The story is about a man-baby who was found in the jungle by Bagheera the panther. Bagheera carried the baby to his friends, the wolves. The wolves raised the baby as their own. They named him Mowgli. Mowgli learned to take care of himself in the jungle, but Bagheera the panther was always nearby. He was ever ready to protect little Mowgli. The elephants became his friends. Even the elephant’s gruff leader, Colonel Hathi, became Mowgli’s friend. It was Colonel Hathi who marched every day at the head of his elephant patrol.
Not everyone in the jungle was Mowgli’s friend. There was hungry aka the constrictor. His eyes could hypnotize almost everyone. And his coils could crush almost anything. Mowgli’s most dangerous enemy was Sher Khan, the man-eating tiger. Sher Khan was determined to kill the Man-cub, Mowgli before he had a chance to become a man.
The leader of wolf pack decided there was only one way to keep Mowgli safe. “The boy must be taken to the Man village,” they said. Bagheera agreed to take him there. Mowgli thought...