A boy's adoptive mother raises him with strict knowledge of the "Laws," telling him again and again that he must one day kill his parents' murderer.
Its author gave the manuscript to his child's nurse to sell if she needed the money. A boy's adoptive mother raises him with strict knowledge of the "Laws," telling him again and again that he must one day kill his parents' murderer. Captured as a baby, he tries to escape his destiny by moving to a distant village, but his enemy follows him. With knowledge imparted by his teachers, Bagherra and Baloo, and information from a wolf, he kills the tiger, Shere Khan, and returns to his happy life in the forest. For ten points, name this Rudyard Kipling work about Mowgli.
Its author gave the manuscript to his child's nurse to sell if she needed the money.
The {Jungle Book}