Dienstag, 24. September 2024

THE JUNGLE BOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM HENRY DRAKE

 William Henry Drake (June 4, 1856 – January 23, 1926) born in New York, was an American painter and illustrator known for his illustrations of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.







" ' Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves ' "

" The Tiger's Roar filled the Cave with Thunder"

The Meeting at the Council Rock




"'Wake, Little Brother; I bring news'"

"'Are all these tales such cobwebs and moontalk?' said Mowgli "'


" Buldeo lay as still as still, expecting every minute to see Mowgli turn into a tiger, too "

" When the moon rose over the plain the villagers saw Mowgli trotting across, with two wolves at his heels"












"'I am Nag,' said the Cobra : ' Look, and be afraid.' But at the bottom of his cold heart he was afraid"

 He jumped up in the air, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina "



Darzee's wife pretends to have a broken wing





" Kala Nag was the best-loved Elephant in the service"

"He is afraid of me,' said little Toomai, and he made Kala Nag lift up his feet one after the other "

 He would get his torch and wave it, and yell with the best "



"'To Toomai of the elephants. Barrao ! ' "


" A camel had blundered into my tent "

" ' Anybody can be forgiven for being scared in the night,' said the Troop-horse "





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