Talk:Mowgli's Brothers

The Ankush of the King
Isn't it this part where a short(er) story is told under the title "The Ankush of the King" or similar? It's told to Mowgli by an old crazy cobra who protects a treasure. --Error 01:08, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The story you're thinking of is "The King's Ankus" which was written in 1894 or 5 - too bad we have to write crap worksheets about it - and appears in The Second Jungle Book. I haven't yet written an article on the story, but I've included a link for when I do. Here's a quick summary:

Kaa tells Mowgli about a treasure guarded by an old cobra. Mowgli doesn't know what treasure is but goes there out of curiosity. The cobra guards an ancient storehouse in an abandoned palace. It's full of gold and jewels which don't impress Mowgli, but he takes a jewelled object because it looks pretty - after defeating the cobra who only told Kaa about it so Kaa could bring him a human to kill.

Bagheera tells Mowgli that his new toy is an ankus - a pointed stick used for punishing elephants. Mowgli is disgusted and throws it away. Next day he discovers that several men have killed each other to own the jewelled object. Lee M 01:52, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Full text available at:

http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/SecondJungleBook/kingsankus.html