As he is skinning the body, Buldeo arrives. Mowgli fights and kills Shere Khan, with some last minute help from Kaa, the python. Buldeo resolves to follow Mowgli to the site of the treasure. When Buldeo sees the coin, he tries to force Mowgli to tell him where the treasure is, but Mowgli refuses. Warned by an aged cobra that the wealth brings death, they leave, but Mahala takes one coin as a memento. When Mowgli and Mahala explore the jungle, they discover a hidden chamber in a ruined palace, containing fabulous wealth. He learns to speak and tries to imitate the ways of men, as well as becomes friendly with Buldeo's daughter, Mahala. Years later, Mowgli is captured by the villagers and taken in by his mother Messua, though she does not recognize him as her lost child. The child is adopted by wolves in the jungle and grows to be the wild youth Mowgli. The attack leads to the death of a man and the loss of the man's child. In an Indian village, Buldeo, an elderly storyteller, is paid by a visiting British memsahib to tell a story of his youth.Īs a younger man, he recalls his village being attacked by Shere Khan the tiger.
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