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The Jungle Book

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Listen to your teacher read a description of the character from the story. Identify the character based on your understanding and write the name in the space provided. Number the characters in sequence as they appear in the story.

Description of the characters from the story "The Jungle Book"

* He is violent and intensely predatory, disrespectful to the law of the jungle. The main villain in the story and the archrival of Mowgli. He is nicknamed as 'Lungri' by his own mother.

* He always feeds on crumbs from either Shere Khan or the wolves of the Seeonee Pack. He is the only friend of Shere Khan. He acts as a spy and messenger to Shere Khan.

* She is very protective of the man-cub and raises him as her own. She is always ready to die in order to protect him. she is strong and brave but when angered she becomes the fiercest of wolf in the pack.

* He is taken away by a tiger from his village to the jungle, but fortunately he escapes and runs into a cave where a wolf family live. Mother wolf names him Mowgli the 'Little frog'. He is the main character in the story.

* He is one of Mowgli's main teachers, protects and guides Mowgli in all ways till the end of the story. He loves Mowgli a lot and the two spend much time together loitering in the jungle.

Mother Wolf [ 1 ]

Shere Khan (Tiger) [ 4 ]

Mowgli (the little frog) [ 3 ]

Bagheera, (Black panther) friend of Mowgli [ 5 ]

Tabaqui (the Jackal) [ 2 ]