From The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Mowgli's Brothers - Extract 1
(Where Shere Khan follows baby Mowgli to the Wolf Cave)
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan's great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance. Tabaqui, behind him, was squeaking, "My lord, my lord, it went in here!" "Shere Khan does us great honour," said Father Wolf, but his eyes were very angry. "What does Shere Khan need?" "My quarry. A man's cub went this way," said Shere Khan. "Its parents have run off. Give it to me." Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter's campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet. But Father Wolf knew that the mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger to come in by. Even where he was, Shere Khan's shoulders and forepaws were cramped for want of room, as a man's would be if he tried to fight in a barrel. "The Wolves are a free people," said Father Wolf. "They take orders from the Head of the Pack, and not from any striped cattle-killer. The man's cub is ours - to kill if we choose." "Ye choose and ye do not choose! What talk is this of choosing? By the bull that I killed, am I to stand nosing into your dog's den for my fair dues? It is I, Shere Khan, who speak!" The tiger's roar filled the cave with thunder. Mother Wolf shook herself clear of the cubs and sprang forward, her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan. "And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers. The man's cub is mine, Lungri--mine to me! He shall not be killed. He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little cubs, frog-eater, fish-killer, he shall hunt thee! Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world! Go!"
YEAR 5 READING VIPERS- The Jungle Book
Extract we are Mowgli's Brothers - Extract 1 Hamilton Trust scheme using: Vocabulary to BRONZE SILVER GOLD discuss: narrow thrust quarry
What does Shere Khan want the wolf to give him?[1]
What time of day does this meeting between wolf and Shere Khan take place? [1]
Shere Khan is an important animal. Give two pieces of evidence from the text to support this statement. [2]
Select evidence from the text to show that this book was written more than 100 years ago. [2]
Give evidence to show that Mother Wolf does not fear Shere Khan. [2]
Explain, using evidence from the text, how we know this story is fictional. [1]
YEAR 5 READING VIPERS- ANSWERS
Mowgli’s Brothers (An extract from The Jungle Book) BRONZE SILVER GOLD Narrow- not wide (the Thrust- pushed into (the entrance to the cave doesn’t Quarry- here it means the mouth of the cave in this case) have a very big width so much hunted creature (Mowgli) so Shere Khan cannot enter) My quarry. The man cub… Shere Khan wants the child/boy/Mowgli
Night as the moonlight is blocked by Shere Khan
Any two of… The father wolf says you do us great honour The creature called Tabaqui calls Shere Khan my lord Both Tabaqui and Father wolf are willing to help Shere Khan which shows he is important
Any two quotes to show the older style of language used in the text- • Ye choose and ye do not choose! • am I to stand nosing into your dog's den for my fair dues? • It is I, Shere Khan, who speak!" • he shall hunt thee! • Now get hence, • back thou goest to thy mother • lamer than ever thou camest into the world! Or use single words as evidence such as ye, thou, thy, thee, goest, camest Any two of- • Mother Wolf sprang forwards and stared at Shere Khan when he roared at the wolves. • She then tells Shere Khan to go • She also says he cannot have the man cub, that the man cub will be one of here pack
• Her eyes ‘ like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan’ showing she would stand up to Shere Khan, she seems at this point not to be afraid of him. • She threatens him-‘and he will hunt thee’
Fiction is made up. Here the animals talk.