Mowgli's Brothers

Mowgli and Grey Brother photo illustration from "Mowgli's Brothers" by Maurice de Becque

"Mowgli's Brothers" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. Chronologically, it is the first story about Mowgli although it was written after "In the Rukh", in which Mowgli appears as an old man .

The story first appeared in the January 1894 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine[1] and was collected as the first story in The Jungle Book later in 1894 where it is accompanied by the poem "Hunting Song of the Seeonee Pack". The story also appears in All the Mowgli Stories. In 1992 it was published as a separate volume with woodcut illustrations by Christopher Wormell. The text is available on-line from several sources as part of The Jungle Book.

The story was adapted as a 25-minute animated television cartoon by Chuck Jones in 1976. Jones also directed adaptations of "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "The White Seal".

  1. ^ Kipling, Rudyard (January 1894). "Mowgli's Brothers". St. Nicholas. XXI (3). The Century Co: 195–206. Retrieved 31 March 2011.