Kipling strikes a nice balance between anthropomorphizing the animals and understanding Mowgli's natural superiority. This leads to an exciting denouement and with the several other Mowgli stories-there are some prequels-impressed this young reader. Thus Mowgli is raised according to Jungle Law, but has engendered the enmity of Shere Khan who is plotting his revenge and ingratiating himself with the younger wolves. Mowgli's new "parents" and Bagheera and Baloo (the brown bear) sponsor him for membership in the Wolf Pack and, much to Shere Khan's chagrin, he is admitted. Bagheera (the black panther) places him with a wolf family that has a newborn litter. Mowgli is an Indian infant who is lost in the jungle after Shere Khan (the tiger) kills his family.
Of them my favorites were the Mowgli tales (developed by Disney for the cinema). These are among the first books that I remember reading as a young boy.
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