# The Jungle Book — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph sets the scene for the stories to come, invoking the transition from day to night in the jungle and the creatures that emerge under cover of darkness. It emphasizes the power and law of the jungle, calling f
- [The Jungle Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/the-jungle-book.md): A collection of stories set in the Indian jungle, featuring Mowgli's upbringing among wolves, his battles with Shere Khan, and other animal tales including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi's fight against cobras, Kotick the white seal's
- [Mowgli's Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/mowgli-s-brothers.md): Mowgli is adopted into the Seeonee wolf pack after being presented at Council Rock, where Bagheera pays a bull for his acceptance. He grows up learning the Law of the Jungle from Baloo and Bagheera, but faces growing hos
- [Kaa's Hunting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/kaa-s-hunting.md): Mowgli, while learning the Law of the Jungle from Baloo, is kidnapped by the Bandar-log (the monkey people). Baloo and Bagheera seek help from Kaa the python, who uses his hypnotic powers to defeat the monkeys and rescue
- [Tiger! Tiger!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/tiger-tiger.md): Mowgli leaves the wolf pack after the Council Rock fight and travels to a village where he is adopted by Messua, who believes he might be her lost son. He becomes a buffalo herder and learns human customs while keeping w

> 4 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_jungle_book_se_618kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The White Seal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/the-white-seal.md)
- [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/rikki-tikki-tavi.md)
- [Toomai of the Elephants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/toomai-of-the-elephants.md)
- [Her Majesty's Servants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/her-majesty-s-servants.md)

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