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An English family have just moved to a house in India. They find Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose flooded out of his burrow. A pair of large cobras, Nag and Nagaina, attempt unsuccessfully to kill him. He hears the cobras plotting to kill the father in the house, and attacks Nag in the bathroom. The sound of the fight attracts the father, who shoots Nag. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi destroys Nagaina's eggs and chases her into her "rat-hole" where he kills her too.

"The Sending of Dana Da" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: Once upon a time, some people in India made a new Heaven and a new Earth out of broken tea-cups, a missing brooch or two, and a hair-brush. These were hidden under brushes, or stuffed into holes in the hillside, and an entire Civil Service of subordinate Gods used to find or mend them again; and every one said: "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.

This tale was first published in The Week's News on 25 February 1888, and then included the same year in Volume 5 of the Indian Railway Library - The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales. It was collected in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories in 1895, and in numerous later editions of that collection. The narrator stays the night in a rather sinister old dâk-bungalow. During the night he hears the 'unmistakable' sound of a game of billiards being played in the non-existent room next door.

This tale was first published in "The Week's News" on 14 July, 1888, and collected in the Indian Railway Library No 1 and Soldiers Three in the same year. Mrs DeSussa, a wealthy Eurasian lady, has taken a fancy to the Colonel's wife's dog, 'Rip', an engaging terrier. She offers Learoyd 350 rupees if he will steal the dog for her, so that she can take it home at the end of the cold season. The three soldiers steal another dog from the Canteen Sergeant, dye its coat so that it looks like Rip, and hand it over to her at the railway station.

A boy is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, who teach him the "Law of the Jungle". Some years later, the wolfpack and Mowgli are threatened by the tiger Shere Khan. Mowgli brings fire, driving off Shere Khan but showing that he is a man and must leave the jungle.

Das Werk "Erloschenes Licht" ist ein Roman von Rudyard Kipling. Kipling (30. Dezember 1865 in Bombay - 18. Januar 1936 in London) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Dichter. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind "Das Dschungelbuch" und der Roman "Kim". Die Kinder waren zu der Überzeugung gelangt, dass ihr Leben unerträglich sein würde, wenn sie nicht im Pistolenschießen sich üben könnten.

Un cucciolo d'uomo è l'unico superstite scampato all'attacco della temibile tigre Shere Khan. È accolto e protetto da una famiglia di lupi coraggiosi che lo si prendono cura di lui e lo amano come un figlio. Lo chiamano Mowgli. Da quel momento il cucciolo d'uomo entra a far parte del branco e impara a vivere secondo le leggi della giunga, anche per merito di due tutori speciali: un orso grigio, Baloo e la pantera più nera della giungla, Bagheera. Ma un brutto giorno, Shere Khan torna per rivendicare la sua preda!

"Imagine-toi qu'au temps jadis, l'Éléphant n'avait pas de trompe. Il n'avait qu'un nez noiraud, courtaud, et gros comme une botte. Il pouvait bien le tortiller de droite et de gauche, mais non pas ramasser des choses avec." "L'Enfant d'éléphant" (1902) est un conte racontant pourquoi la trompe de l'éléphant est si grande. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) était un auteur britannique. Né en Inde, il est surtout connu pour son roman "Le Livre de la Jungle". Il fut à la fois le premier anglais et le plus jeune lauréat (42 ans) à recevoir le Prix Nobel de littérature.

Rudyard Kipling's classic comes to life in this brilliantly performed classic! Run with Mowgli through the tangled Indian Jungle as he wages war against the great, lame tiger, Shere Khan. Hunt with Kaa in the twilight, stalk through the forest on noiseless feet with Bagheera, and learn the Law of the Jungle and the maxims of old Baloo the Brown bear.

Helden aus Kindertagen - Mowgli, Baloo und Bagheera. Es ist eine fremde und abenteuerliche Welt, die der kleine Mowgli im indischen Dschungel erlebt, nachdem ihn der Tiger Shir Khan aus dem Dorf seiner Eltern geraubt hat. Er wächst bei einer Wolfsfamilie auf und schließt Freundschaft mit den Tieren der Wildnis, dem Bären Baloo und dem Panter Bagheera. Aber auch das ungebundene Leben in der Natur kommt nicht ohne feste Regeln aus: Mowgli und die Tiere des Dschungels müssen ihnen gehorchen, wenn sie überleben wollen.

The Fantasy Fiction Collection contains: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Jungle Book, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Peter and Wendy, and Alice's Adventures Under Ground.

Presented here are several short stories of Kipling’s which highlight freemasonry, as well as some of his masonic poems: "In the Interests of the Brethren", "The Janeites", "A Madonna of the Trenches", "A Friend of the Family", and "The Man Who Would Be King". As well, the eight poems: "The Mother Lodge", "If", "The Sons of the Widow", "Banquet Night", "The Palace", "The Thousandth Man", "A Pilgrim’s Way", and "My New-Cut Ashlar".

With vivid characters and an hysterically funny choice of words, Rudyard Kipling’s beloved stories “explain” how camels got humps, great whales got tiny throats, elephants got trunks, and more. These time-tested classics cause us to look at accepted qualities in new and creative ways, and even better, make us laugh out loud. With his menagerie of voices and warm, witty narrative presence, Jim Weiss brings Kipling’s own words to life.

First published in 1895, it contains five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated pieces. Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, is older and wiser but still learns more of life and survival in the Indian jungle, in the company of well-known characters like Baloo the brown bear and Bagheera the black panther.

Kipling's Jungle Book remains popular and has seen many adaptations to film and other media. Besides the boy Mowgli, all the characters are animals or rather human archetypes in animal form. The stories, set in a forest in India, have themes like abandonment followed by fostering, and promotes the ideas of law and freedom, respect and obedience. Even critics of Kipling's supposed imperialism admit to the extraordinary power of his storytelling.

"Das kommt davon" - die schönsten Geschichten von Kindern und Tieren vom Autor des berühmten "Dschungelbuchs", Rudyard Kipling. In dieser Folge hört ihr "Die Katze, die ihre eigenen Wege geht" und "Der Schmetterling, der mit dem Fuß aufstampfte".

"Das kommt davon"? - die schönsten Geschichten von Kindern und Tieren vom Autor des berühmten "Dschungelbuchs", Rudyard Kipling. In dieser Folge hört ihr "Wie der erste Brief geschrieben wurde", "Wie der Walfisch seinen engen Schlund bekam" und "Wie das Kamel seinen Buckel bekam".

Dschungel, das klingt irgendwie nach Tigerschleichen, Affentanz und Trommelmusik. Es ist ein tolles und gewaltiges Fleckchen Erde, in dem es duftet und klingt und wo immer etwas los ist. Mogly, der als Junge im Dschungel aufgewachsen ist, erlebt im warmen, immergrünen Wald der freundlichen und gefährlichen Tiere manches Abenteuer. Seine Geschichte ist ganz berühmt, weil sie so spannend und so gut ist. Woran man das erkennt? Nun, beim Hören wirst du Mogly und seine Freunde lebendig vor dir sehen.

"Das kommt davon" - die schönsten Geschichten von Kindern und Tieren vom Autor des berühmten "Dschungelbuchs", Rudyard Kipling. In dieser Folge hört ihr "Wie das Gürteltier entstand" und "Wie der Leopard seine Flecken bekam".

"Men in pajamas sitting abaft the funnel and swapping lies of the purple seas." Thirty one early short stories by the master story teller Kipling.