Description
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book have delighted innumerable homes with the stories of Mowgli, Akela, Bagheera and Baloo, as well as Toomai and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, among many others. Like all great fables, these stories illustrate truths which are not made more explicit by being interpreted at second hand, and every reader may find out for himself the meaning of these significantly simple characters (back cover).
