Bookworm Bilingual Reading Level 2 under Prince of the Forest 04

Synopsis:

Bagra and Baru and Kaa come to save Mowgli, Bagla and Baloo are injured, Kaa subdues the monkeys, Mowgli is saved, because he violated the laws of the forest, Mowgli accepts the punishment, and finally Bagra carries Mowgli home.

Original story:

4 The fight at the rock on the rock

Mowgli always went to the meetings of the Wolf-Pack，and there he learnt something new one day．If he looked hard at any wolf，the wolf could not meet his eyes and looked away．Mowgli thought this was funny; he did not understand that he was different from the wolves．

Mowgli went to the Wolf Clan's party every time. One day, he found something new there. If he stared hard at a certain wolf, the wolf would not dare to face himself and turn his eyes away. Mowgli thought it was funny, he didn't understand that he and the wolves were different.

All the Jungle-People were his friends — but not Shere Khan，of course．Mother Wolf told him that the tiger wanted to kill him．‘One day you must kill Shere Khan．If you don't kill him，he will kill you．’But Mowgli forgot．He was only a boy，not a wolf．

All the foresters were his friends, not shirhan, of course. The mother wolf had told him that the tiger wanted to kill him. "In the future you will have to kill Hill Khan. If you don't kill him, he'll kill you. But Mowgli had forgotten the she-wolf's words. He was a child after all, not a wolf.

Shere Khan still came often to that part of the jungle．Akela was older now and not so strong，and Shere Khan made friends with some of the younger wolves．Akela could not stop them，and Shere Khan began to make trouble for Mowgli．‘I hear you can't look into the man-cub's eyes，’he said，laughing，to the young wolves．And the young wolves began to get angry．

Shirhan still came to the forest a lot. Accra is much older and not as strong as ever. Shirhan befriended some young wolves. Accra couldn't stop them, so Shirhan began to cause trouble for Mowgli. "I heard you can't look at that cub." He smiled and said to the young wolves. The young wolves were enraged.

Bagheera，who had eyes and ears everywhere，knew something of this and told Mowgli．Mowgli laughed，but Bagheera went on，‘Open your eyes，Little Brother．Remember that Akela is old and he will not always be the leader of the Pack．Shere Khan has taught the younger wolves that a man-cub has no place with them．And soon you will be a man，not a man-cub．’

Bagera has its own eyes and ears everywhere. When he heard about it, he told Mowgli. Mowgli smiled, but Bagla continued, "Be vigilant, little brother. You have to remember, Accra is old, and he won't lead the Werewolves forever. Hill Khan told the young wolves that human children had no place among wolves. And soon you'll grow into an adult and no longer be a child. ”

‘But the wolves are my brothers．Why will they want to send me away？’

"But wolves are my brothers." Why did they want to send me away? ”

‘Look at me，’said Bagheera，and Mowgli looked at him hard between the eyes．The big black cat turned his head away quickly．‘That is why，’he said．‘Not even I can look in your eyes．That is why they want to kill you．You are clever．You are a man．’

"Look at me." Bagla said, and Mowgli kept his eyes tightly fixed, and the big black leopard quickly turned its head to the side. "That's why," he said, "that even I can't look you in the eye." That's why they want to kill you. You're smart because you're a person. ”

‘I did not know these things，’said Mowgli quietly．

"I didn't know these things before." Mowgli said softly.

‘Now listen．The day will soon come when Akela cannot kill his deer in the hunt．Then at the next meeting of the Pack the younger wolves will be against Akela and against you．When that time comes，go to the men's houses in the village and take some of their Red Flower．That will be a stronger friend to you than I or Baloo．’

"Listen, once Accra can't even kill the deer, the day will come soon. At that point, the young wolves will oppose Accra, and you, at the next gathering of the Wolf Clan. At that point, you go to the village where the humans live, and you bring some red flowers from there. It will be a stronger friend to you than me or Baru. ”

The Red Flower was fire．All animals are afraid of it and do not call it by its name．‘I will get some，’said Mowgli．‘I will go and get it now，and keep it ready，’and he ran through the jungle to the village．

The so-called safflower is fire. All animals are afraid of fire, so they don't want to call them by their first names. "I will," said Mowgli, "I'll go get some now and get ready." With that, he ran through the forest toward the village.

On his way he heard the sounds of the Wolf-Pack hunting a big deer．‘Show us that you are strong，Akela，’came the voices of the young wolves．‘Kill it！’

On the way he heard the Wolf Clan besieging a huge deer. "Let's see how strong you are, Accra," cried the young wolf pack, "kill it!" ”

Mowgli stopped and listened，and he could hear that Akela did not kill the deer．‘So the time has come already，’he thought，and hurried to the village．He watched and waited , and soon he saw a child who was carrying a fire-pot．Mowgli jumped up，took the pot from him，and quickly ran away，back to the jungle．All that day he kept his fire alive with leaves and pieces of wood．

Mowgli stopped and listened, and he could tell that Accra hadn't killed the deer. "Looks like the time has come." As he thought, he hurried to the village. After some observation and waiting, he soon saw a child holding a fire canister in his hand. Mowgli jumped up, snatched the fire canister from his hand, turned and sped away in the direction of the forest. That day, he used leaves and broken wood to keep the fire alive.

In the evening Tabaqui came and told him that the wolves wanted him at the meeting．Mowgli laughed，and went．When he arrived，he saw that Akela was not in his special place，on top of the rock，but beside it．That meant that another wolf could try to take Akela's place．Shere Khan was there，too，with all the younger wolves around him．Mowgli sat down，with the fire-pot between his legs．Bagheera lay beside him．

In the evening, Tabaqui came and told him that the wolves wanted him to party. Mowgli laughed and walked there. As soon as he arrived at the meeting place, he saw that Accra was not sitting in the special position that belonged to him on the top of the rock, but was standing aside. This means that other wolves can try to replace Accra. Shirhan was there too, with young wolves gathered around him. Mowgli sat down, the fire pot just between his legs. Bagra lay beside him.

Shere Khan began to speak and Mowgli jumped up．

Shirhan began to speak, and Mowgli jumped up.

‘Free People，is Shere Khan your leader？Does a tiger belong in the Wolf-Pack？’

"Free people, is Hill Khan your leader?" Should a tiger be in the Wolf Clan? ”

‘There is no wolf on the rock，’began Shere Khan，but the other wolves said，‘Let Akela speak．’

"Now there are no wolves on the rocks." Shirhan spoke, but the other wolves said, "Let Accra speak." ”

Akela looked up，old and tired．‘Free People，I have been your leader for many years．In all that time no wolf has died in the hunt．But this time I did not kill my deer．The Law of the Jungle says that you can kill me now，but the Law also says that you must come one by one．’

Accra looked up, looking old and tired. "Free people, I have led you for many years. Not a single wolf has died in hunting in all these years. But this time I didn't kill the deer that I should have killed. According to the 'law of the forest', you can kill me now, but you have to come one by one, which is also stipulated by the law. ”

No one spoke．Akela was old，but nobody wanted to fight Akela alone．

No one spoke. Although Accra is old, no one wants to fight with him alone.

Then Shere Khan spoke．‘Bah！This old wolf is not important．He will die soon．It is the man-cub who has lived too long．Give him to me．’

It was then that Shirhan spoke. "Yuck! This old wolf doesn't matter. He will soon be in the Western Heavens. But the little human cub, he had lived too long. Give him to me. ”

‘A man！A man！’cried most of the younger wolves angrily．‘A man does not belong in the Wolf-Pack．’

"People! person! Most of the young wolves cried out angrily, "Man does not belong to the wolf clan. ”

‘Mowgli is our brother，’said Akela．‘He has eaten our food．He has slept with us．He has done nothing wrong．Let him go to his own place．’

"Mowgli is our brother," Accra said, "and he eats and lives with us." He didn't do anything wrong. Let him have his place. ”

‘He is a man，’cried Shere Khan and most of the wolves．

"He's a man." Shirhan and most of the wolves roared.

Mowgli stood up，the fire-pot in his hands．He was very angry，and very sad．

Mowgli stood up, holding a fire can in his hand. He was furious and full of grievances.

‘You have said many times that I am a man．I was your brother，but I will not call you my brothers again．I will decide on my life or my death，not you．I am a man，and to show you，I have brought the Red Flower with me．’

"You always say I'm a person. I was your brother, but now I will stop seeing you as a brother. I will decide my own life and death, not yours. I am human, and to prove it, I brought safflower. ”

He dropped the fire-pot on the ground and some of the fire fell out．The wolves were very afraid and moved back．Mowgli held a long piece of wood in the fire and the end began to burn brightly．

He threw the fire canister on the ground, and some flames splashed out. The wolves were very frightened and retreated. Mowgli plunged a long piece of wood into the fire, and one end of the wood burned up and shone brightly.

‘You are the leader now，’said Bagheera softly．‘Help Akela．He was always your friend．’

"Now you're the leader," Bagra said gently, "help Accra." He will always be your friend. ”

‘Good，’said Mowgli．He looked at the frightened wolves．‘I go from you to my people — the world of men．But first．．．’and Mowgli went to Shere Khan．‘This killer of cows wanted to kill me．This is what men do to killers of cows，’and he hit Shere Khan on the head with the burning stick．The tiger was very frightened．

"Okay." Mowgli said. He looked at the stunned wolves: "I will leave you and return to my kind, back to the human world." But first..." Mowgli said as he walked toward Hill Khan, "this guy who can only kill cattle wants to kill me. I want you to see how humans deal with cattle thieves. With that, he punched Hill Khan in the head with a burning stick. The tiger was terrified.

‘Go now，’said Mowgli to Shere Khan．‘The next time I come to this rock，it will be with your dead body．I tell you this also，my brothers，you will not kill Akela — because I do not want that．Akela is free to live．’

"Roll," Mowgli said to Hill Khan, "the next time I come to the Rock, I'll come with your body." And you, my brothers, you can't kill Accra — because I don't want that. Accra is free to live. ”

And Mowgli jumped at the young wolves with his burning stick and they all ran away．In the end there were only Akela，Bagheera，and a few older wolves left．Then something began to hurt Mowgli inside him and，for the first time in his life，tears ran down his face．

Mowgli rushed into the young wolves with burning sticks, and they all fled in all directions. In the end, only Accra, Bagra, and some older wolves remained. Mowgli felt a sharp pain in his heart, and tears slid down his face, the first time in his life.

‘What is it？What is it？Am I dying，Bagheera？’

"What is this?" What is this? Am I going to die, Bagla? ”

‘No，Little Brother．You are a man，and these are men's tears．But you must go — the jungle is closed to you now．’

"No, little brother. You are a human being, and these are the tears of mankind. But you have to go— the forest doesn't belong to you anymore. ”

‘Yes，’said Mowgli．‘I will go to men．But first I must say goodbye to my mother．’And he went to the cave and cried on Mother Wolf's coat．

"I know," said Mowgli, "that I will go to mankind. But I had to say goodbye to my mom first. He came to the cave and lay on his stomach on the mother wolf and cried loudly.

‘You will not forget me？’Mowgli said to his wolf-family．

"You won't forget me, will you?" Mowgli said to his wolf family.

‘Never，’said his wolf-brothers．‘Come to the foot of the hill when you are a man，and we will talk with you．’

"Never," said his wolf brothers, "when you are an adult, you will come to the foot of the mountain, and we will speak to you." ”

‘Come soon，little frog，’said Father Wolf，‘because your Mother and I are getting old．’

"Come back as soon as possible, little frog," said Papa Wolf, "your mother and I are old." ”

‘I will surely come，’said Mowgli，‘and I will bring the coat of Shere Khan and put it on the Meeting Rock．’

"I will definitely come back," said Mowgli, "and I will also bring The skin of Shirhan and put it on the party stone." ”

And in the morning Mowgli went down the hill alone to meet those strange things that are called men．

Early the next morning, Mowgli went down the mountain alone to meet the strange things called humans.

Core Language Points:

deer n．a large grasseating wild animal that can run very fast and has wide branching horns 鹿

fire-pot n．a container for fire 火罐

belong v． To be in the right place or situation should be placed;

one by one if people do something one by one，first one person does it，then the next，then the next etc．一个一个地；依次地

bah int． To show disapproval of something! (Disapproval)

drop v．to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls 让（某物）落下

brightly adv． Shining strongly or with plenty of light shines; shines brightly

frightened adj． Feeling afraid frightened; frightened

coat n．the fur，wool，or hair that covers an animal's body（动物的）皮毛