![]() ![]() The villagers throw stones at Mowgli, and he returns to the jungle with Shere Khan’s skin. However, the superstitious old man Buldeo sees Mowgli’s friendship with the wolves and tells the other villagers that Mowgli is a demon who can turn into an animal. With the help of the wolves, Mowgli sets a trap for Shere Khan in a narrow canyon, using the wolves to herd the buffalos and trampling Shere Khan to death. While he is out with the herd, his wolf brother comes to tell him that Shere Khan is back, recovered from the fire, and plans to hunt him. ![]() Mowgli is critical of the old men who tell superstitious stories about ghosts, and so he goes to herd the village buffalo. He is adopted by a woman named Messua, but finds it difficult to adjust to human customs such as sleeping inside and wearing clothes. The third story, “Tiger! Tiger!,” picks up where the first left off, as Mowgli goes to live in the human village. However, his use of human technology means that he must leave the jungle and go to live in the human village instead. Bagheera advises Mowgli to go to the human village and bring back fire, which the animals call the “red flower.” When Akela becomes too old and is ousted as leader of the pack, Mowgli uses the fire to drive off Shere Khan. Mowgli grows up with the wolves, but Shere Khan waits for his chance at revenge when Akela grows old and feeble. Baloo the bear advocates for Mowgli’s adoption and Bagheera the panther kills a bull for the pack to eat in exchange for Mowgli’s life. Shere Khan protests, demanding to eat him. The wolf pack, led by a wolf called Akela, debates if they should adopt Mowgli. The wolf mother, Raksha, becomes attached to the baby and decides to call him Mowgli, meaning frog. In the first story, “Mowgli’s Brothers,” a pair of wolves called Rama and Raksha find a human baby who is being hunted by the partially “lame” tiger Shere Khan. The first three stories in The Jungle Book focus on the character of Mowgli, depicting his adoption by a wolf pack, his education in the jungle, and his eventual defeat of the tiger Shere Khan. Each story in The Jungle Book focuses on the world of animals, primarily Indian animals, and each story ends with an epigram in the form of a song or poem. ![]()
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