# [ Bells Chiming ]#
What a beautiful old man.
What a lovely head.
India is filled with old men, memsahib.
But not like the one in the yellow turban.
He,s like a head of John the Baptist.
The memsahib refers to the storyteller?
Are these silent monsters at peace with us?
It is but a truce they keep with man.
But I, who have seen their tusks stained red with blood -
I could tell you a tale ofthe silent ones.
For a few coppers? Eh?
Yea, for a bowl ofrice?
What would you do with my image, memsahib?
I would keep it... for a memory ofIndia.
Verily, you would have all India in your picture.
Nay, you would have the book ofthejungle to read in my eyes.
In the beginning, you must think ofnothing but silence -
a silence so vast that the ear can hear it.
[Man Continues] Great trees like thepillars ofthe temple...
- with ferns likegrreen CarBets underneath. - [ Birds Chirping ]
Whileabove, underthe dome ofheaven wherelivedthe wingredones...
the windmoves restlessly, whistlingraCross theroofofthe world.
Theseare the eaters ofgrass ina worldoftorn flesh.
[ Birds Continue Chirping ]
Earlythelittle fawns mustlearn theirlesson__
feet thatmakenonoise, eyes thatseein the darkk...
ears thatheartheleopard leavingrhis lair.
Fortheleopardlives bythelaw ofClawandhornandfangr
He willkwillforhungrer andeat thereof...
buthe willneverkwill forkkilling's sake__
alawwhiChallmenbreakk. but theyungrle folkkobey.
[ Growls ]
[ Elephant Trumpets ]
Theseare thelords oftheyungrle.
The tribe ofHathi, thesilentones.
Theygro theirway, eaters ofgrass ina worldofCarnagre.
[ Trumpets, Growls ]
[ Growling Continues ]
[ Loud Exhaling ]
Forthe wolves are the true hunters oftheyungrle.
Andlikehuntsmen, theystiCkk to theirClan...
withastriCtregrard forhuntingrCalls andtriballaw.
Free Companions ofthe woods, theymay figrhtandquarrelamongr themselves...
untilthestrongrestofthem wins theleadership ofthepaCkk.
[ Snarling ]
Yetjungrle folkksay...
the wisestamongr them is the tribe ofBaloo, thebear.
[ Chittering ]
Heis a teaCheroftheyungrlelaw.
Yet thereis one whokknows nolaw__
thebarrel-bodiedmugger, the CroCodile...
withhis Chinin theshallows andlustinhis Coldheart...
hopingr to dragrdown to the depths allwho wanderalongrhis riverbankk.
[ Roaring ]
Andin thelegrends oftheyungrle thereis ablaCkkprinCe...
shrewdestofthelords ofClaW, hornandfangr
As boldas abuffalo, as reCkkless as a woundedelephant...
witha voiCeas softas wildhoney drippingrfrom a tree.
Unbridled, unmastered, unafraid.
Bagrheera, theblaCkkpanther.
- Andnow__ - [ Shrieks ]
- Behold, the villain ofmytale. - [ Growling ]
Thekkiller, theman-eater...
theassassin who firstbroughtmurder to theyungrle Clans.
Shere Khan, the tigrer.
[ Roars ]
Itis saidthatinhis firstkwill__
whenhe was Cain tosome poorAbelofthegrlades __
whenheran from thesCene ofhis Crime...
the trees andCreepers whippedhim with theirbranChes...
andstripedhisyellowhide with themarkkofCain.
[ Growling ]
This evillordmusthave his dish-lickers...
his bullies forattendants.
Tabaqui theyaCkkal.
Andthehyena__
hungrryforthesCraps oftheirmurderous master's feast.
[ Hissing ]
Butmytaleis notalone ofoutCasts andheroes.
I willtellyoualso oftheroCkksnakke, Kaa, the wise one...
the oraCle who taughtMotherEve thespeeChmen use...
fortriCkkeryandsin.
What is the book oflife itself but man,s warwith nature...
the struggle between village andjungle?
[ Birds Chirping ]
Underthemantle ofwildCreepers andgrreat trees...
manyaruinedCitylies forgotten in thepagres oftime.
Yea, wherea thousandwarChariots proClaimedthemigrhtofagrreatkking...
before whom allmen bowedtheirheads.
Nothingrremains buta trellis forwildfigrs tosun uBon.
But whatofthegrreatmaharala, theloserin this battle?
Hehas leftmanysuChapalaCe tohis Cousins, themonkkeyfolkk.
- Thebandar-logs __ - [ Chittering ]
The outCasts oftheyungrle.
[ Chittering Continues ]
Firstyou must picture me as I was, milords -
Buldeo, the mighty hunter!
It was a long time ago...
andveryfaraway...
onasummer's eveningr in theSeeoneehills.
- Ajao!Ajao! - [ Horn Blowing ]
[ Shouting In Native Language ]
[ All Chattering ]
Again some palaver. It,s Buldeo, master.
That fool would make speeches the whole day.
[ Object Clatters ]
- Come, Durga. Let,s listen to him. - [ Object Clatters ]
- [ Horn Continues ] - Ajao!
[ Crowd Chattering ]
You cannot build your houses just anywhere.
[ Chattering In Native Language ]
We have to plan out ourvillage.
- [ Chattering Continues ] - Someday there will be a mighty city here.
[ Chattering Excitedly]
A mighty citywith marble houses.
The temple shall be there, facing the marketplace.
That,s where I wanted the bean patch.
No, that,s for the marketplace, as Buldeo says.
And the barbershop will face the temple.
I shall find someplace for the bean patches anyway-
outsideyour mighty city.
Go, Durga. Take the child and the old man to the cart.
[ Ax Striking ]
Nathoo.
Come, Grandfather.
Did you hear that?
We,re going to have a marketplace and a temple and a mighty city.
Aye, we,ll have all that ifwe can beat thejungle.
But haveyou and your hundred years seen man win a warwith nature?
Sit here, Grandfather.
There, Nathoo.
Now.
[ Growling ]
Go back toyourwork.
[ All Chattering ]
[ Growling, Snarls ]
[ Sobbing ]
Nathoo?
Where areyou, my baby?
[ Sobbing Continues ]
Rao! Look! Our little Nathoo, he has wandered away!
Now don,t worry, Messua. The child couldn,t go far.
I,ll look for him right away. Durga, you search in there.
Nathoo!
[ Growling ]
- [ Durga ] Nathoo! - Nathoo!
Nathoo!
- [ Tiger Snarls ] - Nat -
[ Roaring ]
[ Screaming ]
- [ Roaring ] - [ Screaming ]
- [ Screams ] - [ All Shouting ]
[ Man ] Buldeo!
Tiger! My husband!
Rao!
Abdullah! Singh!
Abdullah! Ali! Mohammed! Singh!
[ Messua ] Tiger! [ Gasps ]
[ Shouting ] No!
[ Sobbing ]
[ Roars ]
[ Roaring ]
[ Sobbing ]
- [ Men Chattering ] - Poor master.
Poor Messua.
Let us all go and look for the child.
All men bring your spears!
Ali, Singh, Abdullah! Torches!
Follow me.
[ Buldeo ] Nathoo!
Poor little baby. Poor little Nathoo.
- And that poor mother. - ''Poor mother,,?
Is it everywoman who can have a wolfnurse her baby for her?
Doyou believe that, Subahdar?
Oh, yes, memsahib.
And His Excellency, your father, has many records...
ofwolfchildren from the Indian hills.
- It is true. - True?
In the beginning, was it not written...
that the she-wolves loved the children ofman?
Were not the wolves the foster parents ofmany a child in India?
Little, naked and bold...
theman's Cub enteredthe wolves'Cave.
Ahai.
He feltjustas muChathome with the Cubs as athis mother's side.
[ Man ] Nathoo!
- [ Men Chattering ] - Nathoo!
[ Man In Distance ] Nathoo!
[Buldeo Narratingr]Lostandtired, he fellasleepamongrhis brothers oftheyungrle.
Akkela, the fatherwolf, andRakksha, themotherwolf...
kknewthatShere Khanisprowlingroutside lookkingfortheman Cub.
[ Whimpering ]
So theytookkhim into theirfamily.
[ Man ] Nathoo!
He grew up with the cubs. They called him Mowgli - the Little Frog.
Fatherwolftaught him his business until every rustle in the grass...
meantjust as much to him as to his brothers, the wolfcubs.
All the lords ofthejungle became his friends.
He had only one enemy- Shere Khan, the tiger.
- [ Murmuring ] - Did Mowgli live to hunt Shere Khan?
Did he live? Oh! But had I known then what I know now.
Twelveyears had passed...
andShere Khan was on the trail ofthe wolfboy.
[ Growling ]
[ Roars ]
[ Growling ]
[ Shere Khan Growling ]
[ Snarls ]
[ Growls ]
[ Roars ]
[ Growling ]
[ Crocodile Roars ]
[ Sheep Bleating ]
[ Horn Blowing ]
[ Horn Stops ]
[ Cattle Lowing ]
[ Horn Blowing ]
[ Horn Stops ]
## [ Mandolins ]
# See the silver moon #
# Hear the breezes croon #
#Jungle,s cradle tune #
- # Lulla, lullaby# - ## [ Vocalizing ]
# Now the darkness swings #
# Down on velvet wings #
#While our river sings #
- # Lulla, lullaby# - ## [ Vocalizing ]
# Sleep, sleep up above #
# Stars keep watch with eyes oflove #
# Sleep, sleep, baby, hush-a-bye #
## [ Vocalizing ]
# Sleep, sleep, eyelids close #
# Dreaming dreams ofpearl and rose #
# Sleep, sleep, baby, hush-a-bye #
## [ Vocalizing ]
# Saw the silver moon #
# Fear the breezes croon #
#Jungle,s cradle tune #
# Lulla, lullaby#
## [ Vocalizing, Ends ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Howls ]
- [ Men Clamoring ] - [ Mowgli Barking ]
[ Clamoring Continues ]
[ Mowgli Yelps, Barks ]
[ Clamoring Continues ]
[ Mowgli Yelps ]
[ Yelps, Shouting ]
[ Clamoring, Shouting ]
[ Mowgli Barking ]
[ Barking ]
Wait. Wait.
Let me handle him.
[ Clamoring Stops ]
[ Clamoring, Shouting ]
[ Mowgli Growling ]
Buldeo! Buldeo!
- [ Barks ] - Ow! He bit me!
He is a wild boy!
Cover him up! Cover him up!
[ Chattering ]
[ Yelping, Panting ]
- Who areyou, boy? - [ Chattering In Native Language ]
Can,tyou hear?
[ Whooping ]
[ Howling ]
Give me a torch! A torch!
Give me that torch!
[ Gasping ]
This boy has never seen fire before. He,s from thejungle!
- Yes, he is a wild boy! - [ All Murmuring ]
We must be kind to him! Release him!
Release him?
Areyou mad?
This is a thing ofthejungle.
[ Messua ] Let me look. Let me look.
Look at the scars on his arms and legs.
Those points on his bones - He has run on all fours... with wolfcubs!
Poor child.
This boy has been reared in thejungle.
He has the evil eye.
[ All Murmuring ]
I begin to think he has.
Moonshine.
I think this boy is Messua,s little baby which was stolen that daywe built the wall.
Could this boy beyours, Messua?
No. He,s not mine.
But he,s a handsome boy. Eyes like red fire.
Anywoman would like to have a son like him.
But my Nathoo was soft and plump.
But, mistress, how could he be plump running naked in the woods?
I warn you all. He has the evil eye.
- [ All Murmuring ] - [ Messua ] No, Buldeo.
He is some poor, lost lad - though not my own.
But I am a lonelywoman, and ifyou would let me...
I will shelter him for some otherwoman who has lost her son.
He is a wolf. Let one in, and all will follow!
- He will bring down thejungle upon us! - [ Shouting, Murmuring ]
What thejungle has taken, thejungle has restored, Buldeo.
[ Pundit ] Aye. Aye.
Take this boy into thy house, my sister.
And out ofyour little hoard ofmoney, forget not to honor me...
for I have saved his life on this day.
- [ Man ] Release him! - Wait!
Areyou going to turn this devil loose before I can protectyou?
A gun.
- Buldeo - - Don,t -
A gun.
Buldeo.
Now release him.
[ Mowgli Shouts, Growling ]
No.
- Boy. - [ Growling ]
Boy.
Will you come with me?
Come.
[ Growling ]
Oh. It,s - It,s all right.
Come on.
Come along. Come.
Come.
It,s all right. Come along. Come. It,s all right.
Down upon our heads even before the temple...
we have called the curse ofthe beast.
[ Murmuring ]
No more shall we prosper.
The wild pig will trample down ourvines.
The tigerwill stalk our streets.
[ Murmuring ]
We have opened our doors to the devil!
[ Murmuring ]
Don,t look upon evil.
Mahala! Get home to bed!
At least I can keep my own daughter from harm.
[ Growls ]
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Mowgli Grunts ]
- Get back, Kpota! - [ Barking Continues ]
Is that anyway to treat one who has come to live with us?
[ Barks ]
[ Sniffing ]
I remember the day I gave the first little shoes to my Nathoo.
[ Lapping ]
[ Growls ]
[ Growling Continues ]
Wolf- Uh, wolfboy.
Uh -
Oh, those feet have neverworn shoes.
No, you are not my son.
Butyou lookvery much like my son Nathoo.
Nathoo called me ''Mother.,,
[ Slowly] ''Mother.,,
[ Slowly] M - Mother.
Uhh.
And what did the wolves... call you?
[ Slowly] Wolves.
[ Howls ]
[ Howling Continues ]
M -
Mowgli.
Mowgli?
A little frog?
Yes, you were like a little frog to them, the beasts ofthejungle.
[ Chuckles ] And soyou are Mowgli to me.
Come.
Come on.
[Buldeo Narratingr] Formonths andmonths afterthatnigrht...
Mowgli was busylearningr the ways, langruagreandCustoms ofmen.
- [ Cattle Lowing ] - [ Bells Clanging ]
[ Mowgli Shouts Twice ]
- [ Cattle Lows ] - [ Mowgli Shouts ]
- What areyou doing? - [ Gasps ]
You are like a little panther.
I thought someone had found the hiding place.
- Hiding place? - Mm-hmm.
- What is this? - Money.
What is it for?
What is money for? To protect us from hunger and cold.
It lives in a hole like a cobra?
[ Laughs ] No.
Ifwe need a bag ofrice, I give these to the merchant in the square.
He gives us the rice.
- What a fool that merchant must be. - No.
Will the Man-Pack give us anything for this?
Yes.
Will Buldeo give me a tooth?
Tooth? You have all your teeth.
No. A -A sharp tooth.
Oh, a knife?
Yes. A knife tooth, like a tiger,s knife.
What need haveyou for a knife?
To sink it in the throat ofmy enemy.
Your enemy? Ha! You talk about Akela, the fatherwolf...
and Raksha, the motherwolf, and how much better it is in thejungle with all your friends.
Now who could beyour enemy?
Shere Khan, the tiger.
Tell Buldeo to sell you a knife. Give him the money.
I shall have a tooth!
- I shall have a tooth! - [ Laughs ]
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
My father says I mustn,t speak toyou.
What happened to him?
[ Mahala ] My father shot him.
We missed you six moons ago.
He was Baloo,s cousin.
He had no man for an enemy.
But my father kills every bear he sees.
Why?
Because he is a great hunter.
He kills them even when he,s not hungry?
Hungry? We don,t eat bears.
Then why did he bring him here?
To show how brave he is.
And my fatherwas very brave to kill that tiger.
[ Chuckling ] That old tiger?
He lived on lizards and rats.
He was too old to hunt rabbits. He must have died in his sleep.
I see. You could kill the bear and the tigerwith one shot.
I kill Baloo,s cousin? I,ve gone fishing with him.
Fishing with a bear? How can a bear bait a fishhook?
He looks in the river, he sees the fish he wants, then, whoo!
He knocks it out.
Didn,t I tell you not to speak with this thing?
I told Messua to keepyou away from this house.
Messua sent me here to talk toyou.
She sent me to get a tooth.
A tooth?
Yes. This is the tooth I want.
Put that knife down before I send a shot through you.
And then you would put my head on the wall...
like the old Khan there.
But I would spring as I die and give this tooth back toyou.
Now, now.
You,re not in thejungle, boy.
No.
No, I am not in thejungle, Buldeo.
I am with the Man-Pack, but I am not a man.
What areyou, boy?
I was until now a cub. But now I have my tooth.
I can run with thejungle as I please. I am a wolf!
Ifyou had a knife...
would you go back to thejungle?
The knife is yours for two annas.
Messua gave me three.
One, two, three.
There. Three is more than two.
Yes. More than two.
Now get out ofmy house.
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Bell Clanging ]
See, Shere Khan?
- ,Tis foryou - deep in your throat! - Mowgli.
Won,tyou be afraid to go back to thejungle?
Afraid ofthejungle? Why?
I,m ofthe wolfpack. They are my friends.
Then why did you buy the knife?
For Shere Khan, the tiger.
This is for him!
He drove me out ofthejungle.
He went away far off...
but he swore he would lay my bones in the riverwhen he returned.
- [ Cow Lows ] - I also made a little promise.
I have told the wolves I would kill him!
You can speak their tongue? You can speak to animals?
Can you talk to Rama, the great herd bull?
Rama is a dumb slave.
He has been with the Man-Pack so long...
he cannot talk to anyone.
[ Mahala ] Can you speak to him?
[ Chittering ]
[ Chitters ]
[ Chittering ]
What did he say?
Don,tyou know what the monkey people always say?
''We, the monkey people, are the greatest folk in all thejungle.
We know this is true because we always say it is true.,,
Mowgli, will you let me hearyou talk to the wolves?
Yes.
Tonight when the moon rises.
[ Distant Howling ]
[ Howling Continues ]
- Areyou afraid? - No.
Let,s go.
[ Howling ]
[ Wolf Howling ]
[ Howling Continues ]
It,s a wolf. What did he say?
[ Howling Continues ]
''Wood and water.,,
[ Howling Continues ]
''Wind and tree.,,
[ Howling Continues ]
''Jungle favor go with thee.,,
You have been given the favor ofthejungle.
[ Mowgli ] We be ofone blood -
you and I!
[ WindHowlingr]
[ Wind Whisperingr] Webe ofoneblood- youandI.
Come, Mowgli. Come.
Come. Come.
Ahai, Hathi!
[ Growls ]
I am with the Man-Pack now.
See? I have my tooth - as sharp as a tiger,s tooth.
[ Trumpets ]
He said Shere Khan is far away...
but I had better take care and hide when he comes back here.
Hathi, will you warn me when he comes back to ourjungle?
[ Trumpets ]
Thankyou, brothers.
Then we shall see whose bones will be laid in the river.
[ Trumpeting ]
[ Rain Pattering ]
Hold on! Tight!
[ Yells ]
[ Elephant Trumpets ]
[ Growling, Snarls ]
Bagheera!
Mowgli!
[ Snarls ]
[ Growling ]
Your claws are sharp and strong.
But not as good as mine.
Look!
[ Snarls ]
Who is man that I should care for his ways?
Brown digger, eater ofearth.
I am Mowgli ofthejungle, back in the night!
Now that I have my tooth, who shall stay me when I strike?
Mowgli, come back! I,m afraid!
[ Bagheera Growling ]
[ Snarls ]
[ Birds Twittering ]
[ Chittering ]
There.
Mighty hunters, greater than your father...
who killed everything until thejungle killed them.
Why did they go away?
Why did I go away?
Because I was a man cub, afraid ofa tiger.
Thejungle knew I was afraid and cast me out.
[ Chittering ]
This was the king,s palace.
King?
What is a king?
Oh, Mowgli. You know so much, and yetyou know so little.
This was a great walled city...
a citywith hundreds ofelephants and thousands ofhorses...
and thousands and thousands ofmen.
And it all belonged to a great king.
[ Animal Hooting ]
And where is this great king now?
[ Echoing ] And where is this great king now?
[ Chittering ]
[ Monkeys Chittering ]
Where is he now?
[ Echoing ] Where is he now?
[ Shrieks ]
Mahala?
[ Echoing ] Mahala?
- Mahala? - Mowgli! Mowgli!
[ Mahala ] Here I am!
Mahala, areyou hurt?
No, I,m all right.
[ Rattling ]
The king,s treasure chamber.
Look.
The emeralds.
Pearls.
This is like the stuffI gave Buldeo for my tooth.
The stuffthat passes from hand to hand and never grows warmer.
Only this is yellow, and that was brown.
[ Hisses ]
[ Mowgli ] Let,s get back to the light.
These pebbles are no good to eat.
[ Coins Rattle ]
There is nothing here. Nothing.
[ Hissing ]
[ Cobra ] Am I nothing?
Father ofcobras, we be ofone blood, you and I.
She,s only a little cub from the Man-Pack.
She means thee no harm.
Who art thou with the knife and the snake,s tongue?
Mowgli, they call me.
I am ofthejungle. The wolves are my people.
Father ofcobras, who art thou?
I am the warden ofthe king,s treasure.
The great king built the stone above me that I might teach death...
to those who come to steal.
Three times the stone has been lifted by thieves.
Look at thy feet.
The thieves are still here.
[ Hisses ]
But I am no thief.
[ Cobra ] Indeed!
[ Hisses ]
Be still, Mahala. Be still.
[ Cobra ] Oh, no, boy! Let her run to and fro a while.
Let her make some sport.
The others did so until I touched them.
Then theywhimpered a while...
sighed and were still.
- Kill him, Mowgli! Kill him! - [ Cobra Grunting ]
[ Cobra Growling ]
Kill him?
- [ Cobra Grunting ] - Don,t be afraid.
Look. Our father ofcobras is so old, he has outlived his poison.
[ Hissing ] Kill me! Kill me! Kill me!
I am ashamed!
There has been too much talk ofkilling.
Come, Mahala. We,ll go now.
[ Cobra Hissing ]
Keep that silly treasure!
But I,ll take this.
I can use it to prod Rama with.
Look at the ruby, Mowgli.
You could buy hundreds ofvillages with it.
Aye, boy. Thousands ofvillages.
Take it with thee.
But see that it does not kill thee at last. [ Hissing ]
Kill me? This stone?
Yes. I have outlived my poison...
but that ruby holds more death than all my tribe.
It will kill and kill and kill...
for killing,s sake.
My strength is dried up, but this stone will do mywork.
It is death, it is death, it is death.
But take the ruby ifthou wilt.
Nay, father ofcobras. I believe thee.
We shall go as we came.
[ Cobra ] Aye.
Ye be wise to take no death with thee.
May I takejust this one piece, Mowgli?
Keep it ifyou like.
Get up, lazy bones.
I dreamed I was a princess in the city ofthe great maharaja.
Get up.
There,s no fire in the grate, and there is no rice here.
But it was not a dream.
I saw the great king,s city.
Get on with you. Enough ofthis talk.
Dream?
This is no dream.
Maybe I am dreaming.
This is pure gold.
Who gave this toyou, my darling child?
The white cobra.
Cobra?
Yes.
I did not want the diamonds.
Diamonds?
Nor the big ruby.
Big ruby?
This big.
Where? What nonsense is this?
Where is this room - this ruby?
When did you go there?
Whose gold is this, Mahala?
The great king,s gold.
In the treasure chamber ofthe king,s palace.
I tell you, Father, Mowgli said I might keepjust this one.
Mowgli?
You have been in thejungle?
Last night Mowgli took me there.
But, Father, you will not hurt him?
I would not harm a hair on his head.
Butyou must never let anyone know about this.
Not a living soul, doyou hear?
Yes, Father.
[ Coin Rattles ]
[ Rattling Continues ]
[ Coughing, Wheezing ]
[ Coughing Continues ]
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
Good morning, Buldeo.
Good morning.
I-I can,t takeyou now, Buldeo. It,ll be at least another hour.
[ Buldeo Mutters ]
Now wait a minute, Barber. There-There is no river between us!
Oh! Oh, my- my poor leg. [ Stammering ]
Uh, uh -This lumbago is killing me.
I can,t go around with halfmy beard cut!
Ooh. Th-This lumbago is terrible.
I - I-I can hardly bend my knee.
What makes you tremble like wash upon a line?
Nowyou keep out ofthis, Buldeo. IfI cut him, he-he doesn,t have to pay!
- Y-You want to cut me? - No, no.
Now listen here, barber.
I,m not a man to be shorn like a sheep in the midst ofa brawl!
- Barber- - I want -
- Barber? - Hmm?
Moveyour left foot.
Well, uh -
[ Scoffs ]
I said the left foot.
Oh, oh, the-the l-l-l-l -
l-l - left.
Left. [ Stammers ]
- This foot. - [ Gasps ]
Excuse me, Buldeo. You are standing on my money.
- Your money? - I saw it first.
- [ Barber Stammering ] -Jackals. [ Chuckles ]
- It,s mine! - There,s no need to quarrel.
- There,s enough for all. - Where? Where?
There,s a lost city... in thejungle.
- You have found a treasure! - Where?
Shh! Doyou want to tell the whole village?
Not a word now.
My daughter found it with thejungle boy.
[ Lows ]
[ Bird Twittering ]
[ Panting ]
[ Low Growling ]
[ Louder Growling ]
[ Animal Hooting ]
[ Sniffs ]
[ Growls ]
[ Animal Whooping ]
[ Growling ]
[ Growling Continues ]
[ Whooping ]
[ Trumpeting ]
- [ Bells Clanging ] - [ Lowing ]
[ Howling ]
[ Screeching ]
- [ Growling ] - [ Animal Whooping ]
[ Trumpeting ]
Tiger,s coming!
Up, you dumb ones! Up!
[ Trumpeting Continues ]
Up! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
- [ Animal Whooping ] - [ Quiet Growl ]
[ Louder Growl ]
Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Ho! Ho!
[ Bells Clanging ]
[ Loud Growling ]
- [ Agitated Shouting ] - [ Mowgli ] Tiger! Tiger!
- Th-Th-The - - Tiger!
To the temple! To the temple!
To the temple!
- [ Shouting ] - To the temple, all ofyou!
Shut the gates! Shut the gates!
[ Horn Blowing ]
[ Horn Blowing Continues ]
[ Man ] Tiger! Tiger!
- Quickly, Little Frog, to the temple. - No. Not I.
- I have my tooth. - No, no. Don,t go! Don,t go!
Mowgli!
[ Howling ]
Wait!
Don,t go. He will kill you.
No. I shall bring back his yellow hide.
Mowgli!
Where is your son, Messua? Where did he go?
Stop him! He has gone after the tiger.
Oh, that bragging ofa child.
Don,t be impatient, Buldeo. He,ll be back.
Suppose the tiger should kill him. Ooh, what a tragic calamity.
No, no, we must save him. We must bring him back.
How kind you all are to comfort me this way.
He really is a sweet boy.
I knewyou would come to love him.
Love him? I wish I had a boy like him.
Now, don,t worry.
Ifhe,s not back in a short time, I,ll track him to the ends ofthe earth.
[ Animal Hooting ]
Kaa!
[ Groaning ]
I want to sleep.
Go away.
[ Hissing ]
I have to talk toyou.
Who areyou?
Can,tyou see, Kaa?
What does the Law oftheJungle say?
We be ofone blood -
ye and I.
Ye come.
[ Hissing ]
Ah.
It is a manling.
It,s I, Mowgli, Kaa.
The Little Frog...
the one that used to throw stones at me?
I was a cub then, Kaa.
You called me a flat-headed earthworm.
Forgive me...
foryou are a wise, old, strong...
and most beautiful Kaa.
True.
I am beautiful.
Yes.
I am beautiful.
Now that I am a man, I have a tooth.
I wish to pull the whiskers ofdeath.
The striped one?
You know all things?
I know that Shere Khan has killed...
and eaten...
and now sleeps by the bamboo.
Tabaqui thejackal told me so...
uh, before he passed on.
Tabaqui?
Yes, indeed.
Here he is.
How may I slay his master, Kaa?
He,d kill you with one blow.
Let us go upstream.
Hold on, little brother.
Shere Khan is nothing but a big cat...
and all cats fear the water.
But Shere Khan will not follow me into the river.
Sinceyou,re a man...
useyour cunning.
And ifI made him angry, Kaa...
will he follow me into the river?
Ifhe will not catch you first.
[ Mowgli ] Thankyou, wisest ofall!
[ Kaa ] Go on.
I,ll wait foryou here.
Wish me good hunting...
O wise, strong and most beautiful Kaa!
[ Kaa ] Good hunting.
[ Growls ]
[ Roars, Snarls ]
Good morning, Shere Khan.
Did I wakeyou up?
You hunter ofworms...
you striped cattle thief!
- Don,t sneak away. - [ Roars ]
Coward!
You mangyyellow dog!
Come back!
[ Snarling ]
Can,tyoujump?
Areyou too old, you frog eater?
Fish killer!
[ Roaring ]
I,ll getyour hide today.
No, no. I won,t come down.
You come up to me!
Get this!
And this!
- [ Shouts ] - [ Roars ]
Bah!
- [ Shouts ] - [ Loud Roar]
Come on, Shere Khan. Catch me!
[ Roaring ]
[ Roars ]
[ Growling, Roaring ]
[ Hissing ]
- This is getting dangerous. - Yes.
Maybe there are tigers waiting for us in this tall grass.
All right!
Stay here.
[ Animal Screeching ]
[ High-pitched Howling ]
[ Animals Howling, Whooping ]
[ Elephant Trumpets ]
Shere Khan is dead!
I have killed Shere Khan!
[ Animals Whooping, Growling, Howling ]
What ifhe finds the boy and tears the secret from him...
and-and then says he didn,t find him?
You,re right.
We cannot trust him.
Uh, you go first, and I,ll protectyour rear.
You go first, and I,ll protectyour rear!
Go on!
By the Bull that bought me, I made a promise -
a little promise.
Only thy coat is lacking before I keep myword.
Come, Shere Khan. Lend meyour coat.
You won,t need it anymore.
You don,t need to shoot, Buldeo. I have killed him.
Look at him.
This is the end ofa very old war.
Hmm. You have killed him.
You found him there.
I killed him with my tooth. He is mine.
Who areyou to tell me what is yours?
Get up, boy.
You took my daughter to thejungle last night.
You took her to a lost city.
Come on. Take me to the treasure chamber.
I will not takeyou, Buldeo.
The Lost City is a city ofdeath.
The treasure is death!
- I will never takeyou there. - Come on,jungle brat.
Come on, or I,ll shootyou.
- Go ahead and shoot. - You scum ofthe wolfcave.
- [ Roars ] - [ Rifle Shot ]
I-I hope he didn,t shoot the boy.
No. No.
That,s a sign for us.
[ Growling, Snarling ]
[ Growling Continues ]
[ Roaring ]
Change back to a man...
and spare my life.
Spare my life, Mowgli.
[ Roaring Continues ]
[ Gasps, Moaning ]
I did not knowyou were anything more than a herd boy.
May I rise up and go away...
my lord?
Get up!
Go! Tell Messua that Mowgli has avenged her man.
He has killed Shere Khan and will bring home his yellow hide!
Maharaja.
Look!
- Great king. - [ Laughing ]
Go on!
Maharaja.
- Maharaja. - Great king.
- Tell me the secret too. - Tell me too.
[ Barber] They say there,s enough for three.
- [ Pundit ] Great king. - [ Buldeo ] Great king.
Three old vultures!
- Go back toyourvillage! - Yes, milord.
[ Mowgli Laughing ]
- Ma - Maharaja. - My king.
- Where -Where is the treasure? - Go back toyourvillage!
- Maharaja. Great lord. - [ Laughing ]
Here. Here, you!
- Did he tell you the secret? - Come on. Where,s the treasure?
Do - Don,t try to cheat us! The boy told you where to go.
Boy indeed.
Didn,t I tell you the first time I saw him he was a witch?
I saw him with my own eyes change himselfinto a black panther.
[ Chuckles ] Come on, Buldeo. No tricks now!
Ifyou try to cheat us, we,ll changeyou into something worse, I swear toyou!
[ Low Growling ]
Get down, Bagheera. Stop their quarrel.
[ Snarls ]
[ Buldeo ] The boy turned himself into a black panther before my eyes!
He is a witch, I tell you.
I must warn the village.
- Buldeo - - Here!
I still thinkyou,re lying, and I,ll soon find out.
[ Roaring ]
[ Bells Clanging ]
Ho!
Come, Shere Khan.
Look at Buldeo, the mighty hunter!
Ho!
Now go get him. Get him!
- What have I done? - [ Man Shouts ]
Why doyou stand there gaping so? Gather branches. Build a fire!
Remember, he must have a chance to confess.
Yes, the three ofus will deal with him alone.
We,ll deal with him all right.
[ Drum: Steady Rhythm ]
[ Gong Clanging ]
[ Wolf Barking ]
[ Howls ]
- [ Gong Clanging ] - [ Drum Continues ]
- [ Man ] Clear the way. - [ Howling ]
[ Gong Clanging, Drum Beating Grow Louder]
[ Barking ]
[ Mowgli Howling ]
[ Howls ]
Buldeo, we are ready! Bring the witch-boy!
Well, boy?
Witch or devil, whateveryou are...
you heard them.
They are ready.
One last choice -
the secret or the fire.
[ Messua ] Buldeo!
[ Sobbing ]
Let me talk to him.
Good.
You talk to him.
I will leaveyou alone.
He won,t tell. I thinkwe,ll have to burn him.
Then we would never find the treasure.
We,ll burn him...
but not now.
The boywill lead us to the Lost City first.
Nathoo, my little son...
whywon,tyou tell them the secret?
Neverwill I take them into thejungle.
But theywill setyou free -
free to live with me.
- Live with you? - Aye.
I have ajungle mother too...
and these two things fight together in me...
like the snakes fight together in the spring.
I was a wolf. Thejungle cast me out.
I am a man.
The Man-Pack cast me out.
Butyou have killed Shere Khan.
You can go back to thejungle.
Aye, you can be lord ofthejungle.
No.
I have nowhere to go...
but into the Red Flower- the fire.
No.
But it does not matter.
Thejungle will know from Bagheera that I have killed Shere Khan.
No. Thejungle will know from you, Mowgli.
See? Here is your tooth.
Mother!
Watch, watch, watch, watch.
- See them? - He,ll escape.
Areyou also too dumb to see it?
Ofcourse. He,ll escape, and then we,ll follow him to the treasure.
That,s right.
You two go to the edge ofthejungle.
Wait there and mark his trail.
Go.
Your time is up.
[ Crowd Shouting ]
[ Shouting Continues ]
It,s the motherwitch who freed him!
- Get her! - [ Crowd Shouting ]
Wait! Wait!
- Messua is no witch. - [ Shouting Continues ]
But Buldeo is a bad -
Tie both ofthem until I return.
[ Animal Whooping ]
Buldeo. He entered by this tree.
He never suspected we let him escape.
[ Buldeo ] Don,t say that.
See?
There is his trail.
[ Animal Whooping ]
[ Whooping Continues ]
[ Loud Whooping ]
I,m - I,m frightened.
Hmm. There,s nothing to be afraid of.
We have our guns.
[ Loud Whooping ]
Let,s go.
We can,t be very far away.
Listen, brothers.
I have planted tracks for them as deep as an elephant,s.
[ Snarling ]
Theywill be here soon.
Quiet, you grinning black shadow.
- [ Growling ] - Quiet, gray brother.
This is not our kill.
- Look, look! - Look.
[ Animal Whooping ]
- Wait for me! - Not so fast! [ Chuckles ]
[ Buldeo Cackling ]
- [ All Cackling ] - [ Monkeys Chittering ]
I will be the maharaja!
[ Echoing ] I will be the maharaja!
[ Echoing ] I will be the maharaja ofthis mighty city!
I will be the chiefofall the temple!
[ Echoing ] I will be the chiefofall the temple!
I will have all the barber shops!
[ Echoing ] I will have all the barber shops!
[ Laughing, Echoing ]
Let,s look for the treasure.
[ Echoing ] Let,s look for the treasure.
You look over there.
[ Hissing ]
[ Stammering ]
Uh - [ Stammering Continues ]
Look.
- I found it! I found it! - [ Laughing ]
[ Buldeo ] He found it!
Come on! He found it!
Wait for me! [ Echoing ] Wait for me!
[ Buldeo ] He found it! Come on!
- [ Barber Cackling ] - [ Pundit, Echoing ] Wait for me, Buldeo!
- Let us go in there. - Let us go in!
I-I - I found it!
I - I claim the right offirst choice.
That,s right! You deserve it. He goes first!
- [ Chortling ] - I,ll helpyou.
Helpyourself. I,ll helpyou.
[ Chortling Continues ]
[ Hissing ]
[ Stammering ]
Shoot. Shoot!
Sh-Sh - Shoot.
Don,t - Don,t shoot! Don,t shoot!
Shoot! Shoot!
No, no. Don,t-Don,t shoot! Don,t!
Pull me out. Pull me out! Pull me - Shoot, will you?
Pull me up!
[ Coins Rattling ]
You missed him.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven -
A million! [ Laughing ]
[ Laughing Continues ]
I,ll never have to count again.
[ Laughing ]
Maybe we,ve been cheated.
It,s gold. It,s gold.
It,s the mother and father ofall the rubies in the world.
Where,s my royal turban?
[ Laughing ] They,re all pure gold...
and they,re all mine!
I shall walk upon gold.
I shall eat upon gold.
I shall use gold for a coverlet.
[ Laughing ]
- Give it to me. - Give it to me!
- It,s mine! - Give it to me!
No. Areyou mad? Shall I bash your heads in?
- Give it to me! I had first choice! - No, it,s mine!
- The old cobra was right. - [ Arguing Continues ]
First, they go mad.
Don,t forget, Buldeo, we are two to one. I want that ruby!
- Let go. - It,s mine!
- Let go! - You miserable barber.
It belongs to my robe. It belongs to me, you understand?
- It,s mine! - Have we lost our reason?
Are we children?
Isn,t there enough for three, 300, 3,000?
We,ll be the most powerful men in all India.
Here!
I can buy thousand ofrubies like this with my share.
[ Cackling ] Buldeo, you are wise and good.
You saved my life. You killed the cobra.
You are my friend.
Then stop quarreling. Load yourselves up.
We have to get out before nightfall.
[ Whimpers ]
[ Cackling ]
- Hurry. We,ve got to get out ofhere now. - [ Growling ]
[ Snarling ]
[ Hissing ]
- [ Rifle Clicks ] - [ Growls ]
[ Mowgli ] Thieves. Vultures.
Get out ofthejungle.
Get out.
D-Did I hearwhat I heard?
The panther spoke with the tongue ofthe boy.
Yes.
The boy spoke with the tongue ofthe panther.
This place is bewitched.
Oh, the gold.
[ Animal Trilling ]
[ Chittering ]
This is the way.
Where,s the log? It was here.
How do we cross now?
We can wade through.
Wait.
There are crocodiles in this river.
What areyou waiting for?
- It,s this way. - No, no. We came past this tree.
- I tell you, it,s this way. Come on. - No.
Quiet. Don,t argue, Barber!
You,re going the wrong way. You,re going the wrong way.
Give it to me!
- Wait here. Come on. Come on. - [ Mowgli ] Look!
They are heading back to the Lost City.
- Here it is. There it is. Come on. - Over there is right! Let,s go!
Come on.
Now I shall see if Father Cobra spoke the truth.
Ifthe thing is death...
these men will die.
[ Gasps ]
- [ Stabs ] - [ Barber Gasps ]
[ Stabbing Sounds ]
[ Shrieking ]
[ Animal Hoots ]
[ Bird Twittering ]
You saw it.
I onlywanted to look at the gold.
[ Grunts ]
And he - he tried to kill me.
I had to do it, Buldeo.
I had to do it.
Naturally.
You -You must bearwitness.
Please, you must bearwitness, Buldeo.
[ Coins Rattling ]
[ Hooting ]
[ Wolf Howling, Growling ]
[ Howling Continues ]
Quiet, gray brother.
He tried to kill me, Buldeo.
You must bearwitness. I had to kill him.
[ Voice Breaking ] I had to kill him, Buldeo.
He -
[ Animal Squawking ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Animal Screeching ]
[ Buldeo, Pundit Grunting ]
[ Gasping, Shouts ]
[ Growling ]
Help! H-H-Help!
[ Screaming ] Help!
Did I hear someone call?
[ Animal Whooping ]
[ Whispers ] Now, gray brother...
there is only one.
Bagheera, gray brother...
chase him out ofthejungle.
- Sing him home. - [ Growls ]
[ Animal Whooping ]
[ Whooping Sound Continues ]
[ Low, Rhythmic Whooping ]
[ Roaring ]
- [ Whooping ] - [ Animal Honking ]
- [ Gasping ] - [ Growling ]
[ Loud Whooping ]
[ Hooting Continues ]
[ Growling Continues ]
[ Screeching, Whooping ]
[ Growling ]
- [ Howling ] - [ Roaring ]
[ Trilling ]
[ Yipping ]
[ Roars ]
[ Animal Whooping ]
You grinning monster.
Change into any beastyou will.
Wolf, panther...
any beastyou will!
I,m not afraid ofyou.
Change!
- Change! - [ Animal Whooping ]
[ Animal Noises Continue ]
- [ Elephant Trumpets ] - Scream!
- [ Growling, Hooting ] - Scream, you witches ofthe forest!
[ Trumpeting, Screeching ]
- Scream! - [ Animal Noises Continue ]
I,ll burn that motherwitch Messua...
and I,ll come back with a hundred strong...
and set fire toyourjungle...
when the east wind blows!
[ Trumpeting, Growling ]
I,ll burn you all!
- Burn you all! - [ Roaring ]
Burn you all!
Hathi. Thou knowest the village ofthe Man-Pack that cast me out.
[ Quiet Trumpeting ]
They,re idle, senseless and cruel.
They do not kill the weaker for food...
but for sport.
When they are full-fed, theywould throw their own breed into the Red Flower.
This I have seen.
It is not well that the Man-Pack should live here anymore.
[ Trumpeting ]
Kill them? Why?
What good are theirwhite bones to me?
We shall let thejungle in upon them...
and give the village back to the wild gourd vine.
Theywill burn us both.
Why did you fight them, Durga? Why did you defend me?
It was I who brought him into the world. He,s my son.
Aye, mistress.
You could have saved yourself, Durga.
No, mistress.
Ifyou must leave the world tonight, it is written that I shall go with you.
Buldeo is here! Look!
- Buldeo! - [ All Shouting ]
What happened?
- Where is the pundit? - Where is the barber?
Dead. Both dead.
Killed by the wolfboy.
But I know how to deal with him.
I,ll burn him!
Burn him up!
- I,ll burn him! - [ Crowd Shouting ]
[ Excited Chattering ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
We,re all lost ifthe wind turns!
Thejungle is burning! Hurry up, Hathi!
[ Mahala ] Mowgli!
Where,s my mother?
What haveyou done with her?
They left Messua bound in her house! Theywould not let me take her!
They said she was a witch and that the fire would take her!
Now the same fire will take them.
But theywere frightened, Mowgli.
Lead them, Mahala, to the little island in the middle ofthe stream.
- Where we saw the elephants, Mowgli? - Yes. The fire can,t touch you there.
Hurry! The wind is shifting.
[ Shouting ]
[ Trumpeting ]
Break the door, Hathi. Break the door!
Push! Push!
Harder! Push!
I knewyou would come.
See, Durga?
- [ Growling ] - [ Growls ]
[ Howling ]
- You,ll be safe among them now. - Butyou, my son - Come with us.
Not while one little cub is in danger. Now, go too.
Go on, Hathi! Go on! Go on!
Swim, gray brother! Follow me!
This way! Follow me!
Come on, Bagheera!
Come on, Hathi! Go on! Go on!
[ Roaring ]
Go on, Hathi! Go on! Go on!
[ Roars ]
[ Animal Screeching ]
Mowgli!
[ Bear Howling ]
Come backwith us at last.
I am ofthejungle.
Their lair is my lair.
Their trail is my trail.
Their fight is my fight.
[ Hathi Trumpets ]
Ahai.
He,s no longer my son.
[ Trumpets ]
He,s a godling ofthe woods.
[Buldeo Narratingr] SoIdidn'thavemyrevengreafterall.
IbeCamenomaharala...
ofamigrhtyCity.
Even thelittle villagre burnedto thegrround.
In my struggle with thejungle...
as you see, milords...
I was beaten.
And then? What happened then?
What became of Mowgli and your daughter?
And how did you escape from the fire?
That, memsahib...
is another story.