Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books

Grey_Wolf · 02-09-2004, 05:22 PM

I think they are marvelous (It was a couple of years since I read them last).

hectorberlioz · 02-09-2004, 10:19 PM

i have them both.
havent gotten to rading thme yet.
i read half of 'Kim' though.

sun-star · 02-10-2004, 11:55 AM

I haven't read the Jungle Books, but Kipling is great - anyone like the Just So Stories?

I like his poetry too.

Beruthiel's cat · 02-11-2004, 04:59 PM

"The Cat Who Walked By Himself" is my favorite!

brownjenkins · 02-11-2004, 05:21 PM

i loved his books... just finished reading them again... i did jungle book with a children's theatre i work with, and though it was the more disneyish version i did suggest the actual books to all the kids involved

Pimpernel · 02-13-2004, 11:55 PM

yeah, I love "Just So Stories". I have The Jungle Books but i havent gotten to them yet.
I'm in the middle of Kim and I abosolutely love it!
I mean, you gotta love Kipling's underlying hatred of the British rule in India.

GrayMouser · 02-15-2004, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pimpernel
yeah, I love "Just So Stories". I have The Jungle Books but i havent gotten to them yet.
I'm in the middle of Kim and I abosolutely love it!
I mean, you gotta love Kipling's underlying hatred of the British rule in India.

?!?!?!?!?

The "Poet Laureate of Empire" ?

While Kipling loved India, he certainly believed that it should remain firmly under the British Raj.

sun-star · 03-03-2004, 11:35 AM

One of my favourite Kipling poems - long but easy to read, and all about Kent:

Puck's Song

See you the ferny ride that steals
Into the oak-woods far?
O that was whence they hewed the keels
That rolled to Trafalgar.

And mark you where the ivy clings
To Bayham’s mouldering walls?
O there we cast the stout railings
That stand around St. Paul’s.

See you the dimpled track that runs
All hollow through the wheat?
O that was where they hauled the guns
That smote King Philip’s fleet.

(Out of the Weald, the secret Weald,
Men sent in ancient years,
The horse-shoes red at Flodden Field,
The arrows at Poitiers!)

See you our little mill that clacks,
So busy by the brook?
She has ground her corn and paid her tax
Ever since Domesday Book.

See you our stilly woods of oak,
And the dread ditch beside?
O that was where the Saxons broke
On the day that Harold died.

See you the windy levels spread
About the gates of Rye?
O that was where the Northmen fled,
When Alfred’s ships came by.

See you our pastures wide and lone,
Where the red oxen browse?
O there was a City thronged and known,
Ere London boasted a house.

And see you, after rain, the trace
Of mound and ditch and wall?
O that was a Legion’s camping-place,
When Caesar sailed from Gaul.

And see you marks that show and fade,
Like shadows on the Downs?
O they are the lines the Flint Men made,
To guard their wondrous towns.

Trackway and Camp and City lost,
Salt Marsh where now is corn—
Old Wars, old Peace, old Arts that cease,
And so was England born!

She is not any common Earth,
Water or wood or air,
But Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye,
Where you and I will fare.

Perhaps this fits just as well into the Ancient Cultures thread. I'd make it my sig if it didn't have so many verses

02-09-2004, 05:22 PM	#1
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books I think they are marvelous (It was a couple of years since I read them last).

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02-10-2004, 11:55 AM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I haven't read the Jungle Books, but Kipling is great - anyone like the Just So Stories? I like his poetry too. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

02-11-2004, 04:59 PM	#4
Beruthiel's cat mystical divinity of Unashamed Felinity Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New York's beautiful North Coast -- we're all mad here!!! Posts: 635	"The Cat Who Walked By Himself" is my favorite! __________________ "Never try to out-stubborn a cat!" -- R. Heinlein ~~~~~~~~~ "But I don't want to be among mad people, " Alice remarked. "Oh, but you can't help that," said the Cat; "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana...

02-11-2004, 05:21 PM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i loved his books... just finished reading them again... i did jungle book with a children's theatre i work with, and though it was the more disneyish version i did suggest the actual books to all the kids involved __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

02-13-2004, 11:55 PM	#6
Pimpernel Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: small town in NY...not where I wanna be.. Posts: 57	yeah, I love "Just So Stories". I have The Jungle Books but i havent gotten to them yet. I'm in the middle of Kim and I abosolutely love it! I mean, you gotta love Kipling's underlying hatred of the British rule in India. __________________ And this is what I have said, so you shall shut up if you are opposed for I am Iluvatar and you must obey me..for I know all that is, was, and will be and you don't!! HAH just kidding, I only wish I was Eru...power is good..except I would get corrupted so know...and why am I writing all of this randomness that's popping into my head that you don't give a rat's tail about.....??

03-03-2004, 11:35 AM	#8
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	One of my favourite Kipling poems - long but easy to read, and all about Kent: Puck's Song See you the ferny ride that steals Into the oak-woods far? O that was whence they hewed the keels That rolled to Trafalgar. And mark you where the ivy clings To Bayham’s mouldering walls? O there we cast the stout railings That stand around St. Paul’s. See you the dimpled track that runs All hollow through the wheat? O that was where they hauled the guns That smote King Philip’s fleet. (Out of the Weald, the secret Weald, Men sent in ancient years, The horse-shoes red at Flodden Field, The arrows at Poitiers!) See you our little mill that clacks, So busy by the brook? She has ground her corn and paid her tax Ever since Domesday Book. See you our stilly woods of oak, And the dread ditch beside? O that was where the Saxons broke On the day that Harold died. See you the windy levels spread About the gates of Rye? O that was where the Northmen fled, When Alfred’s ships came by. See you our pastures wide and lone, Where the red oxen browse? O there was a City thronged and known, Ere London boasted a house. And see you, after rain, the trace Of mound and ditch and wall? O that was a Legion’s camping-place, When Caesar sailed from Gaul. And see you marks that show and fade, Like shadows on the Downs? O they are the lines the Flint Men made, To guard their wondrous towns. Trackway and Camp and City lost, Salt Marsh where now is corn— Old Wars, old Peace, old Arts that cease, And so was England born! She is not any common Earth, Water or wood or air, But Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye, Where you and I will fare. Perhaps this fits just as well into the Ancient Cultures thread. I'd make it my sig if it didn't have so many verses __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 03-03-2004 at 11:37 AM.

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