' called Chil, and he flew high above the trees and watched with his
far-seeing eyes.
Monkeys can travel fast when they want to, and by now Baloo and
Bagheera were a long way behind.
'We cannot follow the Bandar-log through the trees,' said Baloo, 'and we
will never catch them. But they are scared of Kaa, the big python. He can
climb as easily as the monkeys, and he eats them. Maybe he will help us.'
And so Baloo and Bagheera went to look for Kaa the python.
They found him, lying in the sun – ten metres of brown-and-yellow snake,
beautiful and dangerous.
'What news?' called Kaa when he saw them.
'We are looking for food,' said Baloo. He knew that you must not hurry Kaa.
He is too big.
'Let me come with you,' said Kaa hungrily. 'I have not eaten for days.'
'We are following the Bandar-log,' said Baloo. 'Those noisy, dirty thieves
have stolen our man-cub. And we love our man-cub very much, Kaa!'
'The Bandar-log,' said Bagheera cleverly, 'are very scared of you, Kaa. But
they say bad things about you, and call you "old yellow fish", I hear.'
'Tss! Tss!' said Kaa. 'I will teach them not to call me bad names. Where
did they take your man-cub? They will be tired of him quickly, and that is bad
for him.'
'Up! Up! Look up, Baloo!'
Baloo looked up and saw Chil the kite, high in the sky
'What is it?' called Baloo.
'I have seen Mowgli the man-cub with the Bandar-log. He knew the
Master-Word. They have taken him to the monkey-city, the Lost City.'
Baloo and Bagheera knew of the monkey-city. Men used to live there
once, but they left hundreds of years ago. Nobody went there now, only the
Bandar-log.
'We must go at once,' said Bagheera. 'It is a long way.'
'I will come as fast as I can,' said Baloo, 'but you and Kaa can go faster. I
will follow you.'
The Lost City was very old. There were many beautiful buildings, but the
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were now open to the sky. The Monkey-People called the place their city,
and ran around everywhere, in and out of the empty houses, up and down the
fruit trees in the old gardens.
Now Mowgli was in their city, and the monkey-People were very happy.
'This boy can help us,' they said. 'He can teach us how to make thinks,
because men are clever with their hands.' But monkeys make many plans,
and always forget them five minutes later.
When Mowgli arrived in the city, he was tired and hungry. 'Give me food,'
he said, and twenty or thirty monkey ran to get fruit. But they started fighting
and forgot to take any fruit back to Mowgli.
Mowgli knew that he was in a bad place. 'Baloo was right,' he thought.
'The Bandar-log have no Law and their ways are not our ways. I must try to
get away. Baloo will be angry with me, but that is better than life with the
Bandar-log.'
But when Mowgli went to the walls of the city, the monkeys pulled him
back. 'You are very happy here with us. We are great. We are wonderful. We
all say so, and so it is true,' they shouted.
'Don't they ever sleep?' thought Mowgli. He looked up at the sky. 'There's
a cloud coming over the moon. Maybe I can run away when it's dark. But I
am tired.'
Vocabulary
jungle ‫ؼابة كثيفة األشجار‬ keep …… safe ‫يظل أمن‬
important ‫هام‬ sound ‫صوت‬
softly = gently ‫بنعومة – برقة‬ scared of ‫خائؾ من‬
angrily ‫بؽضب‬ surprised ‫ُمندهش‬
panther ‫نمر‬ noise ‫ضوضاء‬
kind ‫ عطوؾ‬- ‫طيب‬ look for ‫يبحث عن‬
leader ‫ زعيم‬- ‫قائد‬ hurry ‫ُيسرع‬
noisy ‫ُمزعج‬ tired ‫ ُمرهق‬- ‫ُمتعب‬
dirty ‫قذر‬ follow ‫يلحق بـ‬
midday rest ‫فترة استراحة منتصؾ النهار‬ broken ‫ُمحطم – مكسور‬
hold (held, held) ‫ يرفع‬- ‫يمسك‬ full of holes ‫مملوء بالفتحات‬
branches ‫فروع أشجار‬ empty ‫ فارغ‬- ‫خالي‬
tree-top ‫قمة شجرة‬ garden ‫حديقة‬
crash ‫ يصطدم‬- ‫يتحطم‬ plan ‫خطة‬
kite ‫طائرة ورقية‬ forget (forgot, forgotten) ‫ينسى‬
blood ‫دم‬ hungry ‫جائع‬
dangerous ‫خطير‬ fruit ‫فاكهة‬
A. Questions with model answers:
1. Who loved teaching Mowgli?
Baloo, the old brown bear, loved teaching Mowgli.
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2. What did Baloo teach Mowgli?
Baloo taught Mowgli how to speak to the different Jungle-People, and he
taught him the important Master-Words.
3. Why did Mowgli run away?
Mowgli ran away angrily because Baloo hit him on the head.
4. Who climbed down from a tree to sit next to the birds?
Mowgli climbed down from a tree and came to sit next to the birds.
5. What did the monkeys give Mowgli to do?
The monkeys gave Mowgli nice things to eat.
6. What did monkey-people do all day?
Monkey-people played all day and didn't do lessons.
7. What did Baloo teach Mowgli?
Baloo taught Mowgli the law for all the jungle-people
8. Who had no law in the jungle?
Monkey-people had no law.
9. Why didn't jungle-people like monkey-people?
Jungle-people didn't like monkey-people because they were noisy and dirty.
10. What did Mowgli say before he went to sleep?
Mowgli said that he would never talk to or play with the monkey-people
again before he went to sleep.
11. Where did Mowgli find himself when he woke up?
Mowgli found himself high in a tree when he woke up.
12. Why was Mowgli scared?
Mowgli was scared of falling.
13. What did the big bird see?
The big bird saw the monkeys were carrying a man-cub.
14. Why were Baloo and Bagheera scared?
Baloo and Bagheera was scared of Kaa the python.
15. How did Kaa the python look like?
Kaa the python was ten metres of brown yellow snake.
16. What did the Bandar-log call Kaa?
The Bandar-log called Kaa 'old yellow fish'.
17. Who lived in the monkey-city hundreds of years ago?
Men used to live in the monkey-city hundreds of years ago.
18. Why were the monkey-people happy?
The monkey-people were happy because the boy could help them.
19. Why could the boy help the monkey-people?
The boy could help the monkey-people because men are clever with their
hands.
B. Complete the following sentences:
1. Baloo, the old brown bear, loved teaching Mowgli.
2. Baloo taught Mowgli how to speak to the different Jungle-People, and he
taught him the important Master-Words.
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3. Mowgli ran away angrily because Baloo hit him on the head.
4. Mowgli climbed down from a tree and came to sit next to the birds.
5. The monkeys gave Mowgli nice things to eat.
6. Monkey-people played all day and didn't do lessons.
7. Baloo taught Mowgli the law for all the jungle-people.
8. Monkey-people had no law.
9. Jungle-people didn't like monkey-people because they were noisy and dirty.
10. Mowgli said that he would never talk to or play with the monkey- people
again before he went to sleep.
11. Mowgli found himself high in a tree when he woke up.
12. Mowgli was scared of falling.
13. The big bird saw the monkeys were carrying a man-cub.
14. Baloo and Bagheera was scared of Kaa the python.
15. Kaa the python was ten metres of brown yellow snake.
16. The Bandar-log called Kaa 'old yellow fish'.
17. Men used to live in the monkey-city hundreds of years ago.
18. The monkey-people were happy because the boy could help them.
19. The boy could help the monkey-people because men are clever with their
hands.

Chapter (3) Kaa's hunting

Bagheera and Kaa were also watching that cloud. They were now outside
the city walls, but they knew they had to be careful. There were only two of
them, and there were hundreds of monkeys.
'They are over there by that house, talking about the boy,' said Bagheera.
'When the cloud comes over the moon, I will attack them.'
'I will go to the higher ground at the west wall,' Kaa said, 'and come down
the hill very fast. Good hunting!'
The black panther ran quickly to the crowds of monkeys and started
hitting, right and left, as hard as he could. The monkeys screamed angrily, but
then one of them shouted, 'There is only one here! Kill him! Kill!' And a crowd
of monkeys jumped on Bagheera, biting and pulling. Another group pulled
Mowgli up a wall and pushed him over. He fell down into a dark room which
had no doors or windows, and he could not get out. 'Stay there,' shouted the
monkeys, 'until we have killed your friend. And then we will play with you, if
the snakes leave you alive.'
Mowgli heard hissing sounds in the darkness around him. 'We are of one
blood, you and I, he said, quickly.
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 Brother, because your feet can hurt us.'
Mowgli stood very still and listened to the fight around Bagheera. For the
first time ever, the big panther was fighting for his life. Then Mowgli
remembered something. There was a big tank of water near one of the
buildings.
'Go to the tank, Bagheera! Get to the water!'
Bagheera heard and he knew that Mowgli was safe. Suddenly, he felt
stronger and he pulled himself slowly to the tank, fighting against the monkeys.
Then Baloo came running in from the jungle, shouting, 'Bagheera, I am
here!' At once the monkey jumped on him, and the bear started to hit them
with his great strong arms. Mowgli heard a splash when Bagheera jumped
into the tank. The monkeys were scared of water and could not follow him
there. But they stood all round the sides, ready to jump on him if he tried to
get out and help Baloo.
And where was Kaa all this time? It was a hard climb up to the west wall, and
Kaa moved carefully over the stones. Now he came down the hill quickly, hungry
and wanting to kill. Kaa was ten metres long, heavy and strong. He went
quietly up to the monkeys around Baloo, and he did not have to hit twice.
When they are very young, monkeys are told about Kaa, the quiet thief
who can kill the strongest monkey. All monkeys are scared of Kaa. Now they
ran, with shouts of 'It's Kaa! Run! Run!'
Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hissing
word. The monkeys were suddenly quiet and still, and nothing moved in the city.
Bagheera pulled himself out of the tank. 'Get the man-cub out and let us
go,' he said. 'I can't fight any more. And the monkeys will attack us again.'
'They will not move until I tell them to move,' said Kaa.
'We must thank you, Kaa. We could not do it without you,' said Baloo.
'I am happy to help. Where is the man-cub?' said Kaa.
'Here! In this room, but I can't get out.'
'Take him away,' called the snakes around Mowgli. 'He dances around too
much and he will stand on us.'
'stand back, man-cub,' said Kaa. 'I will break the wall.'
With two metres of his heavy body off the ground, Kaa hit the wall very
hard, five or six times. A hole opened, and Mowgli jumped quickly through it.
He ran and put his arms around Baloo and Bagheera.
'Are you hurt?' asked Baloo.
'Not much,' said Mowgli, 'but the Bandar-log have hurt you badly, my friends.'
'It is nothing,' said Baloo. 'But you must thank Kaa. He has done a lot for
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Mowgli turned and saw the head of the python.
'So this is the man-cub,' said Kaa. 'He is like the Bandar-log, but not the
same. Be careful, man-cub, that I do not make a mistake when I am hunting
monkeys.'
'We are of one blood, you and I,' Mowgli answered. 'You have given me my
life tonight. When I kill, it will be for you if you are hungry.'
'Well spoken,' said Baloo.
'You are brave, young man,' said Kaa, 'and you speak well. Now go with your
friends. The moon is going down. You must not watch what I do next.'
Kaa went softly out in front of the monkeys and began to dance. His head
moved from right to left, and his long body turned this way and that way,
making circles that moved every second. Slowly, never hurrying, Kaa danced
in front of the monkeys.
Baloo and Bagheera stood and could not move. Mowgli watched, and did
not understand.
'Bandar-log,' said the deep voice of Kaa at last. 'Can you move?'
'Without a word you, Kaa, we cannot move.'
'Come nearer to me,' said Kaa.
The monkeys came nearer, and Baloo and Bagheera walked forward, too.
'Nearer,' hissed Kaa, and they all moved forward again.
Mowgli put his hands on Baloo and Bagheera to get them away, and the
two animals woke up.
'Keep your hand on me, Mowgli,' whispered Bagheera, 'or I will go back to
Kaa, and walk into his mouth.'
'It's only old Kaa dancing,' said Mowgli. 'Let us go.' And the three of them
went away into the jungle.
'A python's dance is dangerous to watch,' said Baloo, 'even for us. Kaa will
have good hunting tonight.'
'And now, Mowgli,' said Bagheera angrily. 'Baloo and I have fought hard
for you. The monkeys have bitten us and pulled us and hit us. And all this,
man-cub, was because you played with the Bandar-log.'
'It is true,' said Mowgli sadly. 'I am a bad man-cub.'
'The Law of the Jungle says we must punish you,' said Bagheera. Baloo
was happy that Mowgli was safe and with them again, but he could not speak
against the Law.
'It is right to punish me,' said Mowgli. 'I did wrong.'
Bagheera hit him, very softly for a panther, but very heavily for a little
boy. Mowgli did not cry.
'Now,' said Bagheera, 'jump on my back, Little Brother, and we will go home.'
One of the good things about Jungle Law is that, after you are punished,
the matter is finished.
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cloud ‫سحابة‬ suddenly ‫فجأة‬
city ‫مدينة كبيرة‬ jungle ‫ؼابة كثيفة األشجار‬
careful ‫ حذر‬- ‫حريص‬ at once ‫في الحال‬
attack ‫ُيهاجم‬ twice ‫مرتين‬
hill ‫تل‬ attack ‫ُيهاجم‬
crown ‫تاج‬ break (broke, broken) ‫ يكسر‬- ‫ُيحطم‬
dark ‫ُمظلم‬ make a mistake ‫يرتكب خطأ‬
alive ‫على قيد الحياة‬ python ‫أفعى‬
blood ‫دم‬ hungry ‫جائع‬
stand still ‫يقؾ ساكن دون حراك‬ brave ‫شجاع‬ُ
bite (bit, bitten) ‫ يلدغ‬- ‫يعض‬ in front of ‫أمام‬
fight (fought, fought) ‫ يتعارك‬- ‫يتقاتل‬ safe ‫آمن‬
hurt (hurt, hurt) ‫يؤذى‬ punish ‫ُيعاقب‬
A. Questions with model answers
1. What were Bagheera and Kaa watching?
Bagheera and Kaa were watching the cloud.
2. When would Bagheera attack?
Bagheera would attack when the cloud came over the moon.
3. What did the black panther do?
The black panther ran quickly to the crowds of monkeys and started
hitting, right and left, as hard as he could.
4. What was the big panther doing?
The big panther was fighting for his life.
5. What did Mowgli remember?
Mowgli remembered that there was a big tank of water near one of the
buildings.
6. What did the bear start to do?
The bear started to hit the monkeys with his great strong arms.
7. Why were the monkeys scared?
The monkeys were scared of water.
8. Why were the monkeys suddenly quiet and still?
The monkeys were suddenly quiet and still when Kaa opened his mouth
because they were scared of him.
9. How did the wall broke?
Kaa hit the walls very hard, five or six times.
10. Why did Mowgli have to thank Kaa?
Mowgli had to thank Kaa because he had done a lot for him that night.
11. What did Kaa do in front of the monkeys?
Kaa danced in front of the monkeys.
12. Why were Bagheera and Baloo angry with Mowgli?
Because Baloo and Bagheera have fought hard for Mowgli and monkeys
have bitten them because Mowgli played with the Bandar log.
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13. What does the law of the jungle say about Mowgli's mistake?
It says that Baloo and Bagheera must punish Mowgli.
14. How was the wall broken?
Kalaa hit the walls very hard, five or six times.
15. Why did Mowgli have to thank Kaa?
Because he had done a lot for him that night.
B. Complete the following sentences:
1. Bagheera and Kaa were watching the cloud.
2. Bagheera would attack when the cloud came over the moon.
3. The black panther ran quickly to the crowds of monkeys and started hitting,
right and left, as hard as he could.
4. The big panther was fighting for his life.
5. Mowgli remembered that there was a big tank of water near one of the
buildings.
6. The bear started to hit the monkeys with his great strong arms.
7. The monkeys were scared of water.
8. The monkeys were suddenly quiet and still when Kaa opened his mouth
because they were scared of him.
9. Kaa hit the walls very hard, five or six times.
10. Mowgli had to thank Kaa because he had done a lot for him that night.
11. Kaa danced in front of the monkeys.

Chapter 4 The fight at the rock

Mowgli always went to the meetings of the Wolf-Pack, and there he learnt
something new one day. If he looked hard at any wolf, the wolf could not look
into his eyes and looked away. Mowgli thought this was funny; he did not
understand that he was different from the wolves.
All the Jungle-People were his friends – but not Shere Khan, of course.
Mother Wolf told him that the tiger wanted to kill him. 'One day you must kill
Shere Khan. If you don't kill him, he will kill you,' she said. But Mowgli forgot.
He was only a boy, not a wolf.
Shere Khan still came often to that part of the jungle. Akela was older
now and not so strong, and Shere Khan made friends with some of the
younger wolves. Akela could not stop them, and Shere Khan started to make
trouble for Mowgli. 'I hear you can't look into the man-cub's eyes,' he said,
laughing, to the young wolves. And the young wolves started to get angry.
Bagheera, who had eyes and ears everywhere, knew something of this
and told Mowgli. Mowgli laughed, but Bagheera went on, 'Open your eyes,
Little Brother. Remember that Akela is old and he will not always be the
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has no place with them. And soon you will be a man, not a man-cub.'
'But the wolves are my brothers. Why will they want me to go?'
'Look at me,' said Bagheera, and Mowgli looked at him hard between the
eyes. The big black cat turned his head away quickly. 'That is why,' he said.
'Not even I can look in your eyes. That is why they want to kill you. You are
clever. You are a man.'
'I did not know these things,' said Mowgli quietly.
'Now listen. The day will soon come when Akela cannot kill his deer in the
hunt. Then at the next meeting of the Pack the younger wolves will be
against Akela and against you. When that time comes, go to the men's
houses in the village and take some of their Red Flower. That will be a
stronger friend to you than I or Baloo.'
The Red Flower was fire. All animals are scared of it and do not call it by
its name. 'I will get some,' said Mowgli. 'I will go and get it now, and keep it
ready,' and he ran through the jungle to the village.
On his way he heard the sounds of the Wolf-Pack hunting a big deer.
'Show us that you are strong, Akela,' came the voices of the young wolves.
'Kill it!'
Mowgli stopped and listened, and he could hear that Akela did not kill the
deer. 'So the time has come already,' he thought, and hurried to the village.
He watched and waited, and soon he saw a child who was carrying a fire-pot.
Mowgli jumped up, took the pot from him, and quickly ran away, back to the
jungle. All that day he kept his fire alive with leaves and pieces of wood.
In the evening Tabaqui came and told him that the wolves wanted him at
the meeting. Mowgli laughed, and went. When he arrived, he saw that Akela
was not in his place on top of the rock; he was sitting next to it.
Now another wolf could try to take Akela's place. Shere Khan was there
too, with all the younger wolves around him. Mowgli sat down, with the fire-
pot between his legs. Bagheera lay beside him.
Shere Khan began to speak and Mowgli jumped up.
'Free People, is Shere Khan your leader? Does a tiger belong in the Wolf-Pack"'
'There is no wolf on the rock,' began Shere Khan, but the other wolves
said, 'Let Akela speak.'
Akela looked up, old and tired. 'Free People, I have been your leader for
many years. In all that time no wolf has died in the hunt. But this time I did
not kill my deer. The law of the Jungle says that you can kill me now, but the
law also says that you must come one by one.'
No one spoke. Akela was old, but nobody wanted to fight Akela alone.
Then Shere Khan spoke. 'Bah! This old wolf is not important. He will die
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'A man! A man! Cried most of the younger wolves angrily. 'A man
does not belong in the Wolf-Pack.'
'Mowgli is our brother,' said Akela. 'He has eaten our food. He has slept with
us. He has done nothing wrong. Let him go to his own place.'
'He is a man,' cried Shere Khan and most of the wolves.
Mowgli stood up, the fire-pot in this hands. He was very angry, and very sad.
'You have said many times that I am a man. I was your brother, but I will
not call you my brothers again. I will decide on my life or my death, not you. I
am a man, and to show you, I have brought the red Flower with me.'
He dropped the fire-pot on the ground and some of the fire fell out. The
wolves were very scared and moved back.
Mowgli held a long piece of wood in the fire and the end began to burn
brightly.
'You are the leader now,' said Bagheera softly. 'Help Akela. He was always
your friend.'
'Good,' said Mowgli. He looked at the frightened wolves. 'I will go from
you to my people – the world of men. But first …' and Mowgli went to Shere
Khan. 'This killer of cows wanted to kill me. This is what men do to killers of
cows,' and he hit Shere Khan on the head with the burning stick. The tiger
was very frightened.
'Go now,' said Mowgli to Shere Khan. 'Than next time I come to this rock,
it will your dead body. I tell you this also, my brothers – you will not kill
Akela, because I do not want that. Akela is free to live.'
And Mowgli jumped at the young wolves with his burning stick and they
all ran away. In the end there were only Akela, Bagheera and a few older
wolves left. Then something began to hurt Mowgli inside him, and for the
first time in his life, tears ran down his face.
'What is it? What is it? Am I dying, Bagheera?'
'No, Little Brother. You are a man, and these are men's tears. But you
must go – the jungle is closed to you now.'
'Yes,' said Mowgli. 'I will go to men. But first I must say goodbye to my
mother.' And he went to the cave and cried on Mother Wolf's coat.
'You will not forget me?' Mowgli said to his wolf-family.
'Never,' said his wolf-brothers. 'Come to the foot of the hill when you are
a man, and we will talk with you.'
'Come soon, little frog,' said Father Wolf, 'because your mother and I are
getting old.'
'I will come,' said Mowgli, 'and I will bring the coat of Shere Khan and put
it on the Meeting Rock.'
And in the morning Mowgli went down the hill alone to meet those strange
things that are called men.
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deer ‫ ؼزال‬- ‫ظبى‬ stick ‫عصا‬
fire ‫نار‬ dead ‫ميت‬
life ‫الحياة‬ wolf ‫ذئب‬
death ‫الموت‬ closed ‫ُمؽلق‬
frightened ‫خائؾ‬ strange ‫ؼريب‬
A. Questions with model answers
1. What did Mowgli learn at the meetings of the Wolf-Pack?
Mowgli learnt something new every day at the meeting of the Wolf-Pack.
2. What did Mother Wolf tell Mowgli?
Mother Wolf told Mowgli that Shere Khan wanted to kill him.
3. Who became friends with Shere Khan?
Shere Khan made friends with some of the younger wolves.
4. What would be a stronger friend than Baloo and Bagheera?
The Red flower would be a stronger friend than Baloo and Bagheera to Mowgli.
5. What was the Red Flower?
The Red Flower was fire.
6. Why didn't animals call fire by its name?
Animals didn't call fire by its name because they were scared of it.
7. What did Mowgli hear?
Mowgli heard that Akela did not kill the deer.
8. What did Mowgli take from the child?
Mowgli took a fire-pot from the child.
9. How did Mowgli keep the fire alive?
Mowgli kept the fire alive with leaves and pieces of wood.
10. Who were around Shere Khan?
Younger wolves were around Shere Khan.
11. Why did nobody want to fight Akela?
Nobody wanted to fight Akela alone.
12. Why were the wolves scared?
The wolves were scared of the red flower.
13. What did Mowgli do with Shere Khan?
Mowgli hit Shere Khan on the head with the burning stick.
14. What did Mowgli ask his wolf-family?
Mowgli asked his wolf-family whether they would forget him.
B. Complete the following sentences:
1. Mowgli learnt something new every day at the meeting of the Wolf-Pack.
2. Mother Wolf told Mowgli that Shere Khan wanted to kill him.
3. Shere Khan made friends with some of the younger wolves.
4. The Red flower would be a stronger friend than Baloo and Bagheera to
Mowgli.
5. The Red Flower was fire.
6. Animals didn't call fire by its name because they were scared of it.
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7. Mowgli heard that Akela did not kill the deer.
8. Mowgli took a fire-pot from the child.
9. Mowgli kept the fire alive with leaves and pieces of wood.
10. Younger wolves were around Shere Khan.
11. Nobody wanted to fight Akela alone.
12. The wolves were scared of the red flower.
13. Mowgli hit Shere Khan on the head with the burning stick.
14. Mowgli asked his wolf-family whether they would forget him.

Chapter 5 Tiger-Tiger
Mowgli knew that he had enemies now and he went far away. He ran until
he came to a village in a place with many rocks. Everywhere Mowgli could see
cows and buffaloes. Some little boys were looking after the cows, but when
they saw Mowgli, they shouted and ran away. Mowgli walked on until he
came to the village.
He sat down by gate. When a man came out of the village, Mowgli opened
his mouth to show that he wanted food. The man ran back into the village
and came back with a hundred other people. They all looked at Mowgli.
'Look,' said a man, 'he is a wild chil who has come from the jungle.'
'He is a handsome boy,' said one of the women. 'Messua, he looks like your
little boy that was taken by the tiger.'
'Let me look,' said Messua. 'Yes, he is thin, but he looks like my son.'
'Take him to your house, Messua,' the villagers said. 'The jungle took your
boy, and the jungle has given you this one back.'
The woman called Messua took Mowgli to her house and gave him milk
and bread. This was Mowgli's first time in a house, and he did not like it. It felt
like a prison.
'But I am a man now,' he thought, 'and I must do what men do. I must
also learn to speak like men.' He knew all the many languages of the jungle,
and so it was easy for him to learn the sounds of men. That first evening he
learnt many words from Messua.
But that night he did not want to sleep inside the house. So he climbed
out of the window and went to sleep in a field near the village. Before he
went to sleep, a soft grey nose touched his face. It was Grey Brother, the
oldest of Mother Wolf's cubs.
'Wake up, Little Brother,' he said. 'I bring news. Shere Khan has gone
away. You burnt his coat with the red Flower. But he says that, when he
comes back, he will kill you.'
'I remember also what I said about Shere Khan,' said Mowgli. 'But it is
good to have news. Will you always bring news, Grey Brother?'
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 'Yes, Little Brother. But you will not forget that you are a wolf? You will
not forget us when you are with men?'
'Never,' replied Mowgli. 'I will always remember that I love you all.'
* * *
For three months Mowgli learnt how to be like a man. He had to wear
clothes, learn how to use money, and how to work in the fields. In the
evening he sat with the villagers under a great tree, while the men told stories
about the jungle and the animals.
Once, when Buldeo, the village hunter, told a story about a tiger, Mowgli
had to hide his face because he was laughing. At the end he said, 'Buldeo's
stories are stupid. He knows nothing about the jungle.'
The villagers did not like this, and after that they sent Mowgli out every
day with the other boys, to look after the cows and buffaloes while ate. Mowgli
liked this work, and usually went on alone, with a big group of cows and
buffaloes.
One day he saw Grey Brother under a tree near the jungle. 'Shere Khan
has come back, but he is waiting for a while. Then he is coming to kill you,'
said Grey Brother.
'Very good,' said Mowgli. 'Tell me when he comes. Meet me at the river,
by the big dhak-tree with golden flowers. I will watch for you there every day.'
Day after day Mowgli went out with the cows and the buffaloes, but there
was nobody at the dhak-tree. Then at last the day came when Grey Brother
was waiting for him.
'Shere Khan has waited for a month, and is hoping that you have now
forgotten about him,' said the wolf. 'He's going to wait for you at village gate
this evening. But now he is hiding in the big dry ravine of the Waingunga. I
met Tabaqui this morning –' here grey Brother showed his teeth a little '- and
before I broke his back, he told me all about Shere Khan's plan.'
'Has Shere Khan eaten today, or is he hungry?' The answer was life or death
for Mowgli.
'He killed and ate this morning. And he has drunk, too.'
'How stupid he is!' said Mowgli. 'Does he think that I shall wait until he has
slept?' He stood and thought for a while. 'The ravine of Waingunga!
I can take the buffaloes round to the top end and chase Shere Khan down the
ravine. After a meal, he cannot fight or climb easily. But I need a big group of
cows at the bottom end of the ravine, to stop him running away. Then we will
catch him between the buffaloes and the cows. Can you help me, Grey
brother?' 'Not I alone,' said Grey Brother, 'but there is someone here who will
help me.' And the big grey head of Akela came out from the trees.
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wolves ran here and there, and soon the cows and buffaloes were in
two groups. Already, they were getting excited and dangerous. The other
boys, who were watching a long way away, ran back to the village with the
news.
'Keep the cows together, Grey Brother,' called Mowgli. 'Drive them into the
bottom end of the ravine and keep them there until we come down. Akela,
you and I will take the buffaloes round to the top.'
They drove the buffaloes round in a big circle uphill. It took a long time
because they did not want Shere Khan to hear them. At last, Mowgli was
ready. He stopped and shouted down the ravine.
'Shere Khan! It is I, Mowgli. It is time for our meeting!'
Mowgli rode on the back of Rama, the biggest of the buffaloes, and Akela
chased the animals for behind. The buffaloes began to run down the ravine,
faster and faster, and the sound of their heavy feet was very frightening.
Shere Khan heard the noise and work up. He knew what it was, and he
began to run down the ravine. No tiger can hope to stand against lots of
buffaloes when they are moving fast. He looked for a way to get out, but the
ravine was narrow, with high rocky walls. He had to go on, heavy with his
dinner and his drink. Then he saw the cows at the bottom of the ravine,
and turned. But it was too late. He fell under the feel of the buffaloes, and
they ran over him like a river running down a mountain.
The buffaloes did not stop until they crashed into the cows. Mowgli jumped
off Roma's back and shouted to Akela and Grey Brother.
'It is done! Shere Khan is dead! He died the death of a dog, not a fighting tiger.'
Mowgli took his knife and started to cut the coat from Shere Khan's body.
It was hard work. After an hour Mowgli was still working when suddenly he felt
a hand on his back. It was Buldeo, the village hunter.
'Go and look after your buffaloes,' he cried angrily. 'I will take this tiger's
coat. I can sell it for a hundred rupees.'
'No,' said Mowgli. 'I want this coat.'
'Listen, boy!' shouted Buldeo. 'I am the village hunter, and I will take the
coat, and keep all the money.'
Then Mowgli spoke to Akela in the wolf-language, and suddenly Buldeo was
lying on his back on the ground with a big grey wolf standing over him.
'Buldeo,' said Mowgli, 'for a long time this tiger has wanted to kill me. But
I have killed him.'
Buldeo was very frightened. Who was this boy who could talk to wolves
and kill tigers? 'Great King,' he said to Mowgli, 'I am an old man. I thought
you were just a boy. Let me go now, and I will go away.'
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 It was nearly dark when at last he and the wolves pulled the great coat
away from the tiger's body.
'Now we must hide this and take the cows and the buffaloes back to the
village,' said Mowgli.
But when Mowgli came near the village, there were a lot of people waiting
for him at the gate. 'Go away, wild child!' they shouted. 'Go away, or we will
kill you!'
Mowgli did not understand. Shere Khan – the tiger who killed cows and
stole children – was dead, but people were angry with him. He turned away
and looked up at the stars in sky. 'No more sleeping in houses for me, Akela.
Let us get Shere Khan's coat and go away.'
The moon climbed high in the sky, and the frightened villagers watched
while Mowgli began to run across the fields, with the two grey wolves running
at his side.
* * *
The moon was going down when Mowgli and the two wolves came to
Mother Wolf's cave. 'The men do not want me, Mother,' called Mowgli. 'I have
come home, and I have brought the coat of Shere Khan.'
Mother Wolf came out of the cave, very happy to see Mowgli again, and to
know that Shere Khan was deaf.
From the jungle came the deep voice of Bagheera. 'Little Brother, we are to
see you.'
Then Mowgli took the coat of Shere Khan and put it on the great rock at
the wolves' meeting place. Akela called, 'look well, O Wolves!' And Wolf-Pack
came and looked, and saw that Shere Khan was dead.
'Now,' said Mowgli, 'I do not belong to the Wolf-Pack or to the Man-Pack. I
will hunt alone in the jungle.'
'And we will hunt with you,' said Grey Brother and the rest of Mother Wolf's
cubs.
And Mowgli went away into the jungle and lived and hunted with his
brothers, the wolves.
Vocabulary
enemy ‫عدو‬ touch ‫يلمس‬
buffalo ‫جاموسة‬ news ‫أخبار‬
prison ‫سجن‬ ravine ُ
‫طريق تحيطه الصخور‬
language ‫لؽة‬ peace ‫سالم‬
field ‫حقل‬ dark ‫ُمظلم‬
A. Questions with model answers
1. Why did Mowgli go far away?
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2. Where did Mowgli go?
Mowgli went to a village in a place with many rocks.
3. Who were looking after cows?
Some little boys were looking after the cows.
4. How did Mowgli show that he wanted food?
Mowgli opened his mouth to show that he wanted food.
5. What did the villagers ask Messua?
The villagers asked Messua to take the boy to his house.
6. What did Messua give Mowgli?
Messua gave Mowgli milk and bread.
7. Why didn't Mowgli like to be in a house?
Mowgli didn't like to be in a house because it felt like a prison.
8. Where did Mowgli sleep?
Mowgli slept in a field near the village.
9. What did Shere Khan promise?
Shere Khan promised to kill Mowgli when he came back.
10. What did Mowgli learn?
Mowgli learnt to wear clothes and how to use money and how to work in
the fields.
11. Where did Mowgli sit in the evening?
Mowgli sat under a great tree in the evening.
12. Where did the villagers send Mowgli?
The villagers sent Mowgli to look after the cows and buffaloes while they ate.
13. What did Mowgli's grey brother tell him?
Mowgli grey brother told him that Shere Khan had come back.
14. How long did Shere Khan wait?
Shere Khan waited for a month.
15. Where did Shere Khan hide?
Shere Khan hid in the big dry ravine of the Waingunga.
16. What couldn't Shere Khan do after a meal?
Shere Khan couldn't fight or climb easily after a meal.
17. Why did it take the buffaloes a long time?
It took a long time because the buffaloes did not want Shere Khan to hear
them.
18. Who chased the animals?
Akela chased the animals
19. What did Shere Khan begin to do?
Shere Khan began to run down the ravine.
20. How did Shere Khan die?
Shere Khan died the death of a dog.
21. Why did Budleo want the tiger's coat?
Budleo wanted to tiger's coat to sell it for a hundred rupees.
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 Buldeo was frightened because of the boy who could walk to wolves and kill
tigers.
23. Why did Mowgli return home?
Mowgli returned home because men don't want him.
24. Why would Mowgli hunt alone in the jungle?
Mowgli would hunt alone because he didn't belong to the Wolf-Pack or to the
Man-Pack.
B. Complete the following sentences:
1. Mowgli knew that he had enemies so he went far away.
2. Mowgli went to a village in a place with many rocks.
3. Some little boys were looking after the cows.
4. Mowgli opened his mouth to show that he wanted food.
5. The villagers asked Messua to take the boy to his house.
6. Messua gave Mowgli milk and bread.
7. Mowgli didn't like to be in a house because it felt like a prison.
8. Mowgli slept in a field near the village.
9. Shere Khan promised to kill Mowgli when he came back.
10. Mowgli learnt to wear clothes and how to use money and how to work in the
fields.
11. Mowgli sat under a great tree in the evening.
12. The villagers sent Mowgli to look after the cows and buffaloes while they ate.
13. Mowgli grey brother told him that Shere Khan had come back.
14. Shere Khan waited for a month.
15. Shere Khan hid in the big dry ravine of the Waingunga.
16. Shere Khan couldn't fight or climb easily after a meal.
17. It took a long time because the buffaloes did not want Shere Khan to
hear them.
18. Akela chased the animals
19. Shere Khan began to run down the ravine.
20. Shere Khan died the death of a dog.
21. Budleo wanted to tiger's coat to sell it for a hundred rupees.
22. Buldeo was frightened because of the boy who could walk to wolves and kill
tigers.
23. Mowgli returned home because men don't want him.
24. Mowgli would hunt alone because he didn't belong to the Wolf-Pack or to the
Man-Pack.

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