Finished: The Jungle Book (Kipling). Ahhh, a nice tale about a boy who lived with and loved the jungle animals. I decided to read The Jungle Book after seeing the picture of Trump junior triumphantly holding up a dead elephant's tail he had cut from its body after hunting it down and slaying it. The picture, and the others like it, made me SICK! So, did it make you feel more like a man to slice off the dead elephant's tail after you (and about 20 other paid men with guns) made sure it was good and dead first, Mr. Trump? Needless to say, I do not believe in hunting animals for sport!

As for the book....I had no idea The Jungle Book was about more than just Mowgli! I got half-way through the book and Mowgli's story was over. Then, there were stories about the white seal, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the mongoose, Toomai the elephant boy, etc. :-) I enjoyed hearing the voices of the animals today. After Bagheera had to punish Mowgli, I liked this quote: " 'Now,' said Bagheera, 'jump on my back, Little Brother, and we will go home.' One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. There is no nagging afterwards."