El Libro De Las Tierras Vírgenes
1894
El Libro De Las Tierras Vírgenes
1894
Translated by Ramón D. (Ramón Domingo) Perés
In the deep jungles of Central India, a child is raised by wolves. This is the unforgettable story of Mowgli, a boy who learns the Law of the Jungle from Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, yet can never truly belong to their world. The tiger Shere Khan stalks the pages like a coiled threat, a reminder that Mowgli's human scent marks him as prey in a land where the strong survive and the weak are devoured. But Mowgli is neither fully wolf nor fully man. He is something new, something dangerous, and the jungle must decide whether to accept him or destroy him. Beyond the Mowgli tales, Kipling delivers other masterpieces: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the fearless mongoose who wages war against cobras to protect the humans he loves; Toomai, who witnesses the forbidden dance of the elephants. These are not gentle fables. They are sharp, often brutal stories about power, loyalty, and the thin membrane between civilization and savagery. They endure because they understand something true about what it means to be an outsider, to fight for your place, to never stop running from what chases you.
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“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.””
— Rudyard Kipling
“Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.””
— Rudyard Kipling
“My heart is heavy with the things I do not understand.””
— Rudyard Kipling
“Thou art of the Jungle and not of the Jungle. And I am only a black panther. But I love thee, Little Brother.””
— Rudyard Kipling
“The air was full of all the night noises that, taken together, make one big silence...””
— Rudyard Kipling
“And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers. The man’s cub is mine, Lungri–mine to me! He shall not be killed. He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs–frog-eater– fish-killer–he shall hunt thee!””
— Rudyard Kipling
“NOW this is the Law of the Jungle”
— Rudyard Kipling
“One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. There is no nagging afterward.””
— Rudyard Kipling
“The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things,””
— Rudyard Kipling
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