The Jungle Book (Part-2)
The wise Bagheera had eyes and ears everywhere. He knew everything that was going on in and around the jungle. The growing popularity of Sher Khan worried him greatly. More and more young wolves were following Sher Khan and Akela. The leader of the community was getting old. Bagheera knew that Sher Khan dare not kill Mowgli till Akela was the leader but after that nobody could save him. He warned Mowgli about this. One night Sher Khan came to the council meeting.
“Why do you let this man-cub hunt with the pack?” growled Sher Khan. “Send him back to the village.”
Many of young wolves agreed with him.
“I will kill you one day Sher Khan and remain here!” exclaimed Mowgli.
“You must first get the Red Flower that grows in the huts of the village.”, advised Bagheera.
All the jungle folks feared fire and called it the Red Flower. Bagheera had once been held a slave in the case of a mighty king. So, he knew about the cleverness and cruelty of man. “One day you will return to your people. But you must protect yourself for now.”, said Bagheera.
Mowgli understood and ran towards the village for Red Flower. As he ran, he heard the pack hunting and saw the hunted sambar knock down by Akela, the leader. Mowgli fetched fire. On the way he met Sher Khan and scared him away with the stick of fire held aloft.
At the next council meeting Mowgli was ordered to go back to his people in the village. Mowgli knew that he had to obey but felt sad at leaving his jungle family and friends. He bade farewell to Bagheera and Baloo. “Do not forget me my friend.”, said Mowgli crying bitterly.
He then went to the cave to bid farewell to father wolf and mother wolf and the four cubs. “Come back soon, son. we are getting old.”, said father wolf and mother wolf.
“Come to the foot of the hill and we will play together.”, said the cubs. Mowgli went to live in the village. He learned their ways and their language. But his heart grieved for the jungle folks.
For three months Mowgli hardly ever left the village. Then one day, the village headman told Mowgli to take the buffaloes out to graze early in the morning and bring them home at night. Mowgli soon became the leader of all the boys. One day at the edge of the village, he saw his wolf friends with Akela. “You have certainly brought me news of Sher Khan?” asked Mowgli.
“He is on your trail with Tabaqui. This time he means to kill you.”, said Akela. “He is waiting for you in the tall.”, added the Gray wolf.
Mowgli made his buffalos charge ahead and before Sher Khan knew what was happening, he was trampled underfoot. Mowgli was triumphant. Now Mowgli proudly went back to the jungle carrying the tiger skin. Even when he had lived in the village, Mowgli’s heart had remained with his jungle folks. He had waited for an opportunity to return to the jungle.
After killing Sher Khan, he felt the time had come to return. Mowgli went to the Council Rock and called a meeting of the pack. “I had vowed to kill Sher Khan one day. I have fulfilled my promise. I bring you the skin of Sher Khan as proof.”, declared Mowgli to the gathering.
The young wolves requested Mowgli to become their leader. “No!” declared Mowgli. “you must choose a leader from yourselves. I am not a wolf and cannot be your leader.”
Mowgli was thrilled to be back in the jungle with the folks he loved so much. He began to hunt with his friends Bagheera and Baloo.
He played with his young wolf brothers and lived happily with his wolf-family.
***************************************
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by English famous Nobel writer Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-1894. The original publications contain lots of illustrations. Rudyard Kipling was born in India and spent his first six years of his childhood in India. After ten years, he went back in India and worked there for another six and half years. Rudyard Kipling was written these stories for his lovely daughter Josephine. Josephine was died in1899, when she was only six years old.
The Second Jungle Book was published in 1895, it includes five further stories about Mowgli. These stories were fables, using animals to explain the human behaviour to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Rudyard Kipling put in those ideas and illusions nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as typically of the politics and society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories turning around the adventures of an cast off "man cub Mowgli who was raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.
**************************************
- by Rudyard Kipling
 |
| The Jungle Book |
The wise Bagheera had eyes and ears everywhere. He knew everything that was going on in and around the jungle. The growing popularity of Sher Khan worried him greatly. More and more young wolves were following Sher Khan and Akela. The leader of the community was getting old. Bagheera knew that Sher Khan dare not kill Mowgli till Akela was the leader but after that nobody could save him. He warned Mowgli about this. One night Sher Khan came to the council meeting.
“Why do you let this man-cub hunt with the pack?” growled Sher Khan. “Send him back to the village.”
Many of young wolves agreed with him.
“I will kill you one day Sher Khan and remain here!” exclaimed Mowgli.
“You must first get the Red Flower that grows in the huts of the village.”, advised Bagheera.
All the jungle folks feared fire and called it the Red Flower. Bagheera had once been held a slave in the case of a mighty king. So, he knew about the cleverness and cruelty of man. “One day you will return to your people. But you must protect yourself for now.”, said Bagheera.
Mowgli understood and ran towards the village for Red Flower. As he ran, he heard the pack hunting and saw the hunted sambar knock down by Akela, the leader. Mowgli fetched fire. On the way he met Sher Khan and scared him away with the stick of fire held aloft.
At the next council meeting Mowgli was ordered to go back to his people in the village. Mowgli knew that he had to obey but felt sad at leaving his jungle family and friends. He bade farewell to Bagheera and Baloo. “Do not forget me my friend.”, said Mowgli crying bitterly.
He then went to the cave to bid farewell to father wolf and mother wolf and the four cubs. “Come back soon, son. we are getting old.”, said father wolf and mother wolf.
“Come to the foot of the hill and we will play together.”, said the cubs. Mowgli went to live in the village. He learned their ways and their language. But his heart grieved for the jungle folks.
For three months Mowgli hardly ever left the village. Then one day, the village headman told Mowgli to take the buffaloes out to graze early in the morning and bring them home at night. Mowgli soon became the leader of all the boys. One day at the edge of the village, he saw his wolf friends with Akela. “You have certainly brought me news of Sher Khan?” asked Mowgli.
 |
| The Jungle Book |
Mowgli made his buffalos charge ahead and before Sher Khan knew what was happening, he was trampled underfoot. Mowgli was triumphant. Now Mowgli proudly went back to the jungle carrying the tiger skin. Even when he had lived in the village, Mowgli’s heart had remained with his jungle folks. He had waited for an opportunity to return to the jungle.
After killing Sher Khan, he felt the time had come to return. Mowgli went to the Council Rock and called a meeting of the pack. “I had vowed to kill Sher Khan one day. I have fulfilled my promise. I bring you the skin of Sher Khan as proof.”, declared Mowgli to the gathering.
The young wolves requested Mowgli to become their leader. “No!” declared Mowgli. “you must choose a leader from yourselves. I am not a wolf and cannot be your leader.”
Mowgli was thrilled to be back in the jungle with the folks he loved so much. He began to hunt with his friends Bagheera and Baloo.
He played with his young wolf brothers and lived happily with his wolf-family.
***************************************
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by English famous Nobel writer Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-1894. The original publications contain lots of illustrations. Rudyard Kipling was born in India and spent his first six years of his childhood in India. After ten years, he went back in India and worked there for another six and half years. Rudyard Kipling was written these stories for his lovely daughter Josephine. Josephine was died in1899, when she was only six years old.
 |
| Rudyard Kipling |
**************************************
If you want to read the 1st part of this story... Click Here
If you Want to read more World famous stories... Click Here
No comments:
Post a Comment