The Jungle Book, collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1894. The Second Jungle Book, published in 1895, contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli, an Indian boy who is raised by wolves and learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals.

The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and, more fancifully, the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan, the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli’s enemy; Tabaqui the jackal, Shere Khan’s obsequious servant; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.

There's also a film made about it, that's very loosely based on the short stories in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Mowgli (voiced by Bruce Reitherman) is a young boy who, since infancy, has been raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. His safety is threatened, however, when the man-hating tiger Shere Khan (George Sanders) returns. The wolves decide to send Mowgli to a human village for his protection, accompanied by the panther Bagheera. The two encounter many other animals during their journey, including the happy-go-lucky bear Baloo (Phil Harris), the dangerous snake Kaa (Sterling Holloway), and King Louie of the Apes (Louis Prima). Although Mowgli has resisted leaving the jungle, he changes his mind after meeting a young girl and departs to live among his own kind.

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