Pooh's Adventures of The Jungle Book Read-Along

This is the story of "Pooh's Adventures of The Jungle Book". You can read along with me in your book. You will know when it is time to turn the page when you hear the Jungle Bird call like this. (Bird sound) Let's begin now.

It was many years ago when I, Bagharra the Panther and my new friends, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore, found a little lost Mancub. He was alone and unprotected in the Jungle of India. So we took the small boy to a nearby family of Wolves I knew. As we had hoped, the Mother Wolf felt sorry for the Mancub and she said to us, "Everyone, leave him with us and we will raise him."

(Bird sound, turn page)

That is how little Mowgli, the Mancub came to be brought up by Jungle animals. He was a favorite with all the Wolf cubs of the pack. They treated him just like a brother Wolf. Mowgli even made friends with the Elephants and often marched in their Elephant Patrol. He loved living in the Jungle. Although Mowgli did now know it, Pooh, his friends, and I would often watch him from a distance to make sure he was safe. You see, the Jungle also holds many dangers.

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There was the crafty Kaa, who smacked his forked toungue at the sight of a "DE-LI-CI-OUS" Mancub. We shudder to think how that tricky Snake almost hypnotized Mowgli right into his greedy coils. Luckily, Mowgli called for help and we arrived in time to save him. But Mowgli's real enemy was the fierce Tiger and Tigger's old enemy, Shere Khan. Shere Khan hated all men and sworn to kill the Mancub. The Tiger did not want to take chance that the boy would grow up and become another hunter with a gun.

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It was then that we spoke with Rama, Mowgli's Wolf Father. "I'm sorry, Rama, but even the whole Wolf pack could not protect Mowgli from Shere Khan. Everyone is in danger as long as the Mancub remains here". "Yeah and Shere Khan won't even notice that we're helping Mowgli... yet." Said Tigger. Rama had known this day would come, and he sadly agreed to let me and Pooh and his friends take Mowgli to the safety of the Man Village. The problem now was convincing Mowgli. While we were on one of our many walks into the Jungle I told Mowgli the bad news. "Mowgli, today we are not going home. Tigger's old enemy, Shere Khan has returned to the Jungle and has promised to kill you. We're taking you to a Man Village where you belong." "But I don't want to live in the Man Village. Besides, I can look out for myself." "Ha! You're so small! You wouldn't last one day alone." "Well, I'm not going!" "Oh, Dear. Mercy me." "Oh, Dear. Mercy me too." Said Rabbit and Piglet and Mowgli stormed off deep in the Jungle. Pooh and the others decided to follow Mowgli just to make sure he was safe.

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