FOREWORD A note to the reader Three classic stories rest in your hands The characters are famous The tales are timeless This Junior Classic edition of well known stories from The Jungle Book has been carefully condensed condensed and adapted from the original versions which you really must read when you're ready for every detail We kept the well known phrases for you We kept Rudyard Kipling's style And we kept the important imagery and heart of each tale Literature is terrific fun It encourages you to think It helps you dream It is full of heroes and villains suspense and humor adventure and wonder and new ideas It introduces you to writers who reach out across time to say Do you want to hear a story I wrote Curl up and enjoy
ABOUT THE AUTHOR RUDYARD KIPLING Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay now Mumbai India on December 30 1865. His parents were English and he was sent to school in England at age six He was not happy to be away at school but he enjoyed writing He published his first book Schoolboy Lyrics when he was sixteen In 1882 Kipling went to live with his parents in Pakistan He became well known for his writings about the lives of soldiers In 1889 he returned to England after traveling through Burma China Japan and the United States After marrying an American Kipling moved to Vermont While there he wrote The Jungle Book 1894 and The Second Jungle Book 1895 two of his most famous books Kipling enjoyed traveling but he eventually settled in England He wrote many books including Captains Courageous 1897 Kim 1901 and Just So Stories 1902 In 1907 he became the first Englishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Kipling died in 1936 and is buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey
CONTENTS THE MOWGLI STORIES 1 The Man Cub 2 The Wolf Pack Council 3. The Law of the Jungle 4 The Bandar log 5 The Cold Lairs 6 Kaa's Hunting 7 Bagheera's Warning 8 The Red Flower 9 The Village 10 The Gathering 11 Tiger Tiger 12 The Return to Council Rock THE WHITE SEAL 1 Kotick 2 It's Horrible 3 The Island RIKKI TIKKI TAVI 1 Rikki tikki Finds a Home 2 Rikki tikki the Brave
THE MOWGLI STORIES This is the hour of pride and power Talon and tusk and claw Oh hear the call Good hunting all That keep the Jungle Law -Night Song in the Jungle
