THE JUNGLE BOOK !!!

The silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound. The Black Leopard found a human baby in that jungle. Few days back, a wolf couple was blessed with some cubs. The human baby joined that club. The male wolf and the female wolf became the parents of this human baby. Bagira, the black leopard named that human baby as Mowgli. Mowgli grew up in that jungle. In India, it has been a tradition among the Kings and Princes to hunt tigers in the jungles to prove their courage. That’s the reason why the tigers used to hate humans. Sher Khan, the dangerous Royal Bengal Tiger of the jungles of Madhya Pradesh of India was back in that particular jungle where Mowgli was staying with a pack of wolves. Akila, the Sarpanch of the Wolf Society called up a meeting where he ordered that Mowgli should be sent back to the adjacent human village of the jungle to save the wolves from the attacks of that dangerous Sher Khan.

Bagira promised the wolves that Mowgli would be sent back safely to the human society. Bagira and Mowgli felt tired after a long journey in the jungle. Kaa, the Indian Python tried to gulp Mowgli after applying the hypnotizing powers with its eyes. Bagira saved Mowgli at the right time. Colonel Hathi was an efficient Elephant of Indian Army under the then Maharaja of India. After retirement, Colonel Hathi was allowed to return back to his native jungle. In this Jungle, Colonel Hathi created his own regiment and they used to march through the jungle with proper discipline. Colonel Hathi ordered Bagira that this human child must not stay in this jungle. Mowgli was feeling depressed as almost everyone in that jungle wanted him to return back to the human society.

Mowgli was feeling lonely while sitting in front of a large rock. A Bubbly Bear was passing by while singing the song, ‘Dooby Dooby Dooba Dee Doo. Oh! It’s a Dooba Dee Doo.’ Balloo, the bear felt that the human child is depressed. ‘Hey Kid! You need help.’ Balloo tried to cheer up Mowgli. After hearing a sound, Bagira thought that Mowgli was in danger. But, it was something else. Both Balloo and Mowgli have become good friends. Balloo started singing the song, ‘Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities, forget about your worries and your strife, I mean the bare necessities, old Mother Nature’s recipes that bring the bare necessities of life.’ Bagira left Mowgli with Balloo and went deep inside the jungle.

Both Balloo and Mowgli were resting on a pond in the jungle. Balloo was taking a nap while floating on the pond water. The monkeys kidnapped Mowgli and took him towards a haunted temple inside the jungle. Balloo shouted ‘Bagira’. Bagira met Balloo and decided to rescue Mowgli from King Louie, the orangutan who was the king of all apes and monkeys in that jungle. Humans were also the apes many years back. Those Apes who learned the art of producing fire by rubbing two stones experienced evolution in their body, food habits and lifestyle to become humans. But, the apes who didn’t knew the art of producing fire remained as apes only. That’s why; King Louie wanted to learn the art of producing fire from Mowgli. King Louie sang the song, ‘I wanna be like you, I wanna talk like you, walk like you too.’ Bagira and Balloo rescued Mowgli from monkeys.

Bagira requested Balloo to make Mowgli understand that a human being should go back to the human society to live his life peacefully. When Balloo told Mowgli to go to the nearby human village, Mowgli started running away inside the jungle while weeping. Mowgli got lost in the woods. Balloo and Bagira started the combing search. Even Colonel Hathi was informed by Bagira that Mowgli got lost in the woods. Sher Khan heard the conversation between Bagira and Colonel Hathi. Colonel Hathi promised to help Bagira in the search operation of Mowgli. Kaa again got back his victim. The Indian Python was about to have a nice meal that Sher Khan pulled up his tail. Sher Khan confirmed whether Kaa was hiding Mowgli or not. Sher Khan went away after giving a strong warning to Kaa. In the meantime, Mowgli managed to escape from the Indian Python.

In the graveyard of that jungle, the four vultures had no work to do. That’s why; one of the vultures always used to ask the question, ‘What’s we gonna do?’ The vultures saw a lonely human child in that graveyard. The vultures started the leg pulling of that human child. Mowgli started weeping. The vultures realized that something must be wrong. Very soon, those four vultures became good friends of Mowgli. The old vulture said, ‘We might look a little shabby but we have got hearts.’ Then the four vultures started singing a friendly song, ‘We are your friends to the bitter end. We are friends of every creature coming down the pike. In fact, we never met an animal we didn’t like. We will keep you safe in the jungle forevermore.’ Sher Khan arrived at the spot.

Sher Khan applauded and then appraised, ‘Bravo! Bravo! What an extraordinary performance and thank you for detaining my victim.’ But, Mowgli was not afraid of Sher Khan. Rather, Mowgli started fighting against Sher Khan. The human child was of no match to that Royal Bengal Tiger. Balloo came to battlefield to get hold of Sher Khan’s tail. Did anyone die in that encounter? Fire is always used to scare which ferocious animal? Which animal fooled everyone after that battle against the Royal Bengal Tiger? Who was singing the song, ‘Father is hunting in the forest; Mother is cooking in the home. I must go to fetch the water till the day that I am grown. Then I will have a handsome husband and a daughter of my own. Then I will send her to fetch the water. I will be cooking in the home.’? Did Mowgli stayed in the jungle after seeing someone? Why Bagira said, ‘Mowgli is where he belongs’ to end the 1^st Chapter of “THE JUNGLE BOOK”?