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Identifier: junglebookkipl (find matches)
Title: The jungle book
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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her (he was theeldest of Mother Wolfs cubs). This is a poorreward for following thee twenty miles. Thousmellest of wood-smoke and cattle — altogetherlike a man already. Wake, Little Brother; Ibring news. Are all well in the jungle? said Mowgli,hugging him. All except the wolves that were burned withthe Red Flower. Now, listen. Shere Khan hasgone away to hunt far off till his coat growsagain, for he is badly singed. When he returnshe swears that he will lay thy bones in theWaingunga. There are two words to that. I also havemade a little promise. But news is always good.I am tired to-night,—very tired with new things,Gray Brother,— but bring me the news always. Thou wilt not forget that thou art a wolf?Men will not make thee forget ? said GrayBrother, anxiously. Never. I will always remember that I lovethee and all in our cave; but also I will alwaysremember that I have been cast out of thePack. And that thou mayest be cast out of anotherpack. Men are only men, Little Brother, and
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TIGER! TIGER! 101 their talk is like the talk of frogs in a pond.When I come down here again, I will wait forthee in the bamboos at the edge of the grazing-ground. For three months after that night Mowglihardly ever left the village gate, he was so busylearning the ways and customs of men. First hehad to wear a cloth round him, which annoyedhim horribly; and then he had to learn aboutmoney, which he did not in the least understand,and about plowing, of which he did not see theuse. Then the little children in the village madehim very angry. Luckily, the Law of the Junglehad taught him to keep his temper, for in thejungle, life and food depend on keeping yourtemper; but when they made fun of him becausehe would not play games or fly kites, or becausehe mispronounced some word, only the know-ledge that it was unsportsmanlike to kill littlenaked cubs kept him from picking them up andbreaking them in two. He did not know his own strength in theleast. In the jungle he knew he was weak com-p

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