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Mowgli's Lessons in Jungle Law

The document recounts a time before Mowgli was cast out from the Seeonee Wolf Pack, focusing on his education under Baloo, the bear. Mowgli learns the Law of the Jungle, including various skills necessary for survival and interaction with other jungle creatures. Despite his frustrations with the repetitive lessons, Baloo emphasizes the importance of Mowgli mastering all aspects of the jungle law as a man-cub.

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Mowgli's Lessons in Jungle Law

The document recounts a time before Mowgli was cast out from the Seeonee Wolf Pack, focusing on his education under Baloo, the bear. Mowgli learns the Law of the Jungle, including various skills necessary for survival and interaction with other jungle creatures. Despite his frustrations with the repetitive lessons, Baloo emphasizes the importance of Mowgli mastering all aspects of the jungle law as a man-cub.

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All that is told here happened some time before Mowgli was turned out of the
Seeonee Wolf Pack, or revenged himself on Shere Khan the tiger. It was in the days
when Baloo was teaching him the Law of the Jungle. The big, serious, old brown bear
was delighted to have so quick a pupil, for the young wolves will only learn as
much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe, and run away
as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse --"Feet that make no noise; eyes that
can see in the dark; ears that can hear the winds in their lairs, and sharp white
teeth, all these things are the marks of our brothers except Tabaqui the Jackal and
the Hyaena whom we hate." But Mowgli, as a man-cub, had to learn a great deal more
than this. Sometimes Bagheera the Black Panther would come lounging through the
jungle to see how his pet was getting on, and would purr with his head against a
tree while Mowgli recited the day's lesson to Baloo. The boy could climb almost as
well as he could swim, and swim almost as well as he could run. So Baloo, the
Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch
from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive
of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him
in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he
splashed down among them. None of the Jungle People like being disturbed, and all
are very ready to fly at an intruder. Then, too, Mowgli was taught the Strangers'
Hunting Call, which must be repeated aloud till it is answered, whenever one of the
Jungle-People hunts outside his own grounds. It means, translated, "Give me leave
to hunt here because I am hungry." And the answer is, "Hunt then for food, but not
for pleasure."

All this will show you how much Mowgli had to learn by heart, and he grew very
tired of saying the same thing over a hundred times. But, as Baloo said to
Bagheera, one day when Mowgli had been cuffed and run off in a temper, "A man's cub
is a man's cub, and he must learn all the Law of the Jungle."

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