The Jungle Book

When Bagheera discovers a trap laid by man in the jungle he hurries to tell Baloo about it. Shere Khan, however overhears the conversation and uses it to trap Baloo; with the bear out of the way, he’ll have more chance of dealing with Mowgli. But Mowgli is too smart for him.

While playing truant from one of Baloo’s lessons, Mowgli and Bagheera find themselves at the foot of some cliffs. In spite of Bagheera’s warning, Mowgli can’t resist climbing them - and discovers that, at the top, a swarm of black bees is living there.

Mowgli goes to visit Kaa with a question. How many monkeys can a python swallow in one gulp? Kaa is in no mood to chat. He is irritable as he sloughs off his old skin, so Mowgli takes himself off to Cold Lair to see if he can find the answer to his question.

Mowgli challenges Phaona to a race - the winner to decide the loser’s fate. Should he lose, Mowgli will most certainly be ejected from the wolf pack by Phaona. It looks as if Phaona will win - until he is set upon by Shere Khan. Mowgli intervenes and trackless Shere Khan, but during the struggle, Phaona runs on and declares himself winner.

When Mowgli borrow Baloo’s glasses to watch butterflies, he is unaware that he is being watched by Masha, the Bandar Log monkey. Baloo is helpless without his glasses, which makes Mowgli even more determined to get them back. Masha has discovered that by wearing the glasses she Has a strange power over the other monkeys who now see her as "clever."

During one of Mowgli and Bala’s play fights, things go badly when Mowgli accuses his brother of cheating and Bala demands a rematch to save his honour. Bagheera discovers that Mowgli attributes his fighting prowess to the tiger claw he wears around his neck. A claw Mowgli won from Shere Khan in an earlier encounter.

Kaa visits Baloo with an urgent message. Thuu, the whiter cobra, has gone missing. Since Thuu normally guards the Treasure of Cold Lair, this causes great concern to our heroes. The treasure is much sought after by the humans and if they find it, more unwelcome humans will come to the jungle.

Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera hear a might roar in the jungle. Baloo says there is only one creature that could make that noise - the Giant Claw! Mowgli and Bagheera go in search of this creature, only to discover that it was Cheel the kite, who has been cooling off in a log. His cries echoing through the log have made this almighty sound.

Mowgli decides that having a rod and line for fishing is more efficient than Baloo’s method. The two have a contest to see which method is better, but Baloo cracks his head on a branch and falls on to a floating log, drifting away unconscious.

Mowgli, Bagheera and Baloo are surprised by the arrival of Bala, who is in a panic because Cheel the Kite has flown off with Lali. When Bala and Mowgli are on their way to the wolves’ lair, Mowgli is also taken by the giant bird.

Baloo is boring Mowgli and Bagheera with stories as he’s fishing. Mowgli dives into the water and is snapped up and taken off by Jacala. He has been taken as bait in a ‘hunting training session’ for Jacala’s 5 baby sons. Mowgli gets stuck in the mud and Baloo can’t get near him.

Mowgli frightens his friends when he shows off by bungee jumping from a tree. His reckless behaviour triggers a discussion about who is the bravest animal in the jungle. Mowgli endeavours to find out and goes to ask Hathi. Hathi answers Mowgli’s question with another one: what is Mowgli afraid of?

During a big storm Bagheera and Mowgli are sitting in a tree admiring the view. Meantime Shere Khan and Tabaqui have hatched a plan to lure Bagheera away. Tabaqui tells the two friends that Baloo is being attacked by Shere Khan, but when Bagheera and Tabaqui arrive, Shere Khan leaves Baloo and disappears.

Lali and Mowgli are out playing and as usual they’ve got into the game of outdoing each other. Unknown to them Shere Khan is tracking them, lying low in the bushes, watching their progress up the waterfall. Darzi alerts them to Shere Khan’s presence but Lali doesn’t take the potential danger on board.

Whilst out playing Mowgli and Lali find a sparkly necklace that has been washed downstream from the man village. Both want the necklace and, after an argument, agree to share the necklace equally, but whilst in Lali’s care the necklace is stolen by the Bandar Log.

Mowgli plans to visit his family with Baloo and Bagheera, but Baloo gets distracted by a bee hive and gets left behind. Meanwhile, Shere Kahn forces Tabaqui to make friends with the wolf cubs and lure them to his lair. Shere Kahn knows that Mowgli will come to try and rescue them!

Although his lifestyle involves honey, bananas and lots of naps, Baloo thinks he is very fit which is why, following a remark made by Hathi, he challenges Mowgli and Bagheera to a series of fitness contests. It’s neck and neck throughout, until Baloo overdoes it in a weightlifting session and brings a pile of logs crashing down upon him.

All the jungle animals are quiet, and it soon becomes clear why. There’s an earthquake on its way! The quake causes chaos all over the jungle, especially at the wolves’ lair where a rock-fall traps Bala and Lali. Raksha and Daruka do their best to shift the logs, but to no avail.

Mowgli has decided he’s old enough to live by himself. Against Baloo’s protestations he goes off into the jungle and builds himself a makeshift hut, which promptly blows over in the wind. Undeterred he starts off again to find a spot for his new home, but during his travels he comes across a small, red Himalayan panda called Ponya.

It is the night of the Council of Wolves, but Akela is nowhere to be seen. Phaona prepares to declare himself leader of the pack - until it is discovered that Akela has been bitten by a snake. Ikki knows where some snake bite anti-dote is kept, and Mowgli volunteers to go to the man village to fetch the medicine.

When Appu the young elephant has an argument with his sister, he runs off from the herd in high dudgeon. But he soon becomes lost and finds himself in Cold Lair. There, the Bandar Log torment him; he runs across a large stone doorway that crumbles beneath his weight and finds himself stranded on top of a high pillar.

The wolf pack want to make Mowgli an honorary of the pack but Phaona, always jealous of Mowgli, is determined this won’t happen. When the monthly meeting is held at Council Rock, Phaona tricks Mowgli into going to the Elephant March with a phony message for Hathi - who has no idea what Mowgli is talking about!

Akela has the wolves and Mowgli out on a training session, during which Phaona causes Mowgli to trip, ensuring he fails the test to be allowed to hunt with the wolf pack. Tabaqui plays on Mowgli’s insecurities by tricking him into thinking that a special wishing tree with solve all his problems.

When Kaa sheds his skin, Mowgli asks whether he can have it. Kaa agrees and Mowgli stuffs it with leaves and moss until it looks like a snake again. He plans some mischief with his fake snake and scares Tabaqui with it. When Tabaqui finds out the snake isn’t real, he reports back to Shere Kahn, hoping the tiger will avenge this embarrassment.

By sheer fluke some drops of sap from a rubber tree fall into a coconut husk Mowgli has been playing with. The result is that Mowgli finds himself the proud owner of a rubber ball. Mowgli is extremely possessive of this rubber ball, upsetting Bala and Lali with his arrogance.