Hi kids! Ms. Booksy here at Cool School!
It’s finally time to jump into Chapter 3 of the Jungle Book! Yay!
At the end of Chapter 2, Mowgli had just been snatched up by the monkeys!
I wonder what will happen next... let's find out!
The Jungle Book, Chapter Three...
There’s Mowgli, still being carried by the hooting and howling monkeys!
Mowgli: Heeeeellllp!
Then Mowgli saw her friend, Chil. He's a type of bird called a Kite.
Mowgli, What're you doing with the monkeys? Baloo’s gonna be so mad!
Help me, Chil! I was—oh wait!
I should switch to your language so the monkeys don’t understand.
Ok! Just whistle and that'll sound like bird talk.!
MS BOOKSY: That meant
And Chil said
Mowlgi said:
And Chil said:
Good thing Baloo taught Mowgli all the languages of the jungle!
Speaking of Baloo, he and Bagheera were planning their rescue mission.
Baloo thought they should wear ninja costumes and try some kung fu...
Hiya!
But Bagheera pointed out that was really more of a panda bear thing.
Then Bagheera said maybe they could set up a banana trap,
gather all the bananas in the jungle to lure the monkeys away from Mowgli and then pounce!
But the bananas were way up in the trees—
it would take WAY too long for a bear and panther to climb around picking bananas!
Finally, they settled on Kaa. Who’s Kaa, you ask?
Kaa was a snake!
Oh, but don’t worry, she won’t bite!
Kaa was the one creature who could really scare the monkeys straight.
They were terrified of snakes!
Yet, the monkeys were always chattering about how silly Kaa was,
how yucky it was when she molted her skin
(which means her skin falls off. Don't ask!).
The monkeys also teased her for not having any arms or legs or hair!
So off Baloo and Bagheera went to Kaa.
Hellooo
Did you bring me a sssnack?
A nice mouse or a mole or a sssmoothie?
Maybe a mouse smoothie?
That would be great!
No...I could go get some honey if you want.
No thanksss
We’ve come to tell you that the monkeys are up to something awful!
Ugh, the Bandar!
MS. BOOKSY: That’s the Hindi word for monkeys!
What are they up to thisss time?
Well, they’ve taken our human cub, Mowgli.
Yesss, Mowgli. I’ve heard of her. And what does that have to do with me?
Well, we need help. The monkeys are scared of you!
True, but I just woke up from a long nap. And I just molted.
I can't go into a monkey battle and get my new ssskin all ssscuffed up!
The monkeys have been saying all kinds of things about you.
They said you’re stinky! And, and they said you’re really just a large WORM!
Baloo, I can tell you’re just trying to make me angry so I’ll go rescue little Mowgli.
You don’t need my help. Monkeys are way too lazy to take her very far.
The monkeys said you’d be too chicken.
Chicken! Actually, I could really go for some chicken right now...
A chicken sssmoothie would be sssuper great!
MS. BOOKSY: And at that moment Chil swooped in and squawked.
Ooh, now that’s a chicken.
Don't look at me like I'm a snack!
Relax, I much prefer a nice juicy mouse
Ew, gross!
Anyway, I came to tell Baloo and Bagheera that the monkeys have taken Mowgli to the Monkey City!
Not the monkey city!
MS. BOOKSY: Oh no, kids! The Monkey City was very far away.
And that meant that the monkeys were serious about keeping Mowgli.
They usually got bored and forgot all their silly plans,
but if they took her all the way to their faraway city, then they must mean business...
Monkey business.
Good thing for Mowgli, monkey business isn't all bad
At first it was kind of fun!
BOOKSY: The Monkey City had once been a human village with people houses and people stuff,
so the monkeys liked to pretend they were humans whenever they were there.
They put on clothes,
pretended to read books,
and said things like “I need a vacation!”
I didn’t know anything about being a person, even though I am one, but it seemed like fun!
They even held a celebration in my honor!
Oo oo ah ah! Let us sing a song for our new leader, Mowgli!
Their singing was terrible, so let’s skip over that part.
Oh! You wanna hear it? Okay, but I warned you...
For she’s a jolly good fellow!
Which nobody can deny!
Thank you! Thank you!
Now our new leader will show us how to weave sticks and grass together to make baskets for our bananas!
Ok! So, you take some grass in each hand and then you have to—
Oo oo oo! Ah ah ah!
Ahem!
Excuse me. I thought you wanted to learn.
What are you doing with all that grass? Making a salad?
No. But hey, I am kinda hungry. What have you got to eat around here?
Let us go fetch you some food, Captain Mowgli!
MS. BOOKSY: The monkeys scoured to and fro, gathering nuts and fruits for Mowgli,
but they quickly forgot all about her and ate the snacks themselves.
Dee­licious! Now I need a nap!
MS. BOOKSY: While the monkeys napped,
Baloo, Bagheera, and Kaa were on the other side of the jungle planning the big rescue.
It’s gonna take all night for us to get to Mowgli!
Why don’t you just wait here, Baloo. Kaa and I can go.
No way! I’m coming with you!
How do I say this without sounding ruuude...you’re too slooow
Am not! I cant run super fast! Watch!
You guys go ahead. I'll just follow as fast as I can.
MS. BOOKSY: Kaa and Bagheera raced toward the Monkey City.
Both were lightning fast!
Meanwhile Baloo kept up a steady, slow jog behind them
You can do it, big bear. You got this, buddy. Just keep [big breath in, out] going!
And that’s the end of Chapter 3! Let’s go read Chapter 4 right now! Click right here to come with me!