
In Morning, Baloo explains to Mowgli that the Man Village is best for a boy, Mowgli accuses him for breaking his promise and runs away in the deepest part of the jungle.


Bagheera explains to Baloo that the jungle isn't safe when Shere Khan is here. The monkeys manage to stop Baloo's tickling, but end up bouncing the king onto the other pillar instead, causing the temple to collapse in a rumble. Mowgli is rescued from King Louie by Bagheera and Baloo. The King accidentally knocks down a pillar and holds up the temple the best he can until he struggles when Baloo begins to tickle him frantically under the arms. But soon, Baloo's disguise is revealed and there begins a mad chase between the monkeys and Baloo and Bagheera over Mowgli. Soon, however, he appears dressed in banana skins and coconut shells posing as a female orangutan which fools the King. However, since he was not raised by humans, Mowgli doesn't know how to make fire. Bagheera and Baloo arrive at the palace, unseen and try to plan a way to rescue Mowgli, but the catchy beat of the song distracts Baloo and he wanders off dancing. Before long, Mowgli is caught by a gang of monkeys and taken to their leader, King Louie (Louis Prima) the orangutan, who makes a deal with Mowgli that if he tells him the secret of making fire like a human, then he will make it so he can stay in the jungle ("I Wan'na Be Like You"). Mowgli now wants to stay in the jungle more than ever. The boy soon meets up with the fun-loving bear Baloo (Phil Harris), who shows Mowgli the fun of having a care-free life and promises not to take him to the man village. Bagheera finds Mowgli and they argue Mowgli runs away from Bagheera. The next morning, Mowgli tries to join the Indian elephant patrol led by Colonel Hathi (J. Bagheera stops him, and he and Mowgli go to sleep. They spend the night on a large tree, where they encounter Kaa (Sterling Holloway), a python who hypnotizes Mowgli and tries to eat him. They leave that very night, but Mowgli is determined to stay in the jungle.

The mother and father wolves raise him along with their own cubs and Mowgli soon becomes well acquainted with jungle life. One night, when the wolf pack learns that Shere Khan (George Sanders), a man-eating Bengal tiger, has returned to the jungle, they realize that Mowgli must be taken to the "man village" to protect him and those around him. He promptly takes him to a family of wolves that just had a litter of cubs. Mowgli (Bruce Reitherman) is found in a basket as a baby in the deep jungles of Madhya Pradesh, India by Bagheera (Sebastian Cabot), the black panther.

1.2 The Jungle Book home video release history.1.1 The Jungle Book theatrical release history.
