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  • The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling Baby Mowgli is found by wolves in the Indian jungle.

    Ten of the best John Mullan 2010

  • You know the only recorded use of the word Mowgli in any medium in all of history?

    No Free BMW For Baby Bronx Mowgli Wentz 2008

  • Some of the scenes are simply sublime; for instance, the one where Mowgli is resting in «the living armchair» Kaa, while the latter, who has witnessed so many generations of trees and animals, dreams of bygone ages; or again when Mowgli causes Hathi the Elephant to

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 - Presentation Speech 1907

  • So, as soon as Messua pronounced a word Mowgli would imitate it almost perfectly, and before dark he had learned the name of many things in the hut.

    The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • So, as soon as Messua pronounced a word Mowgli would imitate it almost perfectly, and before dark he had learned the names of many things in the hut.

    The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • So as soon as Messua pronounced a word Mowgli would imitate it almost perfectly, and before dark he had learned the names of many things in the hut.

    The Jungle Book. 1893

  • The song is titled Mowgli's Road, and its a very addictive song.

    Marina & The Diamonds - Sean 2009

  • So she sang, as she combed, foolish little baby-songs, now calling Mowgli her son, and now begging him to give some of his jungle power to the child.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • The Pack closed up round the tree-trunk and the leader bayed savagely, calling Mowgli a tree-ape.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • The cat, called Mowgli, was not injured in the incident.

    BBC News - Home 2011

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