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1、THEJUNGLEBOOKByRudyardKiplingPreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comMowgli'sBrothersNowRanntheKitebringshomethenightThatMangtheBatsetsfree—TheherdsareshutinbyreandhutForloosedtilldawnarewe.Thisisthehourofprideandpower,Talonandtushandclaw.Oh,heartheca

2、ll!—GoodhuntingallThatkeeptheJungleLaw!Night-SongintheJungleItwasseveno'clockofaverywarmeveningintheSeeoneehillswhenFatherWolfwokeupfromhisday'srest,scratchedhimself,yawned,andspreadouthispawsoneaftertheothertogetridofthesleepyfeelingintheirtips.MotherWolfl

3、aywithherbiggraynosedroppedacrossherfourtumbling,squealingcubs,andthemoonshoneintothemouthofthecavewheretheyalllived."Augrh!"saidFatherWolf."Itistimetohuntagain."Hewasgoingtospringdownhillwhenalittleshadowwithabushytailcrossedthethresholdandwhined:"Goodluck

4、gowithyou,OChiefoftheWolves.Andgoodluckandstrongwhiteteethgowithnoblechildrenthattheymayneverforgetthehungryinthisworld."Itwasthejackal—Tabaqui,theDish-licker—andthewolvesofIndiadespiseTabaquibecauseherunsaboutmakingmischief,andtellingtales,andeatingragsand

5、piecesofleatherfromthevillagerubbish-heaps.Buttheyareafraidofhimtoo,becauseTabaqui,morethananyoneelseinthejungle,isapttogomad,andthenheforgetsthathewaseverafraidofanyone,andrunsthroughtheforestbitingeverythinginhisway.EventhetigerrunsandhideswhenlittleTabaq

6、uigoesmad,formadnessisthemostdisgracefulthingthatcanovertakeawildcreature.Wecallithydrophobia,buttheycallitdewanee—themadness—andrun."Enter,then,andlook,"saidFatherWolfstiffly,"butthereisnofoodhere.""Forawolf,no,"saidTabaqui,"butforsomeanapersonasmyselfadry

7、boneisagoodfeast.Whoarewe,theGidur-log[thejackalpeople],topickandchoose?"Hescuttledtothebackofthecave,wherehefoundtheboneofabuckwithsomemeatonit,andsatcrackingtheendmerrily."Allthanksforthisgoodmeal,"hesaid,lickinghislips."Howbeautifularethenoblechildren!Ho

8、wlargearetheireyes!Andsoyoungtoo!Indeed,indeed,Imighthaverememberedthatthechildrenofkingsaremenfromthebeginning."Now,Tabaquiknewaswellasanyoneelsethatthereisnothingsounluckyastocomplimentchildrentothei