So here's how to watch the original Jungle Book movie, because unless you still have a functioning VCR hanging around, that dusty VHS tape sitting in a box in your mom's basement isn't going to cut it. But if you haven't yet seen the 1967 Disney animated version it's based on? Well, you need to get on that immediately, because it is pure, classic, sweet-childhood-memories, Disney perfection (just try to watch 'Bare Necessities' and not smile. He is torn between staying with her and returning to the jungle, but he finally resolves to stay with her.Don't get me wrong, Disney's new live-action update of The Jungle Book looks pretty amazing - it's got an Avatar-esque, grand, computer-generated style, an A-list cast of actors providing voices, and so far, it's getting fabulous reviews. ' The Spring Running': Mowgli, now almost 17 years old now, goes for a spring running, and runs into his former adoptive mother, Meshua.With the wolves and his friend Kaa the python, Mowgli undertakes the difficult task of stopping them. ' Red Dog: The dhole, the red dog, are on the move.' Quiquern': A young Inuit hunter and his sled dog 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.

Although the error was corrected in later printings, it was picked up by some later editions. 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.

' 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.

' The Undertakers': A crocodile, a jackal and an adjutant stork (erroneuously referred to as a crane in the story), 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.

Mowgli rescues them and then prepares to take revenge.

' Letting In the Jungle': Mowgli has been driven out of the human village for witchcraft, and the superstitious villagers are preparing to kill his adopted parents Meshua and her (unnamed) husband.

Later he must save a village from a landslide with the help of the local animals.

' The Miracle of Purun Bhagat': An influential Indian politician abandons his worldly goods to become an ascetic holy man.This story can be seen as a forerunner of the Just So Stories. During a drought, Mowgli and the animals gather at a shrunken river for a 'water truce', during which Hathi the elephant tells the other jungle people about how the tiger got his stripes and why they have a certain right. ' How Fear Came': This story takes place before Mowgli fights Shere Khan.

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