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The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 4 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 4 of The Jungle Book contain?

Chapter 4 holds 204 sentences of The Jungle Book, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 4 of The Jungle Book?

Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Jungle Book

Common questions about reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Jungle Book?

Yes. All 3225 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #236 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Jungle Book is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #236, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Jungle Book take to read?

About 268 minutes of reading across 645 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Jungle Book section by section

How to work through The Jungle Book section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 16 chapters of The Jungle Book to begin.

  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Jungle Book

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Jungle Book, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Jungle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jungle Book; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rudyard
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Kipling
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Contents
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jungle Book; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Context Illustration Reading 1/41 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.
When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”
What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”
said Bagheera.
Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.
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The Jungle Book

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.
Line 2
When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”
Line 3
What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”
Line 4
said Bagheera.
Line 5
Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.
All words in this reading · 61

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a

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

all

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

and

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

at

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

Bagheera

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From this reading said Bagheera.

Bagheera's

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

Baloo

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

been

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

branches

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

by

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

day

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

dirt

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

dreamer

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

dreams

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folly

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

fur

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

had

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

hard

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

have

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

he

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

heard

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

him

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

himself

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

his

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

I

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

is

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

kicking

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

lead

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

listened

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

little

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

long

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

make

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

Mowgli

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

my

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

new

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

of

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

old

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

on

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

own

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

pulling

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

said

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From this reading said Bagheera.

shall

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

shoulder

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

shouting

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

so

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

the

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

them

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

this

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

through

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

throw

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

to

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

top

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

tribe

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

trying

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From this reading Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.

two

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

voice

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

was

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

went

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.

What

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From this reading “What is this new folly, little dreamer of dreams?”

When

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From this reading When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice, “And so I shall have a tribe of my own, and lead them through the branches all day long.”

Yes

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From this reading “Yes, and throw branches and dirt at old Baloo,” Mowgli went on.