in the final story of the jungle books, mowgli met his mother shanti.
in the final story of the jungle books, mowgli met his mother shanti.
in the final story of the jungle books mowgli meets his?
shanti
bagheera shares in many of mowgli's adventures as he grows, but eventually the time comes when the man-cub becomes a man and has to return to human society. bagheera frees mowgli of his debt to the wolf pack by killing another bull, and mowgli returns to his adopted human mother messua.









































bagheera is one of mowgli's mentors and best friends. he, baloo and kaa sing for mowgli "the outsong" of the jungle. he also calls out to mowgli in farewell, "remember, bagheera loved thee... remember, bagheera loved thee."









































section::::media portrayals.
bagheera
mowgli the feral child is about 16 years old and living contentedly with his wolves in the seeonee jungle, when the peace is disturbed by 'won-tolla', a solitary wolf whose mate and cubs have been killed by dholes, who warns the seeonee wolves that the dhole-pack will soon overrun their territory. later that night, mowgli meets kaa, the huge old python, and tells him the news. kaa does not believe that mowgli and the pack will survive a direct attack by the dholes, and enters a trance to search his century-long memory for an effective strategy. when he awakens, kaa takes mowgli to the bee rocks: a gorge where huge hives produced by millions of wild bees overhang the river, and mowgli and kaa devise a plan to lure the dholes to the gorge so that the bees will attack them. mowgli therefore lies in wait for the dholes in a tree-branch and smears himself with garlic to repel the bees. when the dholes arrive he taunts their leader into a furious rage and cuts off the leader's tail, before fleeing to the gorge. just before leaping into the water mowgli kicks piles of stones into the beehives, to arouse the bees. the garlic prevents the bees from attacking mowgli, and he dives safely into the river where kaa swiftly coils around his body to prevent the current from sweeping him away. some of the dholes are stung to death by the enraged bees, while others drown in the torrent. the rest flee downstream, pursued by mowgli. eventually mowgli and the surviving dholes reach shallower water, where mowgli and the wolves fight a ferocious and bloody battle with the remaining dholes, and won-tolla kills the dhole leader before dying of his own wounds. as the battle comes to its end, mowgli finds akela, mortally wounded, who tells mowgli that he must soon return to the human race. when mowgli asks who will drive him there, akela replies: "mowgli will drive mowgli. go back to thy people. go to man". the result thereof is told in "the spring running".
red dog (kipling short story)