The Jungle Book

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. Cheel tells Mowgli that he has seen the monkeys playing with something sparkly, so Mowgli and Lali go to investigate.

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! Raksha is distraught as her cubs have disappeared, and Daruka is away on a hunting trip. Watch, who saves the day!

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. They call on Mowgli, who realizes that a little lateral thinking is required.

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. Mowgli decides to become her Jungle Tour Guide!

It is the night of the Council of Wolves, but Akela is nowhere to be seen. Phaona prepares to the 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. But, on his way back, he is met by Phaona who has treachery on his mind.

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. Mowgli comes to the rescue with a plan to build a rope bridge to save Appu.

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. Mowgli is doubtful at first, but then decides it can't do any harm to make a wish.

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. He fails to see Shere Khan prowling around and is shocked when Khan confronts him.

Mowgli wants to go searching for berries with Baloo and Bagheera, but Baloo feels the terrain will be too dangerous for Mowgli. Disgruntled, Mowgli wanders off into the jungle. Meanwhile, Tabaqui has found a tasty snack in the form of an egg - until he discovers it belongs to a cobra.