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"Little Brother" said he, "feel under my jaw."
Mowgli put up his strong brown hand, and just under Bagheera's silky chin, where the giant rolling muscles were all hid by the glossy hair, he came upon a little bald spot.
"There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark -- the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the King's Palace at Oodeypore. It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub. Yes, I too was born among men. I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera, the Panther, and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw, and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Is it not so?"
"Yes," said Mowgli; "all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli."
--Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
A belated happy birthday to one of my favourite authors.
Mowgli put up his strong brown hand, and just under Bagheera's silky chin, where the giant rolling muscles were all hid by the glossy hair, he came upon a little bald spot.
"There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark -- the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the King's Palace at Oodeypore. It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub. Yes, I too was born among men. I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera, the Panther, and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw, and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Is it not so?"
"Yes," said Mowgli; "all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli."
--Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
A belated happy birthday to one of my favourite authors.
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Man, I may need to read that book someday. I love the way Kipling writes. Anyways, Mowgli looks great and Bagheera looks gorgeous. Good work.
MudkipPrimeHobbyist General Artist
cool pic...poor Bagheera...
Wait... so Bagheera was an even bigger bad than Shere Khan?
Great picture! I've always loved Bagheera.
It sounds to me like Bagheera could have made Shere Khan his prison bitch.
Mudstorm15Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Nice job with the spots
SaberrexHobbyist General Artist
I'm glad to see this scene painted out and described. It gives Bagheera a lot more depth. After seeing the newest Jungle Book trailer for 2016 ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_EN03… ), I can just imagine this scene done in Ben Kingsley's voice.
UnkindMindHobbyist General Artist
I'm going to go out and buy this book now.
TheStripelessTigerHobbyist General Artist
My favorite scene from the book.
andreasrylanderProfessional Filmographer
I love it
Even made me cry a little. Love the emotional image and the wonderful text...
Even made me cry a little. Love the emotional image and the wonderful text...
AKI-TENSHIHobbyist General Artist
I truly love you based this scene of the authors words
Red-Queen666Hobbyist Writer
Awesome!
JDLuvaSQEEHobbyist General Artist
Beautiful!!
Grumpy-Old-SnakeStudent General Artist
Gorgeous illustration. 
I love these two.
anakalivas General Artist
perfect, so beautiful ! i love everything about this
Whoa... So Bagheera was rasised in captivity.. poor guy. That would explain why he knew so much about mankind...
And thinking of a fight between him and Shere Khan just now... I really hope that Bagheera truly mops the jungle floor with that creep's face. XD
And thinking of a fight between him and Shere Khan just now... I really hope that Bagheera truly mops the jungle floor with that creep's face. XD
Ginger-BunnehHobbyist General Artist
this is absolutely gorgeous~
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