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Revisiting a beloved classic from my childhood
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| Zionist Conspirator
Posted on 05/30/2011 6:45:02 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
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Please note that this post and thread are about Kipling's actual stories. Please don't turn it into a thread about the Disney cartoon (blech).
To: wideawake
I realize this may not be up your alley, but you are such a polymath that you might have something to say. If you do, I believe it would be interesting.
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:46:28 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
Read Jungle Book in first grade right about 50 years ago. Made huge impression.
I quite agree Mowgli is a much more interesting and believable character than Tarzan.
I remember many of the stories in considerable detail, while thousands of books since have slipped below the ocean of conciousness.
To: Zionist Conspirator
He: Do you like Kipling?
She: I don’t know, I’ve never Kippled...
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:52:30 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 858 of our national holiday from reality. - Obama really isn't one of us)
To: Zionist Conspirator
You would have to post this thread just when I have to go fix dinner. I love most everything Kipling wrote, but the Jungle Book in particular. He did another short story about polo ponies that I loved. Can’t think of the title right now. I’ll have to check back here later...
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:54:59 PM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: null and void
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:56:29 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Zionist Conspirator
Something about the recent Bin Laden operation reminded me of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, so I went back and re-read it. “Give me my egg, and I'll leave, and you will not see me anymore” hissed the cobra. “You're right, you will go away, and I won't see you anymore because I'm going to kill you, and they'll throw you on the trash heap” replied the mongoose.
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05/30/2011 6:56:57 PM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Zionist Conspirator
Kipling is one of my favorites. I read just about everything he wrote aloud to my children as bedtime stories at the appropriate ages, most of it several times. Passing on Kipling’s accurate version of traditional values is part of good parenting.
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:57:42 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: Zionist Conspirator
The first Kipling story I fell in love with as a child...Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:59:03 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: mamelukesabre; null and void
stealing itYou're not stealing it from null and void. That's a very old joke from a comic post card at the turn of the twentieth century.
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posted on
05/30/2011 6:59:35 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I have gotten a great deal of enjoyment from Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books.
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:00:30 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
There are the “Just So” stories which I read and loved as a kid. I also liked the Beatrix Potter little books, I owned all twenty three of them. The Tale of Ginger and Pickles is a good lesson on how NOT to run a business.
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:01:24 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Yesterday I meditated, today I seek balance. That was Zen, this is Tao.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I have gotten a great deal of enjoyment from Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books.I've heard a great deal about those but have never read one. I may have to check them out some time.
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:02:36 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I read my dad's antique edition of the "Jungle Book" when I was between 12 and 13, so I really identified with the protagonist.
Kipling could say so much in a few words. That his stories didn't limit themselves to a few words but meandered and pondered the actions they described, made reading his stories a lasting treat. I still remember the sentiments they inspired in me. The Victorian illustrations were also of lasting effect.
Saw Gunga Din the other night, it brought back memories of my dad as it was his favorite movie and I believe his favorite leading man, Cary Grant: "You're all under arrest! (And you know why...)"
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:08:26 PM PDT
by
kenavi
("Anything that can't stand up to ribbing isn't worth much to begin with." Eric Idle)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I really need to get my hands on the Jungle Books; that’s a major missing piece of my library.
However, I do have a very good copy of the 1909 Edition of Kipling’s “Departmental Ditties and Barrack-Room Ballads”, and there is nothing I know of that compares to his prose.
” The herald read his titles forth,
We set the logs aglow;
Friends of the English, free from fear,
‘Baron of Luni to Jeysulmeer,
‘Lord of the Desert of Bikaneer,
‘King of the Jungle, -go!’
From “The Last Sutter”
Rudyard Kipling
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:09:21 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Your what hurts??)
To: Bean Counter
My favorite: “You may talk of gin and beer, when you’re quartered safe out here, and sent to penny fights at Aldershot it, but when it comes to slaughter, you’ll do your work on water and lick the bloomin’ boots of ‘im that’s got it....”
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05/30/2011 7:14:39 PM PDT
by
Ax
To: Zionist Conspirator
I first remember hearing it in the 1950’s.
Thanks for the additional background.
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:19:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 858 of our national holiday from reality. - Obama really isn't one of us)
To: Zionist Conspirator
The “Chronicles of Narnia” are wonderful, with many talking beasts.
“Wind in the Willows”, with the original illustrations by Arthur Rackham is another favorite.
Mrs. AV
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:26:04 PM PDT
by
Atomic Vomit
(http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I like Kipling too.
Uncle Remus
I've read about all the Uncle Remus stories as well. They sure are fun. My little sisters sure love it when I tell them Brer Rabbit stories... :-)
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:26:51 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Zionist Conspirator
“Watership Down” is another good one.
Mrs.AV
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posted on
05/30/2011 7:29:30 PM PDT
by
Atomic Vomit
(http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
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