"Tiger! Tiger!" was a short story published in February of 1894 in magazines before being published in this collection. This story is followed by the "Road Song of the Bandar-Log". Baloo and Bagheera, rescue Mowgli with the aid of Kaa. It is a story about Mowgli's abduction by monkees, a.k.a the Bandar-log. It takes place sometime during the period covered in "Mowgli's Brothers", though it isn't mentioned in that story. "Kaa's Hunting" is a short study from March-April of 1894. This story is followed by the "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack". Mowgli is then sent away from the wolves, vowing to return with Shere Khan's hide. As time passes, Shere Khan turns most of the wolves against Mowgli, and they plot to overthrow Akela as the leader. At the wolf council, Baloo speaks for the cub, and Bagheera buys his life with a fresh kill. With Shere Khan hunting in their area of the jungle, the Father Wolf (Akela) and the mother (Raksha) find and take in a human baby. The story is about Mowgli being adopted by the wolf family which then raises him. "Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in the book and was originally published in January of 1894 in "St. As with all fables, these stories impart a moral message to the reader. What these stories do have in common is the anthropomorphizing of animals as characters in these stories. The first three stories involve Mowgli, but the other four stories are not part of that series, nor do they all take place in the same jungle or any jungle at all. The book consists of 7 short stories, separated by seven poems. "The Jungle Book" is a collection of stories (or fables) and songs/poems by Rudyard Kipling, and was originally published in 1894.
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