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# "Mowgli's Brothers": A boy is raised by [[wolf|wolves]] in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, and then has to fight the [[tiger]] Shere Khan. This story has also been published as a short book in its own right: ''Night-Song in the Jungle''.
 
# "Mowgli's Brothers": A boy is raised by [[wolf|wolves]] in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, and then has to fight the [[tiger]] Shere Khan. This story has also been published as a short book in its own right: ''Night-Song in the Jungle''.
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# "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack": A hunting song used by the wolves of the Seeonee.
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# "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack": A hunting song used by the Seeonee wolves.
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# "Kaa's Hunting": This story takes place between Mowgli's adoption into the Seeonee wolf pack and his fight with Shere Khan. When Mowgli is abducted by the Bandar-Log monkeys, Baloo and Bagheera set out to rescue him with the aid of Chil, the kite, and Kaa, the python. Maxims of Baloo are added at the start of the story.
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# "Kaa's Hunting": This story takes place between Mowgli's adoption into the Seeonee wolf pack and his fight with Shere Khan. When the Bandar-Log monkeys abduct Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera set out to rescue him with the help of Chil, the kite, and Kaa, the python. Maxims of Baloo are added at the start of the story.
 
# "Road Song of the Bandar-Log": A song the Bandar-Log sing as they make their way to the Cold Lairs with Mowgli as their prisoner.
 
# "Road Song of the Bandar-Log": A song the Bandar-Log sing as they make their way to the Cold Lairs with Mowgli as their prisoner.
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# "Tiger! Tiger!": Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by a woman named Messua and her husband, who believe him to be their long-lost son Nathoo. But he has trouble adjusting to human life, and Shere Khan still wants to kill him. The story's title is taken from the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake.
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# "Tiger! Tiger!": Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by a woman named Messua and her husband, who believe he is their long-lost son, Nathoo. But he has trouble adjusting to human life, and Shere Khan still wants to kill him. The story's title is taken from the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake.
 
# "Mowgli's Song": The song Mowgli sings once he returns to the wolf pack with Shere Khan's pelt.
 
# "Mowgli's Song": The song Mowgli sings once he returns to the wolf pack with Shere Khan's pelt.
 
# "The White Seal": Kotick is a rare white northern fur seal, searching for a new home for his people, where they will not be hunted by humans.  
 
# "The White Seal": Kotick is a rare white northern fur seal, searching for a new home for his people, where they will not be hunted by humans.  
 
# "Lukannon": A lonesome song that lone bachelor seals sing while on their travels.
 
# "Lukannon": A lonesome song that lone bachelor seals sing while on their travels.
 
# "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Rikki-Tikki the mongoose defends a human family living in India against a pair of cobras, with the help of a pair of tailorbirds and a muskrat. This story has also been published as a short book.
 
# "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Rikki-Tikki the mongoose defends a human family living in India against a pair of cobras, with the help of a pair of tailorbirds and a muskrat. This story has also been published as a short book.
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# "Darzee's Chaunt": Darzee the tailorbird sings this after Rikki-Tikki kills Nag the cobra, singing praises of the mongoose.
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# "Darzee's Chaunt": Darzee the tailorbird sings this after Rikki-Tikki kills Nag the cobra, praising the mongoose for his heroic deed.
 
# "Toomai of the Elephants": Toomai, a ten-year-old boy who helps to tend working elephants, is told that he will never be a full-fledged elephant-handler until he has seen the elephants dance. This story has also been published as a short book.
 
# "Toomai of the Elephants": Toomai, a ten-year-old boy who helps to tend working elephants, is told that he will never be a full-fledged elephant-handler until he has seen the elephants dance. This story has also been published as a short book.
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# "Shiv and the Grasshopper".
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# "Shiv and the Grasshopper": It is a song Toomai's mother sang to him as a baby. The song tells how the god Shiva provides sustenance for all creatures, and that this provision is not something to interfere with. It also shows how dear Toomai is to his mother, as her heart is Shiv's gift to sustain him.
 
# "Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen"): On the night before a military parade, a British soldier eavesdrops on a conversation between the camp animals.
 
# "Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen"): On the night before a military parade, a British soldier eavesdrops on a conversation between the camp animals.
 
# "Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" parodies several well-known songs and poems
 
# "Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" parodies several well-known songs and poems
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