# The Jungle Book — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph sets the scene for the stories to come, invoking the transition from day to night in the jungle and the creatures that emerge under cover of darkness. It emphasizes the power and law of the jungle, calling f
- [The Jungle Book](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/the-jungle-book.md): A collection of stories set in the Indian jungle, featuring Mowgli's upbringing among wolves, his battles with Shere Khan, and other animal tales including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's fight against cobras, Kotick the white seal's
- [Mowgli's Brothers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/mowgli-s-brothers.md): Mowgli is adopted into the Seeonee wolf pack after being presented at Council Rock, where Bagheera pays a bull for his acceptance. He grows up learning the Law of the Jungle from Baloo and Bagheera, but faces growing hos
- [Kaa's Hunting](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/kaa-s-hunting.md): Mowgli, while learning the Law of the Jungle from Baloo, is kidnapped by the Bandar-log (the monkey people). Baloo and Bagheera seek help from Kaa the python, who uses his hypnotic powers to defeat the monkeys and rescue
- [Tiger! Tiger!](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/tiger-tiger.md): Mowgli leaves the wolf pack after the Council Rock fight and travels to a village where he is adopted by Messua, who believes he might be her lost son. He becomes a buffalo herder and learns human customs while keeping w
- [The White Seal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/the-white-seal.md): Kotick, a white seal born on Novastoshnah Beach, witnesses the brutal clubbing of seals by men and becomes determined to find a safe beach where no men come. After years of searching, he discovers a hidden beach via the 
- [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/rikki-tikki-tavi.md): Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a young mongoose washed out of his burrow by a flood, is rescued by an English family living in a bungalow in Segowlee cantonment. He explores the house and garden, befriending Darzee the tailorbird and
- [Toomai of the Elephants](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/toomai-of-the-elephants.md): This chapter follows the story of Kala Nag, a wise old elephant who has served the Indian Government for nearly seventy years, and his young mahout, Little Toomai. After Little Toomai demonstrates bravery and skill in a 
- [Her Majesty's Servants](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/her-majesty-s-servants.md): The narrator, caught in a rainstorm at a military camp in Rawal Pindi, overhears a conversation among the camp animals—mules, camels, horses, bullocks, and an elephant—as they discuss duty, obedience, fear, and the natur

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