The Second Jungle Book

Book Details

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Author(s):

Rudyard Kipling

First Pub:

1895

First Read:

2016

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 16

How Fear Came

The Law of the Jungle

The Miracle of Purun Bhagat

A Song of Kabir

Letting in the Jungle

Mowgli's Song Against People

The Undertakers

A Ripple Song

The King's Ankus

The Song of the Little Hunter

Quiquern

"Angutivun Tina"

Red Dog

Chil's Song

The Spring Running

The Outsong

Internal ID:

13570

Series:

<- The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book*

#2 of 2

The Jungle Book*

A series of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.

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1) The Jungle Book
2) The Second Jungle Book

First Sentence:

The stream is shrunk - the pool is dry, And we be comrades, thou and I; With fevered jowl and sunken flank Each jostling each along the bank; And, by one drouthy fear made still, Foregoing thought of quest or kill.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

On the trail that thou must tread
To the thresholds of our dread.
Where the Flower blossoms red;
Through the nights when thou shalt lie
Prisoned from our Mother–sky,
Hearing us, thy loves, go by;
In the dawns, when thou shalt wake
To the toil thou canst not break,
Heartsick for the Jungle's sake:
Wood and Water, Wind and Tree,
Wisdom, Strength, and Courtesy,
Jungle–Favor go with thee!

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Extract (may contain spoilers)

I will let loose against you the fleet–footed vines—
I will call in the Jungle to stamp out your lines!
The roofs shall fade before it,
The house–beams shall fall,
And the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall cover it all!

In the gates of these your councils my people shall sing,
In the doors of these your garners the Bat–folk shall cling;
And the snake shall be your watchman,
By a hearthstone unswept;
For the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall fruit where ye slept!

Ye shall not see my strikers; ye shall hear them and guess;
By night, before the moon–rise, I will send for my cess,
And the wolf shall be your herdsman
By a landmark removed,
For the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall seed where ye loved!

I will reap your fields before you at the hands of a host;
Ye shall glean behind my reapers for the bread that is lost;
And the deer shall be your oxen
By a headland untilled,
For the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall leaf where ye build!

I have untied against you the club–footed vines,
I have sent in the Jungle to swamp out your lines
The trees—the trees are on you!
The house–beams shall fall,
And the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall cover you all!

I have sent in the Jungle to swamp out your lines
The trees—the trees are on you!
The house–beams shall fall,
And the Karela, the bitter Karela,
Shall cover you all!

Added: 03-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 03-Mar-2023

Publications

02-Feb-2009

Libivox

Audiobook

Date Issued:

02-Feb-2009

Format:

Audiobook

Length:

7 hrs 27 min (256 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 10 Sep 2016 - 10 Sep 2016

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Internal ID:

13096

Publisher:

Libivox

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

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From librivox.org:

Kipling shows his love of the sub continent and its people and understanding of their beliefs in these tales. An older Mowgli roams the jungle with his old friends and investigates the ways of his people, a Prime Minister becomes a wandering holy man, scavengers tell their tale and we leave India for the far, far north of Canada.

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Author(s)

Rudyard Kipling
Birth: 30 Dec 1865 Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Death: 18 Jan 1936 London, England, UK

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