Show Y LETTING IN THE JUNGLE f t Further Adventures of Mowgli Another Jungle Story By Rudyard Kipling Copyrighted 1894 by Eudyaid K1p ling Letting in the Jungle Is a continuation contin-uation of the marvellous tales of MoTglis Brothers and Tiger Tiger Those who read the first Stories Will remember how the tiger Shere Khan pursued a little Indian baby to the mouth of a cave where 7 h i a M + mot r ft r it took refuge with Mother Wolf The lame tiger demanded his prey but lifter defying him the pack adopted jMowgli the imancub and he was reared as one of the jungle folk talk ling their language and hunting and living along with Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the bear It was when the pack revolted against Akela the Qld wolf who for years had led tfftenz to battle that Hlowgli in a fit I of S age Quit the jungle He went to liv pmong men but before his departure de-parture vowed never to return 4111 ive came to spread Shere Khans hide over Council Rock I In the < village Mowgli found his real parents Messua and her husband and Ute u dutiful son tried to conform to mean habits and speecih But jungle ntrigu followed him and when ills arch enemy Shere khan lay in wait thirsting for blood his foster family Mother Wolf Grey Brother and Akela eave the mancub warning loxvgli 1733 vUlage herder at the time and 4 cunningly he trapped Ms foe The lame tiger was decoyed liiito a narrow i defile and the angry foullbuflaloes clrhien at a mad pace down the gorge J911 they trampled the last brdaith out n k y of Shere Khans bfffly In the moment I of Mowglis triumph Buldeo the village vil-lage hunter demanded that the tiger e given him for mho reward it would I ring His insistence forced the man to call upon Akela for assistance g r u L Obedient to orders the wolf sprang upon the hunter and pinned him to the ground while Mowgli strapped off the gray hide Seeing the beasts implicit Im-plicit obedience Buldeo returned to the village declared Mowgli a sorcerer and when the boy returned driving his buffaloes before him the people stoned him from the gate He then returned to the jungle fulfilled his promise of carpeting Council Rock with Shere Khans hide called the pack together and after reinstating Akela as leader he said AlanPack and WolfPack have cast me out Now I will hunt alone in the jungle So Mowgli went away and hunted with the four cuts in the jungle from that day OllThe Editor You will remember how after Mowgli had pinned Shore Khans hide to the Council Rock he told as many as were left of the Seeonee pack Chat henceforward he would hunt in title jungle alone and the four children of t 1ro her and Father Wolf said that they would hunt with him But it is not easy to change ones life all In one minute particularly > in the jungle The first thing ilowgli did when the disorderly pack had slunk off was togo to-go to the home cave and tell Mother Wolf and lather Wolf as much as I they could understand of his adventures i adven-tures and when he made > thi morning I sun flicker up and down fix blade of Ms skinningknifethe same lie Shod I skinned Shere Khan with they said I he had learned something Then Akela and Grey Brother had to explain I ex-plain their share of the great buffalo dris in the ravine and Baloo tolled i fet fe-t j r tr y il r fr = rrei i rte But Whjit Said Akela Cocking One Ear f up the hill to hear all about it and Bagfaeera scratched himself all over with pure delight at the way in which Mowgli foaa managed his war It was long after sunrise but no one dreamed of going to sleep and from time to time during the talk MbQier Wolf would throw up her head and sniff a deep sniff of satisfaction as the wind brought her the smell of the tigersldn on the Council Rock But for Akela and Grey Brother r 1 lien Always Play Witii Their Months here Mowgli said at the end I I could have done nothing Oh pother mother if thou haast seen the black herdbulls pour dorm the ravine or hurry through the gates when the manpack flung stones at me I urn glad I did not see that last said Mother Wolf stiffly It is not my custom to < suffer my cubs to be drivel to and fro like jackals I would have spared the woman that gave thee the milk Tea I would have spared her alone Peace peace Raksha said Father Wolf lazily Our Frog has come back again w wise that this own father must lick his feet and what Is a cub more or less on the head Leave the men alone Baloo and Bagheera both echoed Leave the men alone Mowgll hishead on Mother Wolfs side smiled contentedly and said that for Ms own part the never wished to see or hear or smell a man again But what said Akela cocking one ear but what if the men do not leave the alone Little Brother We be five said Grey Brotiher looking round at the company and snapping h s jaws on the last word We also might attend to that hunting hunt-ing said Bagheera with a little switchswitch of Ws tail looking at Baloo But why think of men now I Afcela For this reason the Lon Wolf answered When that yellow tihasfs hide was hung up I went back along our trail from the village stepping in my tracks turning aside scratching and lying down Ito make a mixed trail In case one should follow us But when I had fouled the trail so that I I myself hardly knew it again Mans the bat came hawking between the trees and hung up above me Said Hang The village of the manpack wfa re they cast out the mancuro hums like a hornets nest It was a big stone that I threw chuckled Mowgli who shod often amused himself toy throwing ripe paw paws into a hornets nest and racing I to the nearest pool before the hornets caug41t him asked ofMangwhathe had seen I He said > the Red Flower blossomed at the gate of the village andmen sat about it carrying guns Now I know tot C t 1 for I have good cause Akela looked down at dice old dry scars on his flank and srdethat men do not carry guns for pleasure Presently Little Brother Broth-er a man with a gun follows our trail if indeed he be not already on it But why Should he Men have cast me out What more do they need said Mowgli angrily I Thou art a man > Little Brother Akela returned It is not for us the Free Hunters to tell thee what thy brethren do or why 1 He had just time to snatch up hIs paw as the skinning knife cut deep Into the ground below Mowgli struck quicker than an average human eye could follow but Akela was a wolf and even a dog who Is very far removed re-moved from like wild wolf his ancestor I can be waked out of deep sleep by a cantwheel touching his flank and can spring away unharmed before that > wheel comes on Another time Mowgli said quietly returning the knife to its sheath speak the Manpack and of Mowgli in two breaths not one Phff that is a sharp tooth said Akela snuffing at the blades cut iii the earth but living with the ManT pack has spoiled thy eye Little Brother II I could have killed a buck while thou wast striking I I Bagheera sprang to his feet thrust up his head as far as he could sniffed and stiffened through every curve in hIs body Grey Brother followed his exam pie quickly keeping a little to his left to get the wind that was blowing from the right while Akela bounded fifty yards up wind and halfcrouching stiffened stif-fened too Mowpli looked on enviously He could smell things as very few human hu-man beings could but he had never reached the hairtrlggerlike sensitiveness sensitive-ness of a jungle nose and his three months in the smoky valley had put him back sadly However he dampened his finger rubbed it on his nose and stood up to catch the upper scent which though it is the faintest is the truest j Man Akela growled dropping on his haunches Buldeo said Mowgli sitting down He follows our trail and yonder is I i the sunlight on his gun Look I It was no more than a flash of sunlight sun-light for a fraction of a second on the brass clamps of the old Tower musketf 1 but nothing in the jungle winks with that flash except when the clouds race over the sky Then a piece of mica or a little pool or even a highly polished leaf will flash like a heliograph But that day was cloudless and still I knew men would follow said Ak ela triumphantly Not for nothing have I led the Pack and now The four clubs headed by Grey Brother Broth-er said nothing but ran down hill on their bellies melting into the thorn and underbrush as amold melts into the earthWhere go ye without word Mow gli called Hsh We will roll his skull here before be-fore midday Grey Brother answered Here Back and wait Man does not eat man Mowgli shrieked Who was a wolf but now Who drove the knife at me for thinking lie might be a man said Akela as the four wolves turned back suddenly and dropped to heil l I AmI to give reasons for what I i choose to do said Mowgli furiously That is a man There speaks a i I man Bagheera muttered under his whiskers Evenso did men talk round l the Kings cages at bade pore WeNo jihe jungle know that man Ls wisest < of l < 1 e t all If we trusted our ears we should know that of all things he is most foolish fool-ish Then raising his voice he added The Man cub is right in this Men hunt in packs To kill one unless we know what the others will do is bad hunting Come let us see what this man means towards us We will not come Grey Brother growled Hunt alone Little Brother We know our own minds That skull would have been ready to bring by now i nowMowgli had been looking from one to i the other of his friends his chest heaving I heav-ing and his eyes full oftears But now I he strode forward to the wolves and i dropping on one knee said Do I not know my mind Look at me I They looked uneasily and when their eyes wandered he called them back I again till their hair stood up all over their bodies and they trembled in every limb while Mowgli stared and stared Now said he of us five which is leader Thou art leader Little Brother I I and changed into a boy again and bewitched be-witched Buldoes rifle so that the bullet turned the corner when he pointed it at Mowpli and killed one Of Buldoes own buffaloes and how the village knowing him to be the bravesO hunter in Seeonee had sent him out to kill I this devilchild But meantime the village vil-lage had got hold of Messua and her I husband who were undoubtedly the father and mother of this devilchilj I Measua he knew was a sorceress Had known it for years but had not cared I to make bad blood in the village by talking about it and had barricaded them in their own hut and presently would torture them to make them confess con-fess they were witch and wizzard and then they would be beaten to death When said the charcoalburners because they would very much like to be present at the ceremony Budeo said that nothing would be done till he returned because the village I vil-lage wished him to kill the Jungleboy first After that theywould dispose of Me qua and her husband and divide r t t 1 + 6wc A i if r 1 rr eti w LEAVE THE MEN AtOXE I said Grey brother and he licked Mowi glis foot I Follow then said Mowgli and the four followed at his heels with their tails between their legs This comes of living with the Man pack said Bagheera slipping down after af-ter them There is more in the Jungle Jun-gle now than Jungle Law Baloo The old bear said nothing but he thought many things Mowgli cut across noislessly through < the jungle at right angles to Buldoes path till parting the undergrowth he saw the old man the musket on his shoulder running up the trail of overnight over-night at a dog = trot Ton will remember that Mowgli had left the village wuh the heavy weight of Shore Khans hide on his shoulders while Akela and Grey Brother trotted behind so that the trai was very clearly marked Presently Buldoe came to where Akela as you know had I gone back and mixed it all up Then he I sat down and coughedand grunted and made little castsround about into the jungle topick it up again and all 10 I Of i the time he could have thrown a stone over those who were watcnntr him No II one can be so silent as a waif when he does not care to be heard and Mowgli though the wolves thought he moved 1 I very clumsily could come and go like 01 1 shadow They ringed the old man asa as-a school of porpoise ring a steamer I going at full speed and as they ringed him they talked unconcernedlY for their i speech began below the lowest end of I the scale that untrained human beings can hear The other end is bounded by the high squeak of Mang the bat which very many people cannot hear at all From that note all the bird and bat and insect talk takes on I This is better than any kill said Grey Brother as the old man stooped and peered and puffed He looks like a lost pig in the jungles by the river What does he say Buldoe was muttering mutter-ing savagely I Mowgli translated He says that packs of wolves must have danced I I round me He says that he never saw i such a trail in his life He says he is 9 tiredHe He will be rested before he picks it up again said Bagheera cooly as he slipped round a treetrunk in the game of blind mansbuff that they were playing play-ing Now what does the lean thing do Eat or blow smoke out of his mouth Men always play with their mouths said Mowgli and the silent trailers saw the old man fill and light and puff at waterpipe and they took good note of the smell of the tobacco so as to be sure of Buldoe in the darkest dark-est night if things fell out that way Thena little knot of charcoal burners came down the path and naturally halted to speak to Buldoe whose fame as a hunter reached for at least twenty milesTouhd Then they all sat down and smoked and Bagheera and the others cameup and watched while Bul doe began to tell the story of Mowgli the devilchild from one end to another an-other with additions How he himself had reallykilled Shere Khan and how Mowglirhadturnedhimself Into a wolf and fought wiihhini all the afternoon A t I I their lands and buffaloes among the vHlage Messuas husband had some remarkably fine buffaloes too It was an excellent thing to clear out wizards Buldeo thought and people who entertained enter-tained wctfchildren out of ithe jungle were clearly the worst kind of witches But said the charcoalburners What would happen if the English heard of it Tnt English they had heard were a perfectly mad people who would not let honest farmers kill witches in peace Why said Buldeo the head man oC the village would report thac Messua and her husband had died of snakebite snake-bite That was all arranged and the only thing now was to kill the iwolf child They did not happen to liavo seen anything of such a > nature The dharcoalUurners looketi round cautiously cau-tiously and thanked their stars they had not but they had no doubt that EO brave a man as Buldeo would find him If any one could The sun was getting rather low and they had an idea ithat they would push on Ito Bui d y a w C IJC t1 yr thlc + + rtked 6i 1 Jf t > a Buiaeo alb toii gh it sxiuty tt j 7ti d1 ti j < 41iI4 heoo antlt latti OJ fJ ty C ss 8o frroa l1 the 1 1 c1 q t tPr du + e xyptf = J r01 < Jraon lat azlv minute TvithouL ibises J r cort t Ide ljferetoresowrers aactitpaii I T it MR f a lfLl ref g child Pi o wolf be wgdi itwitthet tow 0 i I Attiatl iku tT r W < a long 6d asntft mldrgitf dairhi She afternoon Trtdft wssii ftte a wfu2 enour7ittlegln gtf2la IOWA lieaui 1t rucnJrle tu rif4 d fafl and I oIn 0 creepy < sor H prniBc ocr oc-r vnI i and la 5heoVnQfmjnlfe i isfhe jrWrttwbo i hfe junsteV Tie cfi + cI1iee the + cWBreoaiburners hnMled < InVa P t > c r f L it or a r pp g 4 t t sg l r a I H Iii l f i f r iJ l j t i < < j o I n t l c < < < < Tkjrc is Uor4n the Jungle yo r Tlnta 4 oEv l Jungle L arty Baloo i the best untCr in Seeonee dealt with such Jthinjgs The tBrafcmin tie said had givenmtai a cnarm against the creature i cre-ature rthat made everything perfecUy s safe r safeV1at WUafi Syst fie What says he What sa s ihe the Valves repeated every fewVonimites and the Mowgli e trcnslaitea until foe tame to the witch I part of the stoiy which was a 4itt2e i bit Treyond Mjn and then 7hesaKd that the man find woman vht > had been So Idnd io him were strapped Do ones trap men said Bagheera i So he says I canntft understand the talk They are all mad together What < have Messua and the man to do ci with me that they should be put an a trap and what is all Dhis talk about the Red Flower I must itoolc to this Whatever they would do Slessua they will not do till Bu leo returns 4 And so Mowrli thou > Chard 1 C-hard Ttfitlhi his fingers playing round the haft of the skinning knife while B leo l-eo and ° the charcoaMrarners went off yery valiantly in single file 41 am gob hotfoot back to the Manpack hi said ct last And those said Grey Brother i r looldng1 = hungrily after the brown I 3 fbacks charcoalburners 1 Sing them home said Mowgli with a grin I do > nt < wish them to be at the > mage gate till it 3s dark Can you hold them Grey Brother bared jhJa white teeth in contempt We can head them round and round dn circles like tethered I goatsif I know men That I do not need Sing to them a Slttle Jest they may be lonely on the roac und Grey Brother the song need not be the sweetest Go with them Baghetra and help make that song When the night Is well down meet men me-n 5Jy > the village Grey Brother knows the place It is no light hunting to work for mancub When shall I sleep sand Bagheera yawning though his eyes showed toe was delighted with the amusement Me to sing to naked men But let us see He lowered his head so that the knit twith old Bujdeos gunbarrel 4 I I waving like a hanana leaf to every point of the compass atoncey Then I Grey Brother gave 1l1e = Yailti1i YaCa ha call for the Tmcl driving when the pack drives the Nilghai aheblg Blue I Cow before them and it seemed to I come from the very ends of itherearth nearer and nearer and nearer till it ended in a shriek snapped off short The other three answered till even i lowgli could have vowed that the full packNvas in full cry and when they all i broke into the magnificent morning song in the jungle with every turn and flourish and graceTiote that a deep mouthed wolf of the pack = knps This is a rough rendering of the song and I you must imagine what it sounds like 1 7T T S I t jf chen fF > breaks thfe afternoon nt jungle v r the > t r 1 Ores1 moment past our bodies 1 I No shadow wktoeplains it S B Now clop < ana black they stride Q oSI I < brook 1 NffJ 0 < + > 11 ATMwfe L uVTOMmfTSrailn 0 i2S In morninghusfttf each rcck cmd hush j Stands 4vard sld UCgQi and ran r Then gSv6 the > ca11 troodYrestta all u That keep tfiis JugsSsJ w r r ir < t < V i Iio1Geto lair he risaflare war I5 Sh4ncl ttte bretl4rg 8E3d sf tri v a Andcrealrkig l through tbc ypung roam 1 f o 1 Jflk v Uirlns his j ers BYd y made 51tritg e tt KGrycv rot3 we ng r t Wiili blinking Cyes w S c i WhIle s dawn the skies the o wI dcfdu t T e day t the day vtonan i ii 1 The dew is dry that dr nched < hldej Or washed about our way i > > fi AoU where we dranlc the + puddled hank < Is crCspmgr into clay f iiiA las traitor dark gives upeacd jnacfe stretched orhooded clawi f5 ri Then hair the call Sood rfeSticofallj That keep the jungle law I i ww p But no translation can give the eC fectjjf it or the yelpingscqrn ths four threw + itito frvery t word of itras they heard the trees crash when the inen hastily climbed up Into me branches and Buldeo began repeating incantations = IIanthB4Iti loons and charms Then they llar II down and slept for tike aU who Ill e by their wn exertions 1 they w rf of a methodical cast of mind and rio < one can work well wathout pleep I Meantime Mowgll vase putting the Mea behind him at the Tall of nine an hour swinging on delighted to find himself so fit after all those4 CramPed months among men The one idea in tilsJhead was to get Messua and her husband out of the trap whatever it was for he had a natural mistrust of traps Later on he promised himself he would begin to pay his debts to the village at f large It was twilight when he saw the wellremembered grazing grounds and the dhaktree where Grey Brother had waited for him on the morning that lie killed Shere Khan Angry as he was at the whole breed and community of man r 0 1 f l u r o I l l S s a a I l f FI r ° v r a r 31 r Rev e THEY RINGED THE OLD MAST AS PORPOISES RING A STEADIER < something jumped up in this ithroatand made him catch his breath when he looked at the village roofs He noticed no-ticed that every one had come in from the fields unusually early and that instead in-stead of getting to their evening cooking cook-ing they gathered in a crowd under the village tree and chattered and shouted To be continued |