The Jungle Book

The words to learn first

The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.

• jungle142×
• tikki101×
• thou98×
• wolf98×
• elephants79×
• thee76×
• till72×
• pack71×
• cub63×
• thy62×
• elephant58×
• seals53×
• ye53×
• wolves47×
• shall45×
• seal43×
• wild43×
• ever42×
• horse41×
• monkeys41×

How it starts

Mowgli’s Brothers Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack Kaa’s Hunting Road-Song of the Bandar-Log “Tiger! Tiger!” Mowgli’s Song The White Seal Lukannon “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Darzee’s Chant Toomai of the Elephants Shiv and the Grasshopper Her Majesty’s Servants Parade Song of the Camp Animals Mowgli’s Brothers Now Rann the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free-- The herds are shut in byre…

Read it sentence by sentence

Btelo English plays The Jungle Book one sentence at a time, highlighting each word as it is spoken, with a tap on any word opening its dictionary card. The full text is also free at Project Gutenberg if you would rather read it straight through.

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