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Toomai

A mahout's small son who scrambles up stockade-posts and yells with the best of the drivers, he dreams of seeing what no man has seen.

major

Also known as Little Toomai

First appearance: Toomai of the Elephants

As a major figure in The Jungle Book, Toomai is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Little Toomai, son of Big Toomai, rides Kala Nag and witnesses the elephant dance.
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Little Toomai is the boy of the elephant-camp, useful as three men in the keddah and happiest when the hills smoke with rain and nobody knows where they will camp that night. His father Big Toomai wants the flat roads…

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See Toomai in Toomai of the Elephants

Character Web

5 connections

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KNKala NagKOKotickPSPetersen SahibFWFather WolfMAMachua AppaTOToomai

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Elephant keddah operators
  • Mowgli's mentors and allies
  • Protagonist
  • Jungle and domestic friends

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SetupEscalationBreaking pointClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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See Toomai in Toomai of the Elephants
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