The Jungle BookKipling, Rudyard
The Jungle Book
Mowgli’s adventures among the wolves share this collection with stories of other animals, including the mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Each tale can be read on its own.
Stories in this collection
- Mowgli’s Brothers
- Kaa’s Hunting
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
From the English edition
It was seven o’clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day’s rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. “Augrh!” said Father Wolf. “It is time to hunt again.” He was going to spring down…
Edition and source
Project Gutenberg eBook 236 · English
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