The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Page #5

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Huh? Oh, right. Mowgli.

He wouldn't listen, Baggy.

He ran off

with a gang of crazy monkeys.

He what? Forget food for once.

Let's find him.

Absolutely. Right after I...

My head's stuck.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

Honey, honey, honey, honey!

Ramming speed!

While I waited

for those stupid monkeys

to stop playing their bad joke,

I found some strange things

that seemed oddly familiar.

Hello? Can you come out?

How did you get in there?

Ugh!

Guess what?

Those chimps were right.

This was a treasure hut, and I had

found the greatest treasure of all.

The red flower!

For the love of meat, where...?

There she is. Finally. Raksha.

Mowgli's following some monkeys

to Monkeytown.

They had a surprise for him.

A surprise? Shere Khan!

Quick, go. Tell the others.

Chil Airlines, ready for takeoff.

Please stow all carry on luggage.

Mmm. Carrion. Yummy.

(hums to himse/O

You're making me nervous.

Hello.

Shere Khan!

We trapped the man-cub

in Monkeytown, like we planned.

Good job.

You should come work for me.

I'm always on the lookout

for new sidekicks.

No. I know what happens

to your sidekicks.

When I think of them,

I still get a lump in my throat.

Tabaqui, let's eat.

Boss, is it true?

Do humans taste like chicken?

Actually, they taste

more like hyaena.

Oh-oh.

Move it, Tabaqui. Chop chop.

Don't worry, chief,

I know a short cut.

Monkeytown? I told you

those monkeys were up to no good.

Let's hope we get there first.

How could I know

they were working for that darn cat?

Hang on, Mowgli. I'm coming.

The later it got,

the more I began to suspect

this wasn't just some monkeys' joke.

I tried to take my mind off things

by exploring all the treasures

in the hut.

That's when it all came together.

Shere Khan!

Let me out! Don't leave me here!

Hold it right there, Shere Khan.

Raksha.

- I know what you're up to.

You better not lay a paw

on my Mowgli.

Your Mowgli? He was born a man.

His parents are hunters.

He's my son, Shere Khan.

If you want him,

you have to go through me.

Relax, Mother. I haven't harmed

a hair on his head... yet.

But I'm in no hurry. He and I will

meet again, another time.

Over my dead body.

With pleasure!

Mowgli?

- Bagheera!

How are you doing? Are you OK?

- Scared. But alive.

You won't be if you don't escape

before Shere Khan gets here.

I've got an idea.

- Be careful.

Those monkeys are crazy.

- That's what I'm counting on.

Oh-oh. Heads up.

- Huh?

Can you help me?

I found a map to the Lost Land

of Really Big Bananas,

but I need someone

with thumbs to unfold it.

Excuse me, did you say

really big bananas?

Bananas so big,

two elephants can slip on one peel.

That big! Come on, let's go!

Come on!

Really big bananas!

Kids, don't try this at ho-o-o-ome!

Baloo!

Now that's what I call

crashing a party.

Next time I bust through a hut,

remind me to cover

the bare necessities.

What a dump. Come on, Mowg.

Let's make tracks

before Shere Khan makes us snacks.

Come on, Mowgli, keep running.

We're homeward bound.

There it is. Finally!

That stupid hyaena

and his stupid short cut.

Mowgli! Come out, come out,

wherever you are.

That's it? Shoes?

Boss? You made it.

About that short cut...

Wow! You ate him already?

Wrong again, flea circus!

If your nose could smell

as much as you do,

you'd know the bear was here.

He helped the boy escape.

Well...

Shere Khan, how was your meal?

I'm still waiting on my entre.

But I'll have an appetiser.

Tell me,

how is the jumbo chimp cocktail?

I don't know if I can run faster

than Shere Khan.

I just have to run faster than you.

Hathi.

Mowgli? Wake up, Mowgli.

Hathi, what are you doing here?

I'm afraid somethings happened.

What?

Well, it's about your mother.

What about my mother?

Just hop up and come with me.

Come on, Babe.

As I rode atop Hathi,

I remember feeling the jungle

was a colder, different place.

I felt it in my heart,

and then I saw it with my eyes.

Get away from me! It's mine.

The pack was falling apart.

There was no leadership, no order.

When Hathi finally brought me home,

I knew the horrible reason why.

Oh, no!

What happened?

Son, your mother and Shere Khan...

Mowgli, the tiger

attacked your mother.

She died defending you.

Defending... me?

No!

Dear friends, even though

my beloved Raksha is gone forever,

her spirit will live on in this land,

and in all of us.

Raksha loved you and your sister.

She will always be with you both,

in your hearts.

What is happening to me?

What are these things in my eyes?

They're tears, Mowgli.

Why do they hurt so much?

Why do they hurt?

Tears are like a river,

flowing from a broken heart.

Mowgli, it's OK. It's OK.

Brother.

Mowg, buddy, are you gonna be OK?

Mowgli, where are you going?

Don't you understand?

This is my fault.

I'm leaving the jungle

and never coming back!

Mowgli! Mowgli!

I don't think I ever ran so fast,

or so far.

I didn't know or care

where I was going.

I just figured the farther I ran, the

farther I'd leave my troubles behind.

Mowgli, where are you?

And so I ran and ran,

until I just couldn't run any more.

And then, something happened.

I had discovered a pack of man.

All kinds of memories

were coming back.

Of being a kid, just like them,

and living in a place just like this.

Over here.

And even though my jungle family

taught me to fear man, I didn't.

And they didn't seem

to fear me either.

Yes. Like that.

Come on.

If anything, I felt welcome

and comfortable and safe,

like this was my home.

But then I heard Li'! Raksha...

Mowgli, help me!

- ... Calling for me.

My new home would just have to wait.

Li'I Raksha?

Sister!

- Mowgli, help me get loose.

Hold still. I'll get it.

Thanks. I'll be OK.

But you can't leave us.

I have to. I don't want to

cause any more trouble.

No. Shere Khan will hunt you

wherever you go.

Then I don't know what to do.

- Yes, you do.

You took the hunter's oath.

You must stay and fight.

You're right.

Baloo and Bagheera were right.

Running away isn't the answer.

I have to face Shere Khan

and beat him.

But no wolf

has faced that tiger alone.

Mowgli, a wolf can only fight

like a wolf.

But you can fight Shere Khan

like a wolf and...

...a man. A man. I've got it!

- Yeah!

Call the jungle people and tell them

to meet me at the river.

Well, well, Tabaqui, it's been

an interesting couple of days.

I set out to kill the man-cub

and wound up killing his mother.

Which destroyed the wolf pack.

And made the man-cub run off again.

Now we're gonna go find him.

Yes. Soon I shall have my revenge,

and it'll be the icing on the cake.

I love this job! Wait.

Did you say revenge was icing?

I thought you said it was ice cream.

Shere Khan!

- Moi?

Yeah, you, you big Bengal bully!

It's me, Mowgli.

How about that? We didn't have

to find the icing, it found us.

It found us. That's funny.

Man-cub? I can't hear you.

Speak up.

The more you talk, the sooner

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