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:''For the 1894 Rudyard Kipling book, see The Jungle Book .
For the 1967 Disney animated film, see The Jungle Book (1967 Film) .

For the 1994 video game based on the Disney movie, see The Jungle Book (video Game) .

For the 2003 Disney animated film, see The Jungle Book 2 .


''The Second Jungle Book'' is a sequel to '' The Jungle Book '' by Rudyard Kipling . First published in 1895 , it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India , most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont . All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894 - 5 , often under different titles. The book is less well-known than the original even though it arguably contains some of Kipling's best animal stories.


STORIES IN THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK:


You can find the complete text at Project Gutenberg 's official website.

  • "How Fear Came": During a drought, Mowgli and the animals gather at a shrunken river for a 'water truce', during which Hathi the Elephant tells the story of how the first Tiger got his stripes. This story can be seen as a forerunner of the Just So Stories .


  • "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat": An influential Indian politician abandons his worldly goods to become an ascetic holy man. Later he must save a village from a landslide with the help of the local animals.


  • " and her (unnamed) Husband . Mowgli rescues them and then prepares to take revenge.


  • "The Undertakers": A Crocodile , a Jackal and an adjutant Crane , three of the most unpleasant characters on the river, spend an afternoon bickering with each other until some Englishmen arrive to settle some unfinished business with the crocodile.


  • "The King's Ankus ": Mowgli discovers a jewelled object which he later discards carelesslly, not realising that men will kill each other to possess it. Note: the first edition of ''The Second Jungle Book'' inadvertently omits the final 500 words of this story, in which Mowgli returns the treasure to its hiding-place to prevent further killings. Although the error was corrected in later printings, it was picked up by some later editions.


  • "Quiquern": A young Inuit hunter and his girlfriend set out across the Arctic ice on a desperate hunt for food to save their tribe from starvation, guided by the mysterious animal-spirit Quiquern. But Quiquern may not be what it seems....


  • "Red Dog": Mowgli's wolfpack is threatened by a pack of rampaging Dhole . Mowgli asks Kaa the Python to help him formulate a plan to defeat them.


  • "The Spring Running": Mowgli, now almost seventeen years old, is growing restless for reasons he cannot understand. On an aimless run through the jungle he stumbles across the village where his adopted mother Messua is now living with her two-year old son, and is torn between staying with her and returning to the jungle.



In 1992 Pamela Jekel wrote '' The Third Jungle Book '', consisting entirely of new Mowgli stories, in a passable imitation of Kipling's style.


SEE ALSO




EXTERNAL LINK


  • The Jungle Book Collection : a website demonstrating the variety of merchandise related to the book and film versions of The Jungle Books


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'''' is a film starring Jamie Williams as Mowgli , but the movie's story has little or no connection with the stories in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Second Jungle Book''.