Red Dog (Kipling short story) Red Dog (Kipling short story) "Red Dog" is a Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling. Written at Kipling's home in Brattleboro, Vermont between February and March 1895, it was first published as "Good Hunting: A Story of the Jungle" in "The Pall Mall Gazette" for July 29 and 30 1895 and "McClure's Magazine" for August 1895 before appearing under its definitive title as the 7th and penultimate story in "The Second Jungle Book" later the same year. It was also the penultimate Mowgli story to be written. Mowgli the feral child is about 16 years old and living contentedly with his
Rudyard Kipling His children's stories remain popular, and his "Jungle Books" have been made into several movies. The first was made by producer Alexander Korda, and other films have been produced by the Walt Disney Company. A number of his poems were set to music by Percy Grainger. A series of short films based on some of his stories was broadcast by the BBC in 1964. Kipling's work is still popular today. The poet T. S. Eliot edited "A Choice of Kipling's Verse" (1941) with an introductory essay. Eliot was aware of the complaints that had been levelled against Kipling and he