Hi kids! It’s time for Story Time at Cool School with me, Ms. Booksy!
Are you ready for Chapter 2 of The Jungle Book? I sure am!
In the first chapter, (which we decided to call Chapter 1)
we had just met all the animals of the Seeonee hills and, of course, little Mowgli.
Ok, get ready. Let's see what happens in chapter 2!
Ah! Here we are.
Baby Mowgli grew up to be a big, strong kid.
Wow! I am strong!
Hey again!
MS. BOOKSY: Mowgli learned the ways of the jungle from her teacher, Baloo.
I learned how to pounce.
And how to fetch honey!
Ah!
And how to dance!
Cha!
MS. BOOKSY: One of Mowgli’s favorite things to do was make other animal sounds.
She liked to show off for Baloo and Bagheera.
I learned a snake sound!
Hiss!
A parrot!
Squawk! Polly wants a cracker!
Really? Polly wanna cracker?
And a bear!
Rooooaaaar!
Hey! I don’t sound like that!
You do when I pull your tail.
You’ve never pulled my—
Roar!
See? I know all kinds of things.
Like how monkeys talk,
oo oo ahh ahh oo oo oo!
And how they eat their lice.
MS. BOOKSY: Suddenly Bagheera got very serious.
How do you know so much about the monkeys?
They showed me!
MS. BOOKSY: Uh ­oh, that was a mistake.
Mowgli knew she wasn’t supposed to play with the monkeys.
Baloo had told her so, but he hadn’t said why she couldn’t play with them.
So naturally, that made her so curious that she wanted nothing more than to play with them.
It’s okaaay, Bagheera. They were fun.
And they said I could be their leader!
The monkeys don’t have leaders. They are tricking you.
Nuh-uh, they were nice!
Mowgli, you are still young.
We've lived in the jungle a long time and we know what's best.
MS. BOOKSY: See, the thing with the monkeys is they were just too silly.
These monkeys in the Seeonee jungle were totally bananas!
They spend all day jump around in the trees, causing a ruckus!
They dropped things from way high up,
making a huge mess and sometimes bonking innocent animals on the head!
You must never talk to the monkeys again, Mowgli.
They are baaad news!
See what I mean?
All right, time for your nap!
Okaaaay.
MS. BOOKSY: Bad timing, though... The monkeys were not too happy with what they had heard.
What’s so bad about us?
Come on! We're not so bad!
Let’s teach them a lesson!
What's a lesson?
I don't know!
Let's take Mowgly and play with her!
Yeah!
MS. BOOKSY: The monkeys swooped down and snatched up Mowgli.
I think they call this kidnapping
cuz she's a kid and she's napping!
He he he!
MS. BOOKSY: The monkeys all hooted and howled.
They weren’t smart enough to be quiet and their crazy chitter-­chatter woke Bagheera.
Uh, are we allowed to do this?
Probably not.
But we'll bring her back!
Maybe!
MS. BOOKSY: The monkeys all hooted and howled even louder than the last time they hooted and howled!
Rooaar!
Uh-oh! The big kitty-cat sees us!
Leeet's get outta here!
MS. BOOKSY: And up into the trees they went, taking Mowgli with them.
She woke up and realized where she was—
Ahhhh!
MS. BOOKSY: And who she was with!
AHHHH!
But down on the ground, Bagheera and Baloo were on a mission.
We must save Mowgli!
And that's the end of chapter 2!
I hope Baloo and Bagheera rescue Mowgly soon!
What do you think will happen next?
Tell me in the comments!
And be sure to subscribe, so you don't miss chapter 3!
Bye kids!