The Jungle Book

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The Jungle Book

For Primary Schools

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Contents

 Characters  The Story  Pairwork – True or False? Questions about the story  The Story – easy  Verbs – Jungle Crossword  Animals  Script  Vocabulary List  Answers

The Jungle Book

The Characters

Mowgli a boy, the animals call him a “man cub” Mother Wolf

Father Wolf Akela, the leader of the wolf pack Shere Khan, a tiger Baloo, a bear Bagheera, a black panther Three monkeys Kaa, a snake Chil, a kite (a big bird like an eagle) * Villagers in the man village

*In the play we don’t see Chil, we just hear him.

The Story

It is seven o’clock on a warm evening in the Seonee Hills in India. Father Wolf is getting ready to go hunting. Mother Wolf is putting her cubs to bed in the wolf cave. Cubs are baby wolves. Suddenly they hear a noise. “Grrr!” It’s Shere Khan, the tiger. He’s outside the wolf cave and he’s angry. Fortunately, Shere Khan can’t get into the wolf cave because his head is too big.

Suddenly a little baby boy, just 18 months old, walks into the wolf cave. He is not afraid. He laughs. At first, Mother Wolf thinks the baby boy is a frog because he doesn’t have any hair on his body. “He’s all bald!”, she says. Father Wolf is very surprised. “It can’t be!”, he says. “Yes, it is. It’s a man cub!” He picks the baby up very carefully in his mouth and shows him to Mother Wolf.

Shere Khan is furious. He wants to eat the man cub! Mother and Father Wolf protect the man cub and they decide to call him Mowgli because it means frog.

The Wolves follow the “jungle law”. Almost all the animals in the jungle obey this law. The law is complicated and the wolf cubs have to learn it. Their teacher is a bear, called Baloo.

When Mowgli is old enough, Mother and Father Wolf bring Mowgli to meet the Wolf Council and the wolf leader, Akela. The wolf council can decide if they want to accept a new cub into their pack or not. It is very important because if the wolf council accept Mowgli, he will be safe. If they do not accept Mowgli, then Shere Khan the tiger can eat him.

Shere Khan tries to persuade the wolf council not to accept Mowgli but Baloo promises to teach him the jungle law. Bagheera, a black panther, appears. He says that he will give the wolves a delicious bull to eat if they accept Mowgli. Finally the wolves accept him into their pack.

Mowgli grows up in the jungle. He learns how to run fast, how to identify the sounds and smells of all the creatures in the jungle. Mowgli learns the “master word” so he can speak to all the different animals. He is very happy. He loves Baloo and Bagheera and his wolf family. He builds a little house with sticks.

Most of the animals love Mowgli but some of them are afraid of him because he is different and wise. Mowgli stares at the animals, he looks into their eyes for a long time. The animals don’t like this. They think he wants to eat them.

One day, Mowgli meets the monkeys. He likes playing with them but Baloo is very angry. Baloo says the monkey people are bad because they do not follow the jungle law. Baloo doesn’t like saying the word “monkeys”, so he calls them the “you know who’s”. 5

After many moons and rains Akela comes to visit Mother and Father Wolf. Akela is now very old and weak. He is worried that soon he will “miss the kill”, and then he will not be the leader of the wolf pack any more. (When the wolves are hunting together the leader of the pack hides and waits. The pack run after a deer until it is very tired. Then they chase it towards their pack leader. At the last minute, the leader jumps out and kills it. If the leader misses, and the deer escapes, it means that the pack can choose a new leader. ) The problem is that Shere Khan is always telling the wolf pack bad things about Mowgli. If there is a new wolf pack leader they might not protect Mowgli. Mother and Father Wolf are worried. They want Mowgli to be careful.

Mowgli often has a nap in the afternoon. One afternoon, the monkeys kidnap him while he is sleeping. They carry him through the trees to a ruined city called “The Cold Lairs”. On the way Mowgli hears Chil the kite and asks for help. (A kite is a big bird with very good eyesight, a bit like an eagle.)

The monkeys lock Mowgli into their secret chamber at the Cold Lairs. Chil tells Baloo and Bagheera. Baloo and Bagheera ask Kaa the snake to come and help rescue Mowgli. At first Kaa says no. Baloo and Bagheera tell Kaa that the monkeys were very rude about him. They say the monkeys call Kaa a worm and a slug. Kaa is very offended. He agrees to help. He comes to the Cold Lairs, hypnotises all the monkeys and then escapes with Mowgli.

Eventually Akela misses the kill. Bagheera knows that Mowgli is in danger now. He tells Mowgli to go to the man village and get the “red flower”, (red flower means fire). The jungle animals are all very scared of fire. Bagheera knows that Mowgli can use fire to protect himself.

Mowgli runs through the jungle to the man village. When he arrives he sees that the villagers look like him. He asks them for something to eat but they can’t understand him because Mowgli speaks the language of the animals and not the language of men. Mowgli steals the fire and runs back into the jungle.

When Mowgli arrives at the council rock he finds Baloo and Akela. They are very scared of the fire. Then Shere Khan arrives. Shere Khan wants the wolf pack to choose him as their new leader. He says that Mowgli must return to live with men. Mowgli uses the fire to fight Shere Khan. Shere Khan is terrified and runs away.

It is time for Mowgli to leave and return to live with the man villagers. Mowgli is very sad and he starts to cry for the first time in his life. He is confused. He doesn’t understand what is happening to him. He thinks he is dying! The animals promise they will never forget him and Mowgli returns to live with men.

Pair Work.

True or False? Say why.

Example

The wolves live in a house. T/F

Answer: False. The wolves don’t live in a house.

They live in a cave.

1. Father Wolf hunts at night. T/F 2. Shere Khan comes into the wolf cave. T/F 3. Mowgli is scared of the wolves. T/F 4. Baloo teaches the wolf cubs about the jungle law. T/F 5. Shere Khan wants the wolves to accept Mowgli. T/F 6. Bagheera gives the wolves something to eat. T/F 7. All the animals love Mowgli. T/F 8. Baloo likes the monkeys. T/F 9. Chil is a kind of bird. T/F 10. Kaa can hypnotise other animals. T/F 11. The animals think fire is a red flower. T/F 12. The man villagers speak the same language as Mowgli. T/F 13. Shere Khan likes fire. T/F 14. Mowgli goes back to live with men. T/F

The Story - Easy

It is seven o’clock on a warm evening in the Seonee Hills in India. Mother and Father Wolf are in the wolf cave. The wolf cubs are asleep. Wolf cubs are baby wolves. Suddenly they hear a noise outside in the jungle. “Grrr!” It’s Shere Khan, the tiger.

”Oh no! What if he’s killing the man villagers again?” says Father Wolf.

Then a little baby boy, just 18 months old, walks into the wolf cave. He is not afraid. He laughs.

Shere Khan is furious. “Give me back my man cub!” he shouts. He wants to eat the man cub! Mother and Father Wolf protect the man cub. They call him Mowgli.

Father Wolf brings Mowgli to meet the the wolf pack and their leader, Akela. The pack must decide if they want to accept new cubs or not. “Look well, oh wolves! Look well!” says Akela.

Baloo, a bear, teaches the wolf cubs about the jungle law. Baloo says he can teach Mowgli too if the wolves accept him.

Bagheera, a black panther, appears. He says that he will give the wolves a delicious bull to eat if they accept Mowgli. The wolves decide to accept Mowgli. Shere Khan is very angry. He wants to eat Mowgli.

Mowgli grows up in the jungle. He learns how to run fast. He learns how to identify the sounds and smells of the jungle. Mowgli learns the “master word” so he can speak to all the different animals. He is very happy. He loves Baloo and Bagheera and his wolf family. He builds a little house with sticks.

Most of the animals love Mowgli but some of them are afraid of him because he is different and wise. Mowgli stares at the animals. He looks into their eyes for a long time. The animals don’t like this. They think he wants to eat them. 8

One afternoon, the monkeys kidnap Mowgli and take him to “The Cold Lairs” (a ruined city). They lock him in a secret chamber. Mowli hears Chil the kite and asks for help. (A kite is a big bird)

Chil tells Baloo and Bagheera. Baloo and Bagheera ask Kaa the snake to come and help rescue Mowgli. Kaa hypnotises all the monkeys and then escapes with Mowgli.

Akela is old now. He can’t protect Mowgli any more. Bagheera knows that Mowgli is in danger so he tells Mowgli to go to the man village and get the “red flower”, (red flower means fire). The jungle animals are all very scared of fire. Bagheera knows that Mowgli can use fire to protect himself.

Jungle Crossword - Verbs

Across

3. Some animals love Mowgli, but some animals h ______him. (hate)

4. Animals h ______for food in the jungle.

6. Baloo uses a tree to s ______his back when he is hot and itchy.

8.. At the end of the story, Mowgli f ______Shere Khan and wins.

9. Mowgli arrives at the Wolf cave when he is a baby. He leaves when he is a teenager. Mowgli g ______u____ with the wolves.

Down

1. The monkeys play with Mowgli. They throw him and they c ______him.

2. The animals don’t like it when Mowgli s ______into their eyes. They think he wants to eat them.

5. Shere Khan doesn’t like Akela. He wants to g ______r______o____ Akela.

6. The animals use their noses to s ______food and danger.

7. The monkeys k ______Mowgli and take him to The Cold Lairs. 10

Jungle Book Animals

bat cow chicken panther wolf bull slug eagle cub owl worm kite tiger bee snake lizard deer frog bear ape monkey

Which animal(s)….

1. Can fly? ………………………………………………………….

2. Has no legs? ………………………………………………………….

3. Can swim? ………………………………………………………….

4. Is like a monkey? ………………………………………………………….

5. Makes honey? ………………………………………………………….

6. Is a baby? ………………………………………………………….

7. Sleeps in the day? ………………………………………………………….

8. Lives on a farm? ………………………………………………………….

Complete:

Baloo is a ______.

Shere Khan is a ______.

Kaa is a ______.

Akela is a ______.

Bagheera is a ______.

Chil is a ______.

Mowgli is a man ______, 11

The Jungle Book

Adapted from “The Jungle Books” by Rudyard Kipling

(Adapted by Sarah Simpson)

Characters:

Mowgli (a boy)

Baloo (a bear)

Mother Wolf

Father Wolf

Akela (a wolf, the leader of the wolf pack)

Kaaa (a snake)

Bagheera (a black panther)

Shere Khan (a tiger)

Monkeys: Longtail, Coconut, Banana

Narrators: Creeper, Vine, Trunk, Leaf

Villagers: Messua, Joyce

A bee

A tree

The jungle, evening

Prologue

Night Song in the Jungle

(Enter Creeper, Vine, Trunk and Leaf)

Now Chil the Kite brings home the night/

That Mang the Bat sets free / free/ free/

The herds are shut in byre and hut/

For loosed till dawn are we./

This is the hour of pride and power/This is the hour of pride and power

Talon/ and tush /and claw.

Oh hear the call!/Good hunting!/ Good hunting!/ Good hunting all!

That keep the Jungle Law!

Scene One

The Wolves Cave, Baby Mowgli arrives

Creeper: It was seven o’clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day’s rest, scratched himself,

Trunk : yawned,

Father Wolf: (yawns) awoo

Creeper: and spread out his paws

Trunk: one after the other

Creeper: to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. 13

(Enter Mother Wolf)

Trunk: Mother Wolf had just settled her four tumbling, squealing cubs.

Father Wolf: (yawns loudly) Awoo

Mother Wolf: Shhhh! Sleeping cubs!

Creeper: And the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.

Father Wolf: How’s my tail?

Mother Wolf: Ferocious.

Father Wolf: Grrr

Mother Wolf: Shh.

Father Wolf: Sorry. See you at dawn.

Mother Wolf: Good hunting!

Shere Khan: (off) Ouch! Drat! Come back! Grrrr

(Mother and Father Wolf listen)

Shere Khan: (off) Ouch! Hot! Ow ow ow ow ow

(Mother and Father Wolf look at each other slowly)

M + F Wolf: Uh oh.

Mother Wolf: That sounds like..

Father Wolf: What’s he doing here?

Mother Wolf: Go and have a look.

Father Wolf: Me?

Mother Wolf: Go on!

Father Wolf: Do you think he’s killing the man villagers’ cows again? What if he’s killing the MAN VILLAGERS ?

Mother Wolf: Go!

Father Wolf: Yes, hon.

(Exit Father Wolf to see what’s outside)

Creeper: So Father Wolf runs out of the cave.

Trunk: And sees that the tiger has jumped at a woodcutter’s fire.

Creeper: Where’s the woodcutter? 14

Trunk: Dunno. Gone – run away I think.

Mother Wolf: Unbelievable. Who does he think he is? Hunting wherever he wants. Killing cows. Killing men! Breaking every Jungle Law. Well that’s it. Men will come with the red flower.

Creeper: What’s that?

Trunk: She means fire. They think it’s a red flower.

Mother Wolf: They’ll burn all our grass. The deer will leave. We’ll have nothing to hunt. We’ll have to move caves. And just when I’ve got the smell so perfect.

(enter Father Wolf, panting)

Father Wolf: It’s him.

Mother Wolf: What’s he doing?

Father Wolf: He’s ju..(interrupted by noise)

(Sound: A noise outside)

Mother Wolf: (Prepare to pounce). Three, two, one..

(Enter Baby Mowgli)

Baby Mowgli: Ahee, hee, ahee

Mother Wolf: What on earth?

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ooh hee oooh hee ooh hee

Mother Wolf: Is that a frog?

Father Wolf: No.. I think it’s a.. It can’t be... Yes. Yes, it is. It’s a man-cub. Look!

(Father Wolf picks up Baby Mowgli in his mouth)

Mother Wolf: Poor little thing. It’s all bald.

Father Wolf: m mm m m mmm

Mother Wolf: Little frog, little froggle woggle with no hair.. cuty pie sweetgums. What hon?

(Father Wolf puts Baby Mowgli down)

Mother Wolf: Come here little one. Come to Mamma.

Father Wolf: They only have hair on their heads. What are you doing?

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ahee..ahee..ahee

Mother Wolf: Let’s keep him.

Shere Kaahn: (off) Grrrrr.. It is I, Shere Khan. Give me back my man cub! 15

Mother Wolf: Ah!

Father Wolf: It’s ok. He can’t get in. His head’s too big.

Shere Khan: (off) I know he’s in there. Give him back.

Mother Wolf: Shere Kaahn, it’s me, Mother Wolf. The man’s cub is mine. He’s going to live and run and hunt with the Pack. In the end he will hunt YOU! Now leave!

Shere Khan: I’m going. I’ll see you at the Wolf Council. Ha ha ha!

Mother Wolf: It’s alright my little Mowgli Bowgli.

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ahee ahee ahee

Father Wolf: Mowgli? But that means “frog” - we can’t call him fro... Welcome. Mowgli! (

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ahee ahee ahee

Mother Wolf: Don’t worry little man cub. Everyone at the Wolf Council will love you.

(Exit Mother Wolf, exit Creeper)

(Lights slowly change to council rock)

Trunk: And so Mother and Father Wolf waited until the next full moon and then Father Wolf took Mowgli to the Council Rock – a hilltop covered in stones and boulders where a hundred wolves (indicate audience) were hiding.

(Exit Father Wolf)

Baby Mowgli: Ahee ahee ahee!

Scene Two

The Wolf Council at Council Rock

(Enter Baloo)

Baloo: Hi everyone. Free People – that’s all of you wolves. Wolf Cubs. Wolf Seniors. Welcome to this full moon’s “Wolf Pack Council”. My name’s Baloo and I am your official Wolf Cub Teacher. Yeah.. yeah… I know I’m a bear. But just bear with me.. get it? BEAR with me? I am an EXPERT on Jungle Law. Now let’s give a very warm wolf welcome to Akela - the leader of the pack. Everyone, Awoo.

Audience: Awoo!

Baloo: Yeah! Pretty good. Warmish! One more time. Everyone Awoooo!

Audience: Awoo! 16

Baloo: Yeah! Beary Good.

Akela: Thank you. Thank you. Free People. Wolves. We are here tonight to decide whether or not to accept this new, ahem, “cub” into our pack.

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ahee ahee ahee

Akela: Men are very wise. What a good idea to have one in our pack. Look well, O Wolves, look well!

Shere Khan (off) Grrr. That cub is mine. Give him to me.

Akela: Shere Khan? (looking around) Where ARE you? Can anyone see Shere Khan? Oh. There you are. WHAT are you doing here?

Shere Khan: That is not a wolf. Grrrr Why is it here? It is not the same as us. Look at it. It’s all bald. Everybody agrees. Don’t you? You – you look very intelligent. Read this

Audience Member 1: The tiger is right.

Shere Khan: Oh very good. Well done. (to Akela) See? (to audience member 2) And you, I can tell you’re a genius – What do you think? (gives card) Read this.

Audience Member 2: I agree with the tiger.

Shere Khan: Oh very good. You see? They all agree with me. (to audience member 3) What about you? You look super brainy. What do you think we should do with the man cub? (gives card) Read this.

Audience Member 3: Let’s eat him.

Akela: Silence. I have heard you. There are voices amongst us who do not wish to accept the man-cub into our pack. In cases like this we must follow the Jungle Law. And the Law says two people, NOT his parents, must now support this cub. Who speaks for this cub? Which two people speak for him?

Baby Mowgli: (laughing) Ahee ahee aheee

Baloo: Err. Me. I will. I, Baloo, will speak for the man cub. Look at him! He’s harmless. Let him run with the Pack. Why not? I’ll teach him. Yeah! I speak for him. Accept him into your pack!

Baby Mowgli: Ahee ahee aheee

Shere Khan: Foolish bear! Grrr.

Baloo: Don’t you BARE your teeth at me.

Shere Khan: Grr

Akela: So that is one.

Trunk: Then there is a terribly long silence. A looong pause. 17

Baloo: Paws. Ha Ha Ha!

Shere Khan: Ha! I knew they wouldn’t accept him. Give him to me!

Baloo: Get away from him, Shere Khan.

Shere Khan: Grr

Baloo: Get back! Come on everyone. Accept the man cub. Mowgli! Mowgli! (with audience) Mowgli! Mowgli!

Shere Khan: Fools! Idiots! Dogs! Don’t listen to Baloo.

Trunk: Then suddenly Bagheera, the black panther appeared.

(Enter Bagheera)

Bagheera: Wolf Pack. Jungle law says that the life of a new cub may be bought - at a price – and it doesn’t matter who pays that price. So here’s the deal – I’ll give you a freshly killed bull in exchange for the man cub’ s life.

Baloo: Yay! Free food! Beary nice.

Bagheera: (to the audience) Free People, do YOU accept this man-cub, to be a member of your pack?

Baloo: (to audience) Come on everyone. Do we accept him?

Audience : Yes!

Baloo: Do we?

Audience: Yes!

Baloo: Everyone. Awooo!

Shere Khan: Grrrr You pack of howling fools!

(Exit Shere Khan)

Trunk: And that’s how Mowgli was entered into the Seonee Wolf Pack.

Bagheera: For the price of a bull.

Baloo: And on Baloo’s good word.

Scene Three

Mowgli learns about Jungle Law and Honey

Mowgli: Mowgli grew up with the cubs. 18

I have to learn what everything in the jungle means, till every rustle in the grass, every note of the owls above my head, and every splash of every little fish means just as much to me as everything in your world means to you. When I’m not learning I sit out in the sun and sleep, and eat and go to sleep again. When I feel dirty or hot I swim in the forest pools.

Creeper/Vine/Baloo: Now this is the Law of the Jungle/ – as old/ and as true/ as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it shall prosper,/ but that Wolf that shall break it must die./As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk /the Law runneth forward /and back/ –For the strength of the of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack

Mowgli: As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back –

For the .. Baloo!

(Enter Baloo)

Baloo: (with actions) For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf

Mowgli: Yes. For the … (he can’t remember)

Baloo: Er.. listen man- cub .. (to audience) Wolf cubs can you help Mowgli here?

Baloo (with actions) The Strength of the Pack is the Wolf.

Mowgli: (with actions) Ah.. The strength of the Pack is the Wolf

Baloo: Yeah! ..and…

Mowgli: And the .. umm..

Baloo: Aarghhh! (to audience) Everyone ..

Baloo + Audience: (with actions) And the strength of the Wolf is the Pack

Mowgli: And the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Baloo + Mowgli + Audience: As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk,

The Law runneth forward and back.

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,

And the strength of the wolf is the Pack.

Baloo: Whoo! Whoo! Yeah Man-Cub. Give me five!

Mowgli: (falls over) Yikes Baloo! Steady!

(Enter a Tree)

Baloo: (confused) What are you doing? (Feels an itch) Ooh..Aahh..Oooh.. I can’t bear it any longer. (Scratching his back against tree) Ooh. Itchy. A little bit here. Aah. Scratchy. And a little bit over here. 19

Baloo: Hey Man-cub – try this

Baloo: Itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy!

Mowgli: Itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy!

Baloo: Scratchy! Scratchy!

Mowgli: Scratchy! Scratchy!

Baloo: Itchy , scratchy, itchy, scratchy!

Mowgli: Itchy, scratchy, itchy, scratchy!

Baloo: Itchy, scratchy, itchy, scratchy!

(Mowgli and Baloo collapse)

Baloo: Hey man cub. You ever tasted honey?

Mowgli: Nope. (joining Baloo)

Baloo: Look up there. See that thing?

Mowgli: yep

Baloo: That. Is Honey. I want you to go up and get it for me

Mowgli: Wha.. whoa..up there?

Baloo: Start low. Hold on. One paw. The other paw. One paw.

(Enter a bee)

Mowgli: Ouch. I’m getting stung.

Baloo: Keep going.

Mowgli: Ow ow ow

Baloo: Nearly there. Now reach up and GRAB it!

(Mowgli grabs honey)

Baloo: YESSSSS!!

Mowgli: (slipping down tree) Aaarghhh!!

(Exit Tree and bee)

Mowgli: Here! Take it! (licking fingers) Yum!

Baloo: Mmmm. Bear –ti- ful !

Mowgli: (agreeing and staring). UMMM hummm. 20

Baloo: (uncomfortable) What are you doing, Mowgli?

Vine: Animals don’t like it when you look them in the eyes. Don’t stare Mowgli.

Mowgli: Wha? Silly Baloo.

Scene Four

Mowgli learns to run and smell

Vine: And Mowgli grew and grew strong in the Jungle.

(Enter Bagheera, jogging)

Bagheera: Run little brother. You must learn to run faster.

Mowgli: Hey! Bagheera!

Vine: Run, little brother!

Mowgli: I’m running.

Baloo: Run, little brother!

Mowgli: I AM running!

Bagheera: Run faster! Run!

(Mowgli collapses, very tired)

Bagheera: What are you doing down there?

Mowgli: (getting up) I’m just..

Bagheera: That’s better! Not tooo bad. For a first try. For a man cub. In the jungle, you’ve got to be fit. OK Wolf cubs.. it’s wolf workout time. So.. We’re going to start with some basic jungle stretching. So let’s have everyone up on their feet. Yeah.. I do mean EVERYONE. And paws up, and paws down. Paws all around. Yeah! Climb the trees. Hold paws. Feel the jungle breeze.

Baloo: Shake off a bug. Give a big bear hug. Beary good. Let’s have a round of appaws. Ouch.. It’s ok It’s ok.. just a thorn..(sitting in audience) Phew..

Vine: And Bagheera taught Mowgli to know every breath of the warm night air.

Bagheera: (sniffing the air) What can you smell, man cub?

Mowgli: (sniffing) Umm.. . something like night time, just before you go to sleep. Something nice. Oh it’s YOU! 21

Bagheera: Good. Thanks. Now close your eyes again.

Mowgli: (closing eyes) OK

Bagheera: Sniff the wind.

Mowgli: (sniffs)

Bagheera: What can you smell?

Mowgli: (sniffs towards the audience, eyes half closed) Different smells. (go towards a Mum) Something clean.. and .. perfumed …like Chanel (go towards a kid) something.. sweet and.. maybe a hint of Haribo ? (go towards a Dad) And something..something.. like .. feet? The Wolf Pack!

(Enter Baloo)

Bagheera: Excellent. Try now.

Mowgli: Err… something warm. Something cuddly. Something furry and friendly and familiar. .. Baloo? Is that you?

Bagheera: Open your eyes

Mowgli: Baloo! (hugs him)

Baloo: Ah.. shucks. (hugs him back)

Mowgli: (crushed by bear hug) Aaaarghh!

Baloo: Hey man cub (friendly pat)

Mowgli: (goes flying) Hey! Baloo!

Baloo: (limping over) Err.. What are you doing down there?

Bagheera: Well you knocked him over, didn’t you. You stupid great bear.

Baloo: No I didn’t

Bagheera: yes, you did.

Baloo: No, I didn’t

Bagheera: yes, you did.

Baloo; yes I did.

Bagheera: No, you didn’t

Baloo: Ha!

Mowgli: Hey! What’s wrong with your foot?

Baloo: It’s an.. err.. thorn. 22

Mowgli: Let me see. Hold still..

Baloo: Yikes

Mowgli: I said, hold still..

Baloo: Double yikes

Mowgli: Look! There’s a pot of honey!

Baloo: Where?

Mowgli: (pulling thorn out) There! How’s that?

Baloo: Huh? Err.. How did you DO that? Err.. Thanks man-cub.

Mowgli: You’re welcome!

Bagheera: Actually.. er.. I’ve ..er..

Mowgli: Front or back?

Bagheera: This one.

Mowgli: (pulling thorn out) There you go!

(Enter Shere Khan)

Mowgli: Ugh! That is a horrible smell? What is it?

Bagheera: Shh

(Bagheera + Baloo hide Mowgli behind them)

Shere Khan: Bagheera. Baloo. (sniffing) Good hunting!

Baloo: Er ..What do you want, Shere Khan?

Shere Khan: Where’s the man cub?

Baloo: Er. No idea. Bagheera?

Bagheera: Man cub? No, haven’t seen him in ages. (to audience) Have you seen him, wolf pack?

Baloo: (indicate they should say no)

Bagheera: So sorry Shere Khan.

Shere Khan: Right. I see. Yes. He’s mine.

Baloo: Actually Shere Khan he isn’t.

Bagheera: He’s one of the Wolf Pack. Remember.

Shere Khan: I will have him. 23

Baloo: Er.. No. No , no you won’t. Get back to your own hunting grounds, Shere Khan. You’ve no business being here. Good Hunting!

Bagheera: Good hunting!

(Exit Bagheera, Baloo, Mowgli – Mowgli hidden)

Shere Khan: (to the audience) Have you noticed anything strange about the horrible little man cub? (sneering) Hmmmm? The staring? Strange, eh? Eh? Eh? Only the snakes stare. When they want to EAT you.

(re-enter Bagheera)

Bagheera: (To the audience) He’s still here?

Shere Khan: Listen carefully young Wolves of the Pack (to parent) and more mature wolves of the Wolf Pack .. you’ve made a very stupid mistake. But don’t worry. I’m going to help you. Let’s get rid of old Akela, eh? Ha ha ha ha Grrrr .. Grrr Oh yes.. things are soon going to be very different around he… Bagheera! You’re back. How nice!

Bagheera: I’m warning you, Shere Khan. You lay ONE claw on that man-cub.. just ONE claw! And you’ll have me to reckon with.

Shere Khan: Oooooh. I’m SOOO scared.

Bagheera: SSSSSSSSSSS

Shere Khan: Miaow.

Bagheera: Go! Get back to your own hunting grounds and stop bothering us here!

Shere Khan: Grrrr. Grrrr. GRRRRR

Bagheera: I’m not afraid of you

Shere Khan: I’m going Bagheera. But I will have that Man Cub. You’ll see! Ha ha ha ha ha!

Scene Five

Mowgli builds a stick house shelter, and plays with the monkeys

(Enter Mowgli with big sticks to build house)

Mowgli: As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk… The law runneth forward and back. Phew.

(Enter Longtail) 24

Mowgli: For the strength of the .. (ask audience) How does it go again? For the strength of the pack is the wolf. And the strength of the wolf is the pack. Oh yes, thanks. (drinks) Now let’s see.

Mowgli: I’d better start with the big ones.

Mowgli: Yeah.. (builds house)

(Longtail drinks)

Mowgli: Hmm… now I just need to tie these together and..

(Enter Coconut, pulls Longtail’s tail)

Longtail: Screech

Mowgli: Hey! That’s my drinking shell. Give it back!

Mowgli: Hey! Leave them alone!

Coconut : Hey! Leave them alone!

Mowgli: (laughs)

Coconut: Nuts!

(Enter Baloo)

Baloo: Er.. What’s going on?

(Exit Longtail and Coconut)

Mowgli: Oh hi Baloo! Do you want to play with me and.. hey? Where did they go?

Baloo: PLAY? With the Monkey People? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Mowgli: But Baloo..

Baloo: No, no, no, no!

Mowgli: But they PLAYED with me Baloo. They like playing chase. Just like me. And they drank from my shell. They’re more like me than any of the other Jungle folk.

Baloo: Shhhh!.. (angry ) What do I teach you man-cub?

Mowgli: The Jungle Law.

Baloo: Have you EVER heard me speak of the Monkey People?

Mowgli: No.

Baloo: Exactly. And that is because the “You Know Who’s” do not follow the Jungle Law.

Mowgli: (quietly) I see. 25

Baloo: They are evil. And dirty. They boast about all the things they’re going to do to help everyone in the Jungle because they want to get noticed. But the next minute they see a nut falling off a tree and start laughing. And then they forget all about their promises. So we do NOT notice them. Even when they throw things.

Mowgli: Sorry, Baloo.

Baloo: The Monkey People are forbidden.

Mowgli: Ok.

Baloo: We do not notice them. Now get in there and think about it.

(Exit Baloo)

Mowgli: Yes Baloo. No Baloo. But they’re fun! Bad Baloo! (sits in stick house)

Shere Khan: What is this? Where did it come from? (sniffs) It’s the man-cub. Pah! I knew it.

Bagheera: (offstage) Little Brother!

Shere Khan: He doesn’t belong in the jungle. He belongs here in my belly.

(Enter Bagheera)

Bagheera: (calling) Little brother!

Shere Khan: Just you wait man cub. Just you wait!

(Exit Shere Khan)

Scene Six

Mowgli learns animal sounds and the Master Word

Bagheera: There you are! I think it’s time you learned something new. So today I’ve err. Planned a little challenge for you. So we’re going to listen and then I want you to try and tell me what animal this is.

Mowgli: I see. (ha) Yikes. Might need a bit of help here.

Bagheera: Ok. Now close your eyes. OK! When you’re ready!

(sound: elephant)

Bagheera: Well, what do you think that was?

Mowgli: Erm.. Can I ask the wolf pack? 26

Bagheera: OK.

Mowgli: (to audience) What was that?

Audience: An elephant.

Mowgli: Thanks. (To Bagheera) It’s an elephant.

Bagheera: Very good. You’re right. Now listen carefully. Who’s this? Chil the kite? Or Charlie the chicken?

Mowgli: What kind of creature is Chil the kite?

Bagheera: A bird. Bit like an eagle. Very good eyesight. (to the sky)OK guys!

(sound: chicken)

Bagheera: Well?

Mowgli: Charlie the Chicken.

Bagheera: Excellent. Well done. And finally .. WHO is this? (to the sky) When you’re ready up there!

(sound: Kite)

Mowgli: Er.. (hesitantly) Is it.. Chil the Kite?

Bagheera: YES! WELL DONE!! Very good. Excellent. Now. The “master word”. When you meet somebody new in the jungle, you must say it to them.

Mowgli: So.. er.. What IS the master word?

Bagheera: We be of one blood thou and I.

Mowgli: What does that mean?

Bagheera: It means that we’re all different. But we’re kind of the same too inside.

Mowgli: We be of one blood thou and I.

Bagheera: Err. Yep. And then you say: Good Hunting! Cos you want them to hunt for food and not just for fun.

Mowgli: We be of one blood thou and I. Good Hunting!

Bagheera: Don’t forget. It will keep you safe.

(exit Bagheera)

Mowgli: I won’t. We be of one blood thou and I. Good Hunting! We be of one blood thou and I. Good Hunting!

Scene Seven

The Wolve’s Cave – Akela visits Mother and Father Wolf 27

(Father Wolf, Mother Wolf, Mowgli)

Father Wolf: And so the moons and the rains passed.

Mother Wolf: And Mowgli grew up with the cubs.

Father Wolf: And then one day Akela came to visit Mother and Father Wolf.

(Enter Akela, now very old)

Akela: Sorry to introoode.

Father Wolf: What’s wrong? Is it Mowgli?

Akela: How old do you think I am? I’m getting older. I can’t hunt well any more.

Father Wolf: Why are you telling us this?

Akela: Because next time. I might miss the kill.

Father Wolf: So?

Akela: If I miss. If I miss… that’s the end. I’m not head of the wolf pack any more. It’s the Jungle Law.

Mother Wolf: (to Mowgli) Mowgli, go out and play. But .. what about Mowgli? Will the pack still protect him?

Akela: I don’t know. Shere Khan has been talking to the pack – trying to turn them against Mowgli. Anyway, I’ll be going. Good Hunting!

Mother and Father Wolf: Good Hunting!

(Exit Akela)

Mother Wolf: Mowgli!

Father Wolf: Mowgli!

Mother and Father Wolf: Mowgli be careful!

Scene Eight

The Monkeys Steal Mowgli

(Enter Mowgli)

Mowgli: Wash daily from nose tip to tail tip 28

Drink deeply but never too deep

(yawning) And remember the night is for hunting

And forget not the day is for sleep

Ooh… This looks like the perfect place for a lovely afternoon sleep.

(Lies down, goes to sleep)

(Enter Longtail, Coconut, Banana)

Banana: Where’s the stick house? You said there was a stick house. Where’s the stick house?

Longtail: I can’t see a stick house.

Coconut: I can’t see a … Nuts

Longtail: Nuts

Banana: Nuts (grabs Longtail’s tail, chase)

Longtail: Let’s get the man-cub.

Banana: Let’s take him to the Cold Lairs.

Longtail: He can teach us how to build a house.

Coconut: Grab him

(Coconut and Longtail take a hand each and pull Mowgli to his feet)

Longtail + Coconut: (swinging him) Weeeeee!!

Monkeys: Weeee… Catch… Weee… Catch…

Monkeys: Nuts !! (all let go of Mowgli)

(Mowgli starts to spin as if falling to ground)

(sound: Chil the Kite)

Mowgli: (looking up) Chil! Chil the Kite! Is it you?

(sound: Chil the Kite)

Mowgli: We are one blood thou and I.

Chil the Kite: Man-cub! You know the master word!

Mowgli: Help me!

Chil the Kite: What’s the matter? 29

Mowgli: Tell Bagheera and Baloo that the monkey people have stolen me.

Chil the Kite: Where are they taking you?

Mowgli: I don’t know. Tell them to come quickly. Good Hunting!

Chil the Kite: Good hunting!

Longtail: CATCH! We are the very best. We know we are because we say so.

Coconut: We know we are the best. We said it. So it must be true.

Banana: We say we are the best so we must be the . . Nuts!

(sound – Monkeys)

Mowgli: Where is this place? What do you want from me? Bagheera! Baloo! I’m scared. Where IS everyone. I don’t like it here.

Scene Nine

Baloo + Bagheera ask Kaaa to help rescue Mowgli

Chil the Kite: Baloo! Bagheera! The man-cub needs your help. He’s locked into the secret chamber at Cold Lairs. The ruined Man city. The monkey people have taken him. Go quickly!

(Enter Baloo)

Baloo: (sleepy, looking up) Err. Wha..? What?

(Enter Bagheera)

Bagheera: WHAT? WHAT? Didn’t you tell him not to play with the . The the.. you know who’s.

Baloo: Are you saying this is my fault?

Bagheera: Are you, or are you not, the Man Cub’s teacher?

Baloo: Er.. well YES, but obviously I never told him it was OK to play with the You Know Who’s

Bagheera: Never mind. We can argue about this later. The main thing is.. we’re going to need some extra help. We’ll never manage to take on all the .. you know who .. on our own.

Baloo: Kaaa?

Bagheera: Precisely. 30

Baloo: OK. Come on. Let’s call him.

Bagheera + Baloo: (singing) Long and green, silky and smooth, shed your skin, rise up anew. You can sleep, eyes open wide, when you wake, you hypnotise.

(Enter Kaa)

Kaa: Yessssssssss…. Did ssssssomebody sssssssssssssay sssssssssssssssomething?

Bagheera + Baloo: Kaa! We are one blood, thou and we. Good Hunting!

Bagheera: You look nice. Is that a new skin?

Kaa: Thanksssssssssssssssss Where’s your sssssssssstudent?

Baloo: Mowgli? He’ s gone. Kidnapped.

Bagheera: By the..

Baloo: By the..

Kaa: yessssssssssssss?

Bagheera: The..”you know who”. We need your help.

Kaa: Imposssssssssssssible. I will have nothing to do with apesssssssssssss.

Bagheera: No. But .. well I don’t like to mention this, but.. well..

Baloo: What Bagheera means to say, Kaa.. Is that we overheard them calling you a..

Kaa: Yessssssss?

Baloo: A worm.

Bagheera: And a slug.

Kaa: (furious) SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Baloo: We thought you should know.

Bagheera: It’s only right. I mean you.. may want to..

Baloo: Get your revenge on them.

Bagheera: For being so rude. We’re going there now.

Baloo: Would you like to come with us?

Kaa: Yessssssss

Trunk: The three of them set out for the Cold Lairs. Through the jungle, across rivers. Over fallen trees.

Baloo: Aargh! Wait for me! 31

Kaa: I can’t believe they called me a lizard

Baloo: Not lizard. Worm.

Bagheera: And slug. And a fish too.

Kaa: sssssssooo insssssssulting

Trunk: Until finally

Trunk,Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa: They arrived.

(sound: Monkeys)

Bagheera: Right.. here’s the plan.. Kaa.. You slither into their secret chamber

Baloo: Slither in.

Bagheera: And hypnotise the Monkey People.

Baloo: Hypnotise.

Bagheera: Once they’re under your spell.. give us a signal and we’ll come in and rescue Mowgli.

Kaa: Certainly. I’m sssssssssstarving

Baloo: Err. Yep. You Know Who’s – yum yum. Bears, Panthers and man-cubs … Ugh!

Bagheera: Ugh!

Baloo: Don’t forget!

Bagheera: We’ll be hiding.. Waiting for the signal.

(Exit Baloo and Bagheera)

Kaa: (to audience) Ssssssooo. A sssssssssignal. Let’ssssss ssssssseeeee. When you hear me sssssay: “ Ssssssssssssssupper is sssssssssserved” you must call Baloo and Bagheera. Can I trussssst you?

(Audience) Yes

Kaa: Let’s practice. Supper is served!

(Audience) Baloo! Bagheera!

(lights down – we see Kaaa’s eyes)

Kaa: I’m sssssssslipping in

(Sound: monkeys)

Mowgli: I’m not afraid of you. I know my friends will come and get me.

Kaa: Hi! Sssssso good to sssssseee you apesss. 32

Mowgli: Kaa! Is that you?

Kaa: (to Mowgli) Shh! (To monkeys) You’re getting very sssssssssssssleeeeeeeeeepy now

Monkeys: Very ssssssssssleeeeeeepy

Kaa: sssssssssoo sssssssssssleeepy

(Sound: Snoring)

Kaa: Yessssssssss! My Ssssssssssssupper is ssssssssssssssserved!

(Audience: Bagheera! Baloo!)

(sound: lock rattling)

Kaa: Sssssssssssupper is sssssssssserved

(Audience: Bagheera! Baloo!)

(sound: more urgent lock rattling)

Baloo + Bagheera: Mowgli, Kaa, we can’t open the door!)

Kaa: shhhhhhhhugar. They can’t open the door with their paws. Follw me man-cub. I know a sssecret passsssage.

Kaa: Ssssorry. Sssssslithering through. Yum. A sssssssnack.

(Enter Bagheera, Baloo)

Mowgli: Bagheera! Baloo! You came!

Kaa: Sssssssssssso nisssssssssse to ssssseeee you again

Bagheera + Baloo: Ssssssssso nisssssssssssssse to ssssssssssssssseee you

Mowgli: Yikes! Come on! Let’s get out of here. Thanks Kaa! I owe you a big favour! Good hunting!

Kaa: Sssssssssso long!

Baloo + Bagheera: Ssssssssssso L..

Mowgli: COME ON!!

(Exit Bagheera, Baloo, Mowgli)

Kaa: (to audience) You look sssssssssssssoo sssssssweet!

Mowgli: (calling) No, Kaa. Not them!

Kaa: Ssssssssssorry (exits)

Baloo: I told you not to play with the You Know Who’s. 33

Mowgli: Sorry, Baloo.

Bagheera: What were you doing with the You Know Who’s? I told you not to play with them!

Scene Ten

Bagheera tells Mowgli he’s in danger

Leaf: More moons and rains passed.

Creeper: Mowgli got stronger.

Leaf: Akela got older. And then one day

(Enter Mowgli, running)

Mowgli: Bagheera! Bagheera! Oh thank goodness I’ve found you. Something really strange has happened. I was watching the wolves hunt and I saw..

Bagheera: What did you see?

Mowgli: Akela.. Akela.. He was waiting to pounce .. and then he pounced.. but.. he.. MISSED! And the deer got away. And then all the wolves started shouting.. and then Akela just turned and went off on his own.

Bagheera: (sitting up quickly) You are in danger now little brother.

Mowgli: Why? What’s wrong? Bagheera?

Bagheera: THAT’s IT! The red flower that grows in the man village at twilight.

Mowgli: (scared) Do you mean .. FIRE?

Bagheera: Shhhh.. We cannot even say the word. But you.. YOU are a Man-cub. And you can use it to fight Shere Khan.

Bagheera: Look at me, little brother.

Leaf: Don’t stare, Mowgli.

Vine: Animals don’t like it when you look them in the eyes. Don’t stare.

Bagheera: See! You are SUCH a MAN’S cub.

Mowgli: But I’m one of the Pack.. the Free People. They accepted me, remember? 34

Bagheera: Some of them love you, but others..

Mowgli: They don’t like me?

Bagheera: They hate you because you’re different. Because they can’t meet your eyes. Because you can take thorns out of their paws. Because you are wise.

Mowgli: But that’s stupid!

Bagheera: To the man village. GO!

Mowgli: (getting up) I’m going. I’ll be back.

Leaf: Run, little brother!

Mowgli: (running) and Mowgli ran through the Jungle

Leaf: Run, little brother!

Mowgli: Across rivers, up hills and down hills until he came to the Man Village.

Scene Eleven

The Man Village

Messua, Joyce: (singing) Kom vom bam jok, kom vom bam. Kom vom bam, jok, kom vom bam.

Messua: Gra simi tik tok blooley bophole.

Joyce: Tam tam.

Messua: ognong!

Mowgli: They look like me! Mmm. Something smells good. Good hunting!

Messua: Blillig?

Mowgli: Good hunting! Please can I have something to eat?

Joyce: Warri warri wipple top?

Leaf: She says she can’t understand.

Mowgli: Please can I have something to eat?

Messua: zirom glip dob

Leaf: She says he’s got lovely teeth.

Joyce: bombi bombi ? 35

Leaf: Hang on a minute.. He looks like your son.

Messua: Tam Tam

Leaf: You’re right.

Messua: Yamslooga! Yamslooga!

Leaf: That’s her husband.

Messua: ropey sing sing.

Leaf: Come and see this. He looks just like our little boy.

Mowgli: Wait! Don’t go.. I (grabs fire and starts to run)

Messua: Snik snak!

Joyce: Fingey snop!

Leaf: Ooh.. that’s very rude.

Messua: Grop! Grop! Skra!

Mowgli: Mowgli ran through the jungle as fast as he could.

Leaf: Run, little brother! Run, little brother!

Creeper: Run faster!

Vine: Run, little brother!

Scene Twelve

The Wolf Council – Mowgli fights Shere Khan

(Enter Mowgli with fire)

Mowgli: Baloo!

Baloo: Whoa! Steady with that

Mowgli: Akela!

Akela: Are you not afraid?

Mowgli: Nah.. it’s fine. It’s lovely and warm. Here! Sorry. Sorry. I won’t harm you. I promise.

(Enter Shere Khan)

Shere Khan: Free People of the Wolf Pack, Your leader has missed the kill. Now it is time to choose a new leader. I have been asked to speak to you 36

Mowgli: (shouting) By WHO? WHO asked YOU to speak, Shere Khan? Let Akela Speak.

Akela: Free People for 12 seasons I have led in the kill. And in all that time, no one has been trapped or injured. Now you have cheated me. You wanted to show my weakness. And you have done it. So, who comes first to try and kill me? I have the right to fight you one by one.

Pause

Shere Khan: Grrrr! Nobody cares about killing YOU Akela. It’s this man cub who has lived for WAY too long. Give him to me now!

Akela: Let him go to his own place. To the man village.

Shere Khan: What? So he can turn all the men against us. Oh what a BRILLIANT idea.

Akela: He has eaten our food. He has hunted with us. He has never broken the Jungle Law.

Shere Khan: No man can run with the people of the jungle. Give him to me!

Akela: He is our brother. He was brought into the pack according to the law.

Shere Khan: He is a man! A man! A man!

Mowgli: (standing, furious) Listen! Listen to me!

Mowgli: I will go back to my people.. if they are my people. But before I go. Come here Shere Khan. I will fight you!

Shere Khan: The man-cub is very brave tonight.

Baloo: Mowgli, what are you doing? Stop!

Mowgli: It’s ok Baloo. Come and get me!

Shere Khan: Grrrr

Mowgli: Come here, kitty, kitty, kitty!

Shere Khan: Grrrrrrrr (about to pounce)

Shere Khan: Aaaarghhhh!

Mowgli: Come on then pussy cat!

Baloo: I can’t bear it!

(Mowgli gets fire)

Shere Khan: No! Please. Not the red flower. Man-cub. Nooo. 37

Mowgli: Get out! And never come back. Akela will lead this Pack again. And the next time your sneaky stripy skin comes back to this Wolf Council I will be WEARING it on my back. Now go!

Shere Khan: Grrrrr…. (exits)

Baloo: Mowgli! You did it!

Akela: I knew we were right to accept you Mowgli. Everyone, Awooo!

Baloo: Awoo!

Mowgli: Awoo!

(exit Akela)

(Mowgli starts to cry)

Baloo: Mowgli?

Mowgli: Waaah! Do I really have to leave the jungle? Baloo! What’s happening to me (touching tears) What is THIS? Am I dying?

Baloo: Err. No Mowgli. You’re not dying. You’re crying. Men do that. These are tears. It means that you really are a man. And you must go to your people.

Mowgli: You won’t forget me will you? Tell them in the jungle never to forget me.

Baloo: We are of one blood, thou and I. Good hunting!

Mowgli: Good hunting!

(exit Baloo)

Vine: The dawn was beginning to break when Mowgli went down the hillside alone to meet those mysterious things that are called men.

Creeper: And years afterwards,

Leaf: he became a man and married.

Trunk: But that is a story for grown-ups.

Leaf, Creeper, Vine, Trunk: Now these are the laws of the jungle/And many/and mighty are they. /But the head and the hoof/But the head and the hoof/Is the law/And the haunch and the hump/and the haunch and the hump/is obey. Good hunting!

Curtain

Jungle Book – Vocabulary

bat (n) cow (n) chicken (n) hunt (v) bull (n) good eyesight (n) jungle law (n) owl (n) blood (n) wolf (n) dirty (adj) have a nap (v) paw (n) strength (n) catch (v) get rid of (phrasal verb) itchy (adj) cold lairs – ruined city (n) cub (n) scratch (v) skin (n) cave (n) honey (n) hypnotise (v) tail (n) get stung by a bee (v) kidnap (v)worm (n) villager (n) grab (v) slug (n) tiger ( n) stare (v) rude (adj) fire (n) climb (v) lizard (n) burn (v) smell (v) supper (n) deer (n) thorn (n) fight (v) grass (n) hunting grounds (n) hate (v) frog (n) snake (n) wise (adj) bald (adj) make a mistake (v) river (n) wolf pack (n) monkey (n) hill (n) wolf council (n) ape (n) panther (n) full moon (n) stick (n) eagle (n) bear (n) nut (n) leader (n) listen (v) 39

True/False Answers

1. Father Wolf hunts at night. T/F TRUE – He’s getting ready to go hunting at 7pm. 2. Shere Khan comes into the wolf cave. T/F FALSE – He is too big to get into the cave 3. Mowgli is scared of the wolves. T/F FALSE – Mowgli laughs when he comes into the cave 4. Baloo teaches the wolf cubs about the jungle law. T/F TRUE – and he also teaches Mowgli. 5. Shere Khan wants the wolves to accept Mowgli. T/F FALSE – Shere Khan wants to eat Mowgli. 6. Bagheera gives the wolves something to eat. T/F TRUE – Bagheera gives the wolves a freshly killed bull in exchange for Mowgli’s life. 7. All the animals love Mowgli. T/F FALSE – some of the animals hate Mowgli because he stares at them in the eyes. 8. Baloo likes the monkeys. T/F FALSE – Baloo hates the monkeys. He calls them the “you know who’s” because he doesn’t like saying their name. 9. Chil is a kind of bird. T/F TRUE – Chil is a kite. It’s a big bird, like an eagle. 10. Kaa can hypnotise other animals. T/F TRUE – Kaa hypnotises the monkeys. 11. The animals think fire is a red flower. T/F 40

TRUE – the animals call fire the red flower. They say it grows outside the villagers’ houses in the evenings. 12. The man villagers speak the same language as Mowgli. T/F FALSE – Mowgli can’t understand the man villagers. 13. Shere Khan likes fire. T/F FALSE – Shere Khan is afraid of fire. 14. Mowgli goes back to live with men. T/F TRUE – at the end of the story, Mowgli goes back to the man village.

Jungle Crossword – Verbs - Answers

Across

3. Some animals love Mowgli, but some animals hate him. (hate)

4. Animals hunt for food in the jungle.

6. Baloo uses a tree to scratch his back when he is hot and itchy.

8.. At the end of the story, Mowgli fights Shere Khan and wins.

9. Mowgli arrives at the Wolf cave when he is a baby. He leaves when he is a teenager. Mowgli grows up with the wolves.

Down

1. The monkeys play with Mowgli. They throw him and they catch him.

2. The animals don’t like it when Mowgli stares into their eyes. They think he wants to eat them.

5. Shere Khan doesn’t like Akela. He wants to get rid of Akela.

6. The animals use their noses to smell food and danger.

7. The monkeys kidnap Mowgli and take him to The Cold Lairs. 41

Animals – Answers Jungle Book Animals

bat cow chicken panther wolf bull slug eagle cub owl worm kite tiger bee snake lizard deer frog bear ape monkey

Which animal(s)….

1. Can fly? …bat, owl, bee, eagle, kite…………………………………………… 2. Has no legs? …slug, worm, snake………………………………………………………. 3. Can swim? …frog, snake, wolf, bear……………………………………………… 4. Is like a monkey? …ape………………………………………………………. 5. Makes honey? …bee………………………………………………………. 6. Is a baby? …cub………………………………………………………. 7. Sleeps in the day? …bat, wolf, owl………………………………………………………. 8. Lives on a farm? …chicken, cow, bull……………………………………………………. Complete:

Baloo is a _____bear______.

Shere Khan is a ___tiger______.

Kaa is a _____snake______.

Akela is a _____wolf______.

Bagheera is a ______panther ______

Chil is a _____kite______.

Mowgli is a man _____cub______,