The Jungle Book Characters Rudyard Kipling created some timeless characters in The JungleThe Book Jungle Book – find out more about them below.
AKELA – Great Lone Wolf • Is strong and cunning • Leads the Pack Council once a month at a full moon to introduce new cubs to the pack • Knows the manners and customs of men
BAGHEERA Shere Khan: ‘Shere’ means– Black Panther ‘tiger’ in some Indian BALOO – Brown bear • He’s known to be cunning, bold and reckless • Is welcome in all parts of the dialects and ‘Khan’• Nobody cared is to a cross word his path, given to rulers and Jungle because he eats only nuts as he makes a dangerous enemy
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315 Wordsearch Can you find all the following words from The Jungle Book hidden in the grid below?
AKELA FATHER WOLF KAA MOWGLI BAGHEERA GREY BROTHER KALA NAG RAKSHA BALOO HATHI MANG SHERE KHAN CHIL IKKI MESSUA TABAQUI
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