[JRandomFreeper]

I memorized more Kipling than any other poet when I was a child. Mother put a stop to that nonsense when she found out.

/johnny

[BwanaNdege]

It is a criminal shame that the children of the last several decades have been deceived with the Disney version of The Jungle Book, rather than ALL of the originals (First & Second).

Man, Kipling was not only a great writer, he was a great observer. His description of the drought settling on the deep jungle is amazing.

Also, I greatly enjoyed “The Miracle of Purun Bhagat”.

“But they do not know that the saint of their worship is the late Sir Purun Dass, K.C.I.E., D.C.L., Ph.D., etc., once Prime Minister of the progressive and enlightened State of Mohiniwala, and honorary or corresponding member of more learned and scientific societies than will ever do any good in this world or the next.”