The Jungle Book Page #3

- Baloo!

- Back up! Back up!

Faster! Faster! Faster!

A rolling bear

gathers no hair!

Baloo! Help me!

Baloo, they're carrying me away!

Bagheera!

Bagheera!

Well, it's happened.

Took a little longer than I thought,

but it's happened.

Bagheera!

Oh, you heard me, huh?

Mowgli. Mowgli!

All right, what happened?

Where's Mowgli?

They ambushed me.

Thousands of 'em.

I jabbed with my left. Then I swung

with a right. And then I let...

Oh, for the last time,

what happened to Mowgli?

Like I told ya, them

mangy monkeys carried him off.

The ancient ruins.

Oh, I hate to think what'll happen

when he meets that king of theirs.

- We got him, King Louie!

- Here he is. Man, we got him.

We got him!

So you're the man cub.

Crazy.

I'm not as crazy as you are.

Put me down!

You cut that out!

Cool it, boy.

Unwind yourself.

Now come on,

let's shake, cousin.

What do you want me for?

Word has grabbed my royal ear...

Have a banana...

that you wanna

stay in the jungle.

Stay in the jungle?

I sure do.

Well, good.

And old King Louie...

That's me...

can fix it for you.

Have two bananas.

- Have we got a deal?

- Yes, sir.

I'll do... I'll do anything

to stay in the jungle.

Well, then.

I'll lay it on

the line for you.

Now I'm the king of the swingers

Oh, the jungle VIP

I've reached the top

And had to stop

And that's what's botherin' me

I wanna be a man, man cub

And stroll right into town

And be just like the other men

I'm tired of monkeyin' around

Oh, ooh-bee-doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you too

You see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

What?

Gee, Cousin Louie,

you're doin' real good.

Now here's your part

Of the deal, cuz.

Lay the secret on me

of man's red fire.

But I don't know

how to make fire.

Now don't try to kid me, man cub

I made a deal with you

What I desire

Is man's red fire

To make my dream come true

Now give me the secret, man cub

Come on, clue me what to do

Give me the power

Of man's red flower

So I can be like you

Fire? So that's what

that scoundrel's after.

I'll tear him limb from limb.

I'll beat him.

I'll... I'll...

Yeah!

Well, man, what a beat.

Will you stop that silly

beat business and listen?

This will take brains,

not brawn.

You better believe it,

and I'm loaded with both.

- Will you listen?

- Oh. Yeah, yeah.

Now, while you

create a disturbance...

I'll rescue Mowgli.

Got that?

I'm gone, man. Solid gone.

Not yet, Baloo!

Hey!

Get mad, baby.

You

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you too

You see it's true

Someone like me

Can learn to be

Like someone like me

Take me home, daddy!

Can learn to be

Like someone like you

- One more time!

- Yeah, can learn to be

Like someone like me

- Man!

- It's Baloo, the bear!

Yeah, that's him!

How'd that square get in there?

Baloo, it's you!

Man, that's what I call

a swingin' party.

And furthermore, Baloo...

Mowgli seems to have man's

ability to get into trouble.

And your influence

hasn't been exactly...

Shh. Keep it down.

You're gonna wake up little buddy.

- Dah.

- Well, he's had a big day.

It was a real sockaroo.

You know, it ain't easy

learnin' to be like me.

Pah!

A disgraceful performance.

Associating with those undesirable,

scatterbrained apes.

Unh. I hope Mowgli learned

something from that experience.

Scooby-dooby,

dooby-doo.

That's my boy.

Oh, nonsense.

Baloo.

Over here. I'd like

to have a word with you.

A word? You gonna

talk some more?

All right,

what's up, Bagheera?

Baloo...

the man cub must go back

to the man village.

The jungle is not

the place for him.

I grew up in the jungle.

Take a look at me.

Yes, just look at yourself.

Look at that eye.

Yeah. It's beautiful,

ain't it?

Yeah. Frankly, you're

a disreputable sight.

Well, you don't look exactly

like a basket of fruit yourself.

Ohh.

Baloo, you can't adopt

Mowgli as your son.

Why not?

H-H-How can I put it?

It... Baloo...

birds of a feather

should flock together.

You wouldn't marry

a panther, would you?

I don't know.

Come to think of it,

no panther ever asked me.

No. Baloo, you-you've got

to be serious about this.

Oh, stop woryin', Baghee.

Stop woryin'.

I'll take care of him.

Yes. Like you did when

the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?

- Can't a guy make one mistake?

- Not in the jungle.

And another thing.

Sooner or later, Mowgli

will meet Shere Khan.

The tiger? What's he got

against the kid?

He hates man with a vengeance.

You know that.

Because he fears man's gun

and man's fire.

But little Mowgli

don't have those things.

Shere Khan won't wait

until he does.

He'll get Mowgli while

he's young and helpless.

- Just one swipe and...

- No.

Well... Well, what

are we gonna do?

- We'll do what's best for the boy.

- You better believe it.

You name it,

and I'll do it.

Good. Then make Mowgli

go to the man village.

Are you out of your mind?

I promised him...

he could stay here

in the jungle with me.

Well, that's just the point.

As long as he remains with you...

he's in danger,

so it's up to you.

- Why me?

- Be-Be-Because he won't listen to me.

I love that kid.

I love him like

he was my own cub.

Then think of what's best

for Mowgli and not yourself.

Uh, well, can't... Well,

can't I wait until morning?

It's morning now.

Go on, Baloo.

Uh...

Oh, boy.

Mowgli. Mowgli.

Uh, it's time to get up.

Oh. Hi, Baloo.

Hi. Hey, rub that old

sleep out of your eyes.

You and me, uh, we got

a long walk ahead of us.

Swell. Gee, we'll have

lots of fun together.

Sure. Yeah.

Yeah. Uh...

All right, let's

hit the trail, kid.

See ya around,

uh, Bagheera.

Well, goodbye, Bagheera.

Me and Baloo,

we've got things to do.

Goodbye, man cub.

And good luck.

Come on, Baloo.

All we gotta do is...

Look for the bare necessities

Some good old bare necessities

Forget about your worries

And your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear

can rest at ease

With just the bare

necessities of life

Yeah I'll live here

in the jungle

All my life

Yeah, man

I like bein' a bear.

- Where we goin', Baloo?

- Well, uh, it's, uh...

Um, well, it's

sort of new and, uh...

Oh, I don't care,

as long as I'm with you.

Mowgli, uh,

look, buddy, uh...

there's somethin'

I gotta tell ya.

Tell me what, Baloo?

Gee whiz.

Now how did old Baghee

put it? It's, uh...

Uh, uh, Mowgli?

Ha! You wouldn't marry

a panther, would you?

Gee, I don't even know

what you're talkin' about.

Mowgli, don't you realize

that you're a human?

I'm not any more, Baloo.

I'm a bear like you.

Little buddy, look,

listen to me.

- Come on. Come on, Baloo.

- Now, Mowgli, stop it now.

Now hold still. I-I want

to tell you something.

Now listen to me.

- What's the matter, old Papa Bear?

- Look, Mowgli...

I been tyin' to tell ya.

I been tyin' all morning to tell ya.

I've got to take you

back to the man village.

- The man village!

- Now look, kid...

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