The Jungle Book: Adventures of Mowgli

Mowgli is the infant son of a scientist who embarks upon a research mission in the jungle. While his parents are busy, Mowgli, so young he can barely walk, wanders off into the jungle where he is stalked by Shere Khan the tiger, who wants to eat him for lunch!

Mowgli has a serious problem: he cannot run as fast as his brother wolves, and has no claws and fangs with which to hunt. Teased continuously by Lala, a young she-wolf in his pack, he challenges her to a test of skill. During the contest, Mowgli discovers an effective way to catch his prey, and then saves Lala from Shere Khan the tiger, finally earning himself the pack's respect.

Mowgli is desperate because Lala has hidden his new weapon. Demoralized by the difficulties he encounters while trying to find a replacement, the boy returns to his memories of the good old days when his father had taught him some basic hunting skills.

Some aspects of the jungle life are incomprehensible to Mowgli. Akru and Sura are inexplicably thrown out of their home by their mother; during the hunt, Akela insists on choosing the most difficult prey, and when Mowgli is injured, Tabaqui, the hyena, tries to kill him. Things become easier for Mowgli to accept after Baloo and Bagheera explain the reasoning behind the tough law of the jungle.

Life in the jungle is easier for those who have good friends. Encouraged by Baloo and Baghera's lessons, our young hero then makes friends with Kichi, a young panda, after rescuing him from Shere Khan's clutches.

Kichi wants to spend all his time with Mowgli and his friends, but unfortunately, this desire often gets him into trouble. The panda becomes easy prey for the monkeys who use him as a bait to snare Mowgli.

Sometimes Mowgli does not heed Baloo's teachings concerning the law of the jungle. When Mowgli refuses to learn his lesson, the bear loses his patience and slaps the boy with his paw.

Mowgli has been trapped by the iron teeth. While he struggles to free himself, a giant crocodile lumbers out of the river and heads in his direction. Luckily, Baloo shows up in time and engages the fearsome reptile in a fight to the death.

Akru breaks the law of the pack, places Mowgli in great danger, and is then severely injured while trying to save him. Because the young wolf has committed a serious crime, his companions are not allowed to help him, and he is banished from the pack. However, Mowgli refuses to accept this harsh law, and thus sets out to find the enchanted flower that is the only remedy for the wolf's injuries.

Times are hard for our jungle friends; the lack of prey grows greater every day, and the threat of starvation becomes more and more real.

Mowgli and Bacchus are accused of stealing the reserves of food. However, they are then defended by Bagheera who blames the thievery on an evil spirit that appears during times of famine.

Mowgli is preoccupied by the presumption that he cannot compete with the wolves of the pack, so when Akela asks for a volunteer to carry out a dangerous scouting mission, he does everything possible to be chosen.

Our friends offer refuge to several wolves who are being pursued by hunters. After a long absence, Lala's father Vermillion, and Sandah, Akela's son, return home. When he learns of Alexander's death, Vermillion offers to take leadership of the pack.

The monkeys take Mowgli to the place known as "The Cold Lair", the ruins of a once magnificent city.

The duel between Shere Khan and Vermillion is interrupted by the arrival of three men who have come to search for buried treasure among the ruins of the cursed city.

The situation within the wolf pack becomes unexpectedly tense....

Convinced that his presence in the pack is causing nothing but problems, Mowgli decides to leave.

Mowgli walks for a long time and ends up in an area that is completely unfamiliar to him. He begins to feel homesick for the den, but his determination to continue his journey is omnipresent.

Thanks to Rahhar's care and attention, Mowgli quickly recovers his strength. The two establish a rapport based on mutual respect and affection; this friendship has a lasting effect on the boy child's psyche.

Back home with his friends, Mowgli finds it hard to accept life in the jungle.

Drought has hit the jungle, and the animals are dying of thirst.

Hathi the elephant tells Mowgli and his friends how terror was felt for the first time in the jungle when, a long time ago, his ancestor, Tha, was king of the jungle and an ancestor of Shere Khan was the first animal to kill first one of his fellow animals, and then the first to kill a man.

While out hunting, Mowgli helps a stag to free itself from a snare, rather than taking advantage of its situation by killing it.

Something has changed between Lala and Mowgli. To the boy's great surprise, the young she-wolf, who was usually nasty and derisive, suddenly becomes docile.

Grizzle has been banished from the pack, but returns to the jungle and forces Akela to accept his presence, while Bagheera then discovers that the rogue wolf is involved in one of Shere Khan's ploys.