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The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" , in the central


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Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling photo

“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”

The Law of the Jungle, Stanzas 1 and 2.
The Second Jungle Book (1895)
Source: The Jungle Book
Context: p>Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the Law runneth forward and back;
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.</p

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“We be of one blood, ye and I.”

Kaa's Hunting.
The Jungle Book (1894)
Source: The Jungle Books

Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling photo

“Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
This is the way of the Monkey-kind!”

Road-Song of the Bandar-Log.
The Jungle Book (1894)

Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling photo

“There is none like to me!”

says the Cub in the pride of his earliest kill;
But the jungle is large and the Cub he is small. Let him think and be still.
Kaa's hunting.
The Jungle Book (1894)

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