The Jungle Book

by Ralph Mowat (Adaptor), Rudyard Kipling, Jennifer Bassett (Series Editor)

In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years.

Genres: Classics

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1894

About the author

Ralph Mowat is a published adapter and an author of children's books

Reviews

[D. Dorka]

Évek óta itt van itthon a polcon ez a 2-es szintű rövidített verzió, és amikor levettem a polcról, akkor úgy emlékeztem, hogy nem olvastam. De tekintettel arra, hogy az én írásom van a feladatok megoldásánál, ez nem igaz. Mindenesetre semmire nem emlékeztem belőle.

A Disney-feldolgozást sem szerettem soha, hiába a fülbemászó zene és a tanulságos történet. Azt elképzelhetetlennek tartom, hogy valaha a kezembe veszem a teljes regényt. De azért mégis csak klasszikus, és ha már a kezem ügyébe került, rászántam azt a ~30 percet se.

A helyzet az, hogy mindent összevetve egy érdekes történet, tele sok tanulsággal (még rövidített verzióban is vagy talán pont ettől kicsit zsúfoltabban). De nem vagyok egy természetbarát, rettenetesen nyomasztanak a természet (a dzsungel) törvényei, talán pont azért, mert az emberi létet ennél többre érzem hivatottnak. És bár valószínűleg egyáltalán nem ez a lényege az egésznek, hanem sokkal inkább a csoportba nem illő, mégis annak törvényei sokkal inkább valló egyén helyzetéről, életéről. De persze ez csak egy benyomás egy lényegesen lerövidített szöveg alapján.

[Shuhei]

1.Oxford level2
2.5/21 100min
3.Boy grown with wolves fight big tiger
4.We are of the blood, you and I.
This phrase means we are a family. Members of Jungle People say it often.
5.A child was left in jungle and wolves find him. They are member of Jungle People(group of animals) and their law says do not kill man. Therefore, they look after of him and he spent time with animals. However, a tiger(not a member of Jungle People) hated a boy and he wanted to kill and eat him. The tiger got along with some younger wolves(members of Jungle People), so the boy couldn't be in Jungle People safely. Therefore, he decided to go to men's village. He spent time with villagers and he look after of their buffaloes. Then, he fight with tiger by using buffaloes and he succeed to kill the tiger. After that, he spent time with animals again. I thought, it was really exciting story. A lot of battle scenes and relationship between human and animals. This is a fantasy, but imaging if real animals act like this story, it is really interesting and animals are really cute.

[Rikako Onogi]

1. Oxford, Level2
2. 130min
3. jungle, boy, wolf, panther, tiger, adventure, life
4 a. There is a human child who is raised by wolf pack, and many animals help him to live in jungle. But a tiger, Shere Khan, is an enemy. The tiger wants to kill and eat him. One day, he went to the village that many people live, and learned about life of human. And finally, he succeeded in killing a tiger thanks to the village people.
b. I like a scene that Mowgli defeated a tiger. He is very cool and powerful, so I gained courage from this scene.
5. There are many animals in this book. Also they are cute and cool. I was confused by making correspond animals and their names. But story is interesting, so I recommend this book.

[Momoko Fujigaki]

1.Oxford level2
2.04/11=10 minutes;04/12=10 minutes;04/13=35 minutes;04/14=40 minutes.
3. 1.a man-cub in the jungle 2.Wolf&Tiger 3.A Law of the Jungle 4.Win the monkeys 5.Go back to the village 6.Win a Tiger 7.Live in the jungle.
4.a."It's done! Shere Khan is dead! He died the death of a dog, not a fighting tiger."
b.At that time, a long fighting between Mowgle(a man-cub) and Shere Khan(a tiger)was finished, so I was glad to read it.
5.I like this book because I could feel a lot of love between Mowgle and animals ,and that made me warm. When Mowgle was in the accident, his family came to help him with their campany in the jungle. The campany is important to live.

[文弥 坂本]

1.oxford level2
2. 80min 4/23
3. 1,Jungle 2,man-cub 3,tiger 4,wolves 5, fighting 6,hunt 7,kill
4. "Now go with your friends. The moon is going down. You must not see what will happen here next."

I don't like this part, because there is going to be grotesque seen in my head, like big snake eats a lot of monkeys.

5.In the middle of this story, man-cub meets his real mother and she tried to raise him like a normal person. I didn't like man-cub to be a normal, because he already has many friends in jungle and his jungle life, so I liked the last part of story that man-cub and his jungle friends went back to jungle to live in jungle again.

[Satomi Ito]

1. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, level2
2. 100min.
3. wolf/human/jungle/rule/enemy/world/tiger
4. What did your high school strict rule?
--My high school prohibited that they pierce their earrings.
5. This book is jungle story. There are some rules in jungle.
In the jungle of Southern India the Seeinee Wolf Pack has a new cab.
He is not a wolf. He called Mowgli, a human child.
But he knows nothing of the world of men.
He lived in there with animals.
There are enemies, the man eating tiger.
This story describes Mowgli's adventure, I enjoyed reading it!

[Moe Hosokawa]

1. level2 Oxford

2. 12/16 = 80 minutes

3. jungle, wolf, man-cub, hunt, kill, tiger, fight,

4. in a jungle, there was one boy in a pack of wolves. he was a human boy called Mowgli. however, he was not a human, he was like an animal and a wolf. he hunted with brothers of wolves and he lived as if he was a wolf for anything. he had friend of other animals, but he also fought a tiger.

5. this story is interesting, but I found I read stories of animals these days. i don't know I like animal stories and read or I chose animals stories by chance.

[Aki Kawachi]

1. 6/23 60min 6/24 40min

2. Jungle
Man-cub
Brothers
Monkey
Snake
Village
Kill

3. B

4. A

5. There is man-cub "Mowgli" in the jungle and the wolf raised him. He learned how to hunt and speak to the Jungle-people. He is loved by many animals. I like the scene that when Mowgli was caught by monkeys, his friends came to rescue. His friends was attacked by monkeys but they never gave up to rescue him. This scene moved me. But the end of the story, he went to man life at once, but he was not received from people. So he came back to the jungle and lived with his brothers again.

[Kirari Morita]

1. Oxfords L2
2. 4/24~27=80min
3. jungle, boy, wolf&tiger, hunt, low, win, kill
4. a) Not alone. We will hunt with you.
b) This is the last phrase of Mowgli.
I like this phrase because Mowgli is a human boy but he could bond with animals.
5. This story was interesting for me! I can't believe that people living with animals but I have heard a story that a girl was brought up by wolves. She couldn't walk with 2 feet. I think animals in jungle is so strong. Of course their mussels are strong but their vitality is so strong.

[Keiichi Yamamoto]

Oxford active reading level 3
Time Janualy 25th 90 minutes
7words summary human speak live jungle wolf troble alone
1 Main character can talk with animals, for example wolf.
If you can do, which animal do you want to talk with?
I want to talk with dogs. I want to live together with them, so I want to talk them.
2 Main character killed a taiger. What animal is the strongest in the earth?
I think elefant is the strongest in the earth.
They are enough big to step on any animals.lol

[Kota Shiiyama]

The Jungle book, Ralph Mowat, level 2

Time-65 minutes

7 words wolf-raised-boy-fought-tiger-and-won

Discusion Questions

What kind of animals do you like？

I like a cheetah because they can run fast. It's cool.

What do you think that why mother wolf helped the boy？

I guess she looked at him like a son.

[Takuto Mizuno]

1.Oxford 2
2.04/14:90min
3.prejudice,tiger,parent,love,fight,difference,jungle
4.I don't like the scene the boy came back to the village from the jungle. People have a prejudice against the boy.
5.The main character, the boy, have a strong mind. But I learned that people can't live without other lives from this book.

[Arisa Shimokawa]

1.Oxford, level2

2.5/28=85min

3. tiger, hunt, prejudice, parent, love, fight, difference, jungle

4.I dislike the scene that the boy came back to the village from the jungle. People have a prejudice against the boy.

5.The main character have a strong mind. But I could learn that people can't live without other lives.

[Yuriko Tsuruoka]

1. Oxford level 2
2. 04/15=80minutes
3. jungle, man-cub, wolves, hunt, tiger, kill
4a. "I have come home"
4b. I like this passage. The boy who grew in jungle said to animals.He came back the jungle again, so animals are very king for human.
5. I was surprised that animals and humans can become family. I thought difference of race is not important and animals have heart!

[Juls◡̈]

meh

[Kosuke Katayama]

1. Oxford, Stage 2

2. Sep 26→40 minutes, Sep 27→40 minutes

3. wolf, food, cloth, child, bird, hunt, tiger

4a. Mougli is a child, he lives in Jungle in south India. He hunts some animals with wolves. He has a teacher and a friend, but no parents. A teacher is a bear, a friend is panther. He grows with animals in Jungle, but he has enemies.

4b. When I read this book, I was very surprised that a child lives with wolves. I like the scene that he hunts the tiger which eats human with some animals.

5. I think the author wanted to write survival story. It is impossible that a child lives with wolves. But, at the end of this book, he hunted the tiger. It was wonderful, interesting story.