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The Story of Mowgli

Mowgli is a human child raised by wolf parents.

He grew up with a pack of wolves, learning to hunt

and eat like them. Other animals are his friends too.

But he has a fierce and dangerous enemy –

Shere Khan the tiger . . .

The stories of Mowgli’s adventures were written by the

British author and poet Rudyard Kipling. He was born

in Bombay (now called Mumbai) and lived in India

for many years. The Mowgli tales are included

in Kipling’s most famous book The Jungle Book,

published in 1894. These tales have excited
children and adults for more than a century,

and they are still popular across the world.

The two lessons that follow – ‘A Man’s Cub’ and

‘A Wolf’s Cub’ – tell us how Mowgli reached the

jungle and how Shere Khan became

his enemy . . .

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