Chapter-5 Now, I was used to the environment of Birtwick Park. Both Ginger and I were quite supportive and inspirational to each other. We had reached fifteen and a half hands above the ground. Our similar heights and equal abilities made us a good pair for both riding and pulling carriages. Ginger was good-looking and […]
Chapter-4 Soon, I was familiar with Ginger. I used to accompany her in pulling the carriage. Soon I understood that she was not actually bad or ill-tempered. The passage of time had marred her innocence and sweet attitude. Right from the time she was young, she had spent all her time with ruthless and hard-hearted
Chapter-3 My new master was Squire Gordon. I couldn’t ever forget the day when his son Gordon died in my home-meadow. The Squire owned a large area with a big and magnificent house. The stables there were also well kept.After I had separated from my owner Farmer Grey and my mother with a heavy heart,
Chapter-2 I was no longer a colt. With the passage of time I was getting all the more attractive and stronger. I was endowed with a deep black and bright coat. The white star on the forehead made me more attractive. Obviously, I was too proud of my appearance. A small white patch remained on
Chapter-1 In the first place, I recount my encounter with a large meadow—a lovely place and the most pleasing ambience with a pond where clear water glistened with the golden refracting rays of the sun. I drenched my dry throat with the most refreshing, cold and sweet water of the pond and enjoyed myself the
Chapter-9 Thousands of men and thousands of camels, elephants, horses, bullocks and mules had gathered at Rawalpindi, to be reviewed by the Viceroy of India. The Amir of Afghanistan was coming to meet the Viceroy. Eight hundred men arrived along with the Amir and several horses that had never seen a camp or a locomotive
Chapter-8 Kala Naag began to move towards the forest. He kept moving through Garo forest and Little Toomai kept watching the stars trying to make out in which direction they were going. A tuft of high grass would wash along the elephant’s sides as a wave washes along the sides of a ship. A cluster
Chapter-7 Kala Naag, which means Black Snake, had been serving the Indian Government for the last forty-seven years. The big elephant was caught when he was fully twenty years old which meant that his actual age was nearly seventy—a ripe age for an elephant.Radha Pyari was his mother who had been caught in the same
Chapter-6 This is the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a mongoose. He was like a little cat in his fur and his tail. His eyes and the end of his nose were pink. He could scratch himself anywhere he pleased with any leg, front or back. He could fluff up his tail till it looked like a
Chapter-5 This is the story of a place called Novastoshnah, or North East Point, on the Island of St. Paul, in the Bering Sea.Only people who have regular business visit Novastoshnah as, for them, there are seals. They come in the summer months in large numbers as Novastoshnah beach has the finest accommodation for seals
Chapter-4 Now, we must go back to the time when Mowgli had left the Council. He left his cave after the fight with the Pack at the Council Rock and went down where the villagers lived. He knew that he had to get far away from the jungle as he had made plenty of enemies
Chapter-3 Afew days before Mowgli turned out of the Pack, Baloo was teaching him the law of the Jungle. Baloo was always pleased to have Mowgli as a student as he was a fast learner. Sometimes Bagheera also used to keep an eye on Mowgli and would sit silently on the branch of a tree
Chapter-2 One day, Mowgli came running hard towards his cave. The mother wolf was resting at the back of the cave and saw that Mowgli looked a bit restless.“What is it, son?” she asked.“Akela was attacked by a Sambhur while he was hunting down the hill near the village,” said Mowgli, “The lone wolf must
Chapter-1 The father wolf woke up at seven o’clock on a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills. He scratched himself, yawned and spread out his paws to feel the evening cool breeze. The mother wolf was lying in the other end of the cave with the four cubs sleeping next to her.The father wolf
Chapter-11 The grandmamma wrote the day before her arrival to let the children know that they might expect her. Peter brought up the letter early the following morning. The grandfather and the children were already outside and the goats were awaiting him. As Peter neared the group his steps slackened and the moment he had