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...................................................................................................................................................... 4 THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE.................................................................................................................................. 19 THE MIRACLE OF PURUN BHAGAT .............................................

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...ok by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylva... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...t will be no pleasant sight,” said Baloo. This talk went in at one ear and out at the other, for a boy who spends his life eating and sleeping does no... ...what real hunger meant, fell back on stale honey, three years old, scraped out of de- serted rock-hives—honey black as a sloe, and dusty with dried su... ...r; to roll on the sandy margin, and re- turn, wet-muzzled and well plumped out, to the admiring herd, was a thing that all tall-antlered young bucks t... ... village, whose main street, full of cattle going back to their byres, ran straight to the river, and ended in a sort of rude brick pier-head, where p... ... snoring like a—mugger. A voice on the bridge whispered: “It’s an odd shot—straight down almost—but as safe as houses. Better try behind the neck. Gol... ...! Are thy hands numb? Here again!” The game always ended in one way—with a straight, driv- ing blow of the head that knocked the boy over and over. Mo...

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...Tickets, Please .................................................................................................................................. 35 The Blind Man ................................................................................................................................. 47 Monkey Nuts .....................................................................

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...Contents THE LONG VOYAGE ...................................................................................................................... 5 THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER .................................................................

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...Excerpt: ?HOLE!? said Mr. Polly, and then for a change, and with greatly increased emphasis: ??Ole!? He paused, and then broke out with one of his private and peculiar idioms. ?Oh! Beastly Silly Wheeze of a Hole!?...

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...Introduction: Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extremely uncertain in our outlook upon life, about our religious feelings and in our ideas of right and wrong....

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