Chapter 6
The evening was bright organ but then on the other side of the sky changed to be darker. The shadows underneath the trees were starting to grow much wider, the sun falling was shiny the grass as you could see them in the colour of golden yellow blending with the green. Mowgli was still in his dark room as the last sun light of the day was still trying to reach through the room. His arms were crossed while laying on the window, his fingers were gripped tight inside holding his anger back from this morning. Mowgli's face was the version of disprove and confusion, feeling troubled like everything he is doing is wrong.
Close by the entrance of the bedroom door, Sahana stare at the lonely boy by the bright window. Her face was sure for looking at Mowgli like this, Sahana slowly walked towards him till she was by his side. First there was only silence and she stare at the jungle, Mowgli already notice Sahana's arrival, but he couldn't be bothered to listen to anything that he couldn't understand.
"I don't blame you for you did this morning" Sahana started but Mowgli kept his stare on the jungle, "I would have done the same, and be angry if no one will do anything about."
"Then why am I getting into trouble then? Sanjay knew it was wrong so why is he angry at me?!" Mowgli shouted but not directly at Sahana.
"Do you know why?" Sahana asked with a calm tone.
"Because he doesn't know he."
"Because he lost someone like you, not his friend, Ranjay my husband, but Sanjay's son."
Mowgli's face transformed from his hard irritation to soft suspicion look, he turns his head slowly and stare at Sahana, conscious to know what she meant.
Sahana looked back at the jungle as she began, "Before Shanti was born, Snajy and Meshua had a son, Nathoo, he was so young, so active, so funny, so innocent. One dark night Meshua and Sanjay were asleep and thought that Nathoo was asleep too, but little Nathoo was more awake that asleep. Nathoo actually left the house alone, he was walking into the jungle."
Sahana took a deep breathe in and breathed out calmly, she continued, "Later we hear a loud roar, we soon noticed that Nathoo was in the jungle. We search for as far as a child like him can go. But soon, we found one of his shoes and that when we realised."
Mowgli was in shocked from hearing that kind of story, he looked down and took a breath in then ask, "What happened?"
Sahana paused for a second, then answered, "Nathoo was taken away by a tiger."
Mowgli was now in terribly shocked from hearing "tiger," now thinking that it could be Shere Khan who has done that awful thing.
"Sanjay lost his son, his best friend, and now he just doesn't want to lose you. Trouble or not, Buldeo can be bad man and Sanjay doesn't want you to be in that situation. You understand?"
Mowgli stare for a second to get everything clear in his head, making sure he understood why. He nodded up and down for his answer, Sahana returned with a smile as she kneed down, and they hugged each other.
Sahana raised up and metion, "Remember we're going to that party tonight, so get ready and I'll meet you down stairs."
Mowgli watched Sahana leaving the room and his eyes focus back on the jungle, noticing that the shiny sun was lowing itself down in the fastest second. Mowgli twisted around slowly and walked to where his clothes for tonight were laid on a. They were the same ones as he first worn on the Hilo Celebration, Mowgli first picked up the white top with it's clear, calm skin, he moved it towards his upper body and remembered how he used to wear it.
Later on, in the jungle, Bagheera was laying on a long tree branch staring at the beautiful view of the bright leaves on the tall trees, with a high mountain in the far background with the organ sky covered around it. From what all the beauty black panther is gazing at, however his face wasn't all bliss, and was really troubled at the moment. Soon in seconds, Baloo was walking cheerfully down towards where Bagheera was laying.
"You Baggy, cubs are hard to look out for, with the lessons and the hunting, but after in a few times they seen to be quite like a family you know" Baloo sat down by the tree. Bagheera didn't answered, Baloo looked up and he knew that the panther was depressed by something, "What is it Baggy? Is it the kid, Mowgli is fine sure he had a bit of trouble early but…"
"It's not that" Bagheera said in a low tone.
Baloo looked confused at Bagheera, "Well, what is it?"
Bagheera jumped off the tree branch and landed softly on the ground with his big paws, and walked towards Baloo, "Baloo, where you think of Mowgli's future?"
Baloo took a paused and was thinking of his answer, "Well he's goy us, the wolves, the village, not to mention Kitty."
"I mean where?" Bagheera repeated his question.
"What you mean, where?"
"I mean where would he go on for now, when's he an adult?"
Baloo shook his, "Sorry you lost me."
"I know he had some trouble over the years, with Akela's death, the village, Kitty, right now that Buldeo, and worst was Shere Khan. But that's all just the beginning, something else troubling deep down, he may not be aware of it, but I think I might know what the problem. It's his human nature."
"Baggy, you either going to say in English, or you could just riddle around with some other creature."
"I think he has a feeling that he has to decided to either stay in the jungle or live in the village."
"Wo, wo, wo! Hold that there, whispers" Baloo's voice raised high, "How could you say that? He has always lived here in the jungle."
"He was only a helpless cub when I found him, all alone with no one around to help him. The wolves agreed to raised him as they own and as a wolf cub and I couldn't be any happier to see what he has done so much. But that worries me now, was it a good idea? Come to ask yourself, maybe it would have been best for him to took him back to the village?
"That could have explained when he and Kitty first met, he couldn't stop thinking of her" Baloo was laughing a little.
Bagheera made a surprised look on his face, he thought Baloo wasn't that clear on anything serious, he knew that Baloo was a good teacher from what the wolf cubs have said. Bagheera sigh and continued, "Now I'm even more worried for Mowgli because of that Buldeo with all the threatening him, it could confuse him even more."
"So, what? The kid could stay and be happy" Baloo said.
"No, no" Bagheera whispered to himself thinking hard of how to explain to Baloo. He started, "Baloo if Mowgli did stay, he'll just get lonely."
"But he can stay with us, I mean there's not like anyone else with me and you."
"That's my point Baloo, we could find someone in the jungle, but Mowgli wouldn't because there's no other girl-cubs in this jungle. Like I said before, birds of a feather must flock together."
Baloo made a dull face meaning he still doesn't understand what that term meant, Bagheera sign for that reaction. Bagheera tried to explain in a different way, "You wouldn't think that Mowgli would marry a…?"
"If you are going to say like the last time, I swear in this jungle, you need to go, um… Who's that woman who healed Raksha's leg?"
"Baloo!" Bagheera shouted, "Gone on Baloo, seriously think about it."
"He doesn't have to make that ridiculous decision, does he?"
"It's not up to me, I realised just now what's troubling him and I'm just worried for him" Bagheera said.
Baloo sadly look down while thinking of what Bagheera said, 2Well he might have some time for tonight."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, I heard Kitty-Cat just invited him to see her father in some party, I guess" Baloo walked over to some bushes with some delicious berries to eat.
"Do you know where?"
"Yeah, yeah, she said a palace, I don't really know what it is, but she said it's right near the edge of the jungle" Baloo was gobbling up the berries into his mouth. "She also said that's where her mum used to live."
Suddenly, unknowing to Baloo from his appetite was distracting him, Bagheera's head moved a bit high as he stare in surprised. He ears caught the words from Baloo's mouth and were spilling down into his mind, twist and turning as well as his stomach did. Bagheera knew someone who used to live by the edge of the jungle, he used to live by there. He shook his head to think of the possibility, he focuses back to the main point that Mowgli was traveling there. Bagheera looked back at the far distance of the jungle trees with the great mountains high behind them, the shiny, green leaves were darkening, the evening is transforming into night.
The night finally arrived with the best shiny stars coming out to light up the dark sky. The village was filled with peaceful silence, in Sahana's house Mowgli was asked to dress into something smart. He decided to dress in the same clothing he did on the Holi celebration, his white top with the light brown vest. He worn his white trousers and lovely light brown shoes as the colour of the tree, with small horizontal lines coming down on the surface.
Sanjay was wearing his smart, white suit and Meshua was wearing her amazing, pink dress, meanwhile, Kamya was asked by Snajay to babysit Shanti for tonight. Just in time, Kitty walked out of Meshua's house and she was wearing her incredible purple dress. Mowgli remembered the first time when Kitty first worn her dress, it amazed him and made him feeling bliss and great to be by Kitty.
There were three, dark green Land Rover Defender cars waiting outside, the drivers inside were ordered by their Captain, Kitty's dad. Sanjay and Meshua went inside the first car, then Mowgli, Kitty and Sahana went into the second car. The third was for Buldeo and his mates as they join inside, before Buldeo made an eerie look down at Mowgli. Unknowing to anyone to that a small creature secretly sneck into the boot of the first car, a sneaky mongoose jumped in. However, Mowgli could hear little sounds from behind, he checked behind and saw an unexpected creature.
"Rikki?" Mowgli whispered, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just want to join in" Rikki answered, "Besides, Shanti may play on me too hard," Mowgli nodded as he turn back forward.
Mowgli had never drove in a car before, so he was quite excited and a bit nervous at the same time about thinking meeting Kitty's dad for the first time. He could feel the speed of the car driving through the jungle as the wind push hard pass the car, driving on a low wavy path. Mowgli looked outside through the clear windows and saw the blurry green trees and bushes passing. Later in a few minutes, they soon arrived at the great town, with thousands of bright lights shiny out like all the shiny stars shining from one small place. Mowgli couldn't believe his eyes as he stares pass the tall buildings and the new man tricks he has never seen before.
They arrived at the entrance of a great, beautiful, tall temple, their stone walls were covered in the clearest bright colours but mostly white. There was a big water fountain in the middle infront of the entrance, the cars drive around it in circles. The three cars drove at the entrance, the drivers came out and open the doors. Mowgli jumped out of the car and his eyes were really amazed to see all of this in the first time. Kitty was smiling from behind for Mowgli that he now sees so many incredible things to look, and to be. Mowgli entered the main hall, the ball room was all bright, light sounds of music floating out into the air. There were a few people outside at the entrance, but once they were inside there were lots of people around. Most of them were in smart, white clothing, and some were in dark green or brown clothing like they were part of the army. Rikki entered in silent and quickly rushed underneath the tables so he could secretly snatch some food.
"Alright there's some food over there, and get some with Kitty and find our table, okay?" Sahana told Mowgli with Kitty beside him, and they both nodded at the same time.
Mowgli walked around and saw that there were some fruits neatly piled up like pyramid. Mowgli picked up a lot of food and stuffed them in his mouth, there two British ladies in light blues dress, they first sight on Mowgli was disgusted. Suddenly a tizzy sound of a small fly buzzing around the ladies and then Mowgli quickly caught it in his right hand. The ladies were surprised that the young boy had good reflections, but Mowgli moved his right hand towards his mouth and made his mouth gulped something into his mouth. The ladies were really disgusted and felt sick for they thought that the boy ate the fly, so they left him be. Unknowing that Mowgli hadn't eaten the fly and just trick them for fun, he giggled a little and let go of the tiny fly from his hand.
Kitty was gathering some food on her plate when she soon noticed in the corner of her eye was a tall man in black inform with yellow strips on the edges, three medals hanging from the left side. The man in the corner, he was standing waiting with a blissful grin. A huge smile grew on Kitty's face as she ran towards the man and they hugged each other tightly.
After saying hello to each other, Kitty desperately wanted her dad to meet her new friend, "Mowgli!"
Mowgli caught Kitty's call and walked over to see what she wanted, "Dad, this Mowgli the one I was tell you about."
"It's pleasure" the Colonel said as he reached his right out.
"Nice to meet you" Mowgli tried to reply because he had some food in mouth, he reached his hand to shake the Colonel's.
"Will you join us for dinner?" asked the Colonel asked, and Mowgli nodded.
Not far in the corner, Buldeo creepily stare at Mowgli and walked off to one of the chiefs of the kitchen. The chief waited for Buldeo with his arms across his chest, Buldeo looked side to side to see if anyone is watching.
Secretly Buldeo passed down some cash to the chief, then Buldeo silently whispered, "Give that boy the hottest of the hot."
Dinner began, Mowgli and Kitty joined their table and first heard the adults laughing from their conversations.
"So, Mowgli" the Colonel started, "I heard you were from the jungle?"
Mowgli nodded, "Yeah, that's true."
"How exactly did that happened?"
"Well, I was lost and was found by wolves who raised me as they own" Mowgli shortly explained.
Soon waiters delivered some delicious meals in their bowls, all for each one on the table. They were serving Cholay, it is Curried Chickpeas and the smell lifted the delights from everyone. They started to dig in and eat their first spoon of Cholay in their mouths, everyone found it delicious. Mowgli tried it and first found lovely to great, then suddenly found something hot, very hot in his mouth. Mowgli could feel the spicy sauce touch his tongue, even just a little tip, got Mowgli jumped up and spitting the food out of his mouth on the edge of the table. Using his hand to rub off the sauce while breathing hard for cold, fresh air. Mowgli quickly snatched a jug of cold water and bow down it down into his mouth even though he was spilling some of the water down on his clothes.
Everyone stood up surprised, Kitty quickly tried to help Mowgli by patting on his back to get the food out from his mouth. Sanjay and the Colonel ordered more water for Mowgli to drink and to cool down in his mouth, Sahana came over fast to see if he's alright. After getting rid of the spicy sauce out from his mouth, Mowgli sat back down still drinking water with Kitty sitting beside him and Sahana checking if everything is fine and not really burned. Sanjay angrily asked the head chief who put a very spicy sauce on Mowgli's food.
Unknowing at another table, Buldeo looked behind him at Mowgli chocking off from the spicy sauce. He had an eerie smile on his face and looked back at his food. Walking up to him from behind was his friend, Riswan tapped on Buldeo's left shoulder and asked him to have a chat alone. Buldeo walked off with Riswan and they entered in a quiet room, Riswan passed a letter to Buldeo for him to read. Buldeo took a long look at the letter and after reading it, his hands suddenly tighten the grip and he throw it at the wall.
"How can that be?! It's impossible!" Buldeo shouted.
"They match" Riswan explained, "The DNA matches, I found that hard to believe as well but it's true."
"He can't be the son, he doesn't even look alike!" Buldeo shouted even louder.
"Does Sahana know?" Riswan asked.
"No, I don't think she even mind if the brat is hers or not."
"So, what's the matter? They don't know if he's the son, and they probably won't even bother, besides he's got a jungle to live he won't care about the will" Riswan explained.
Buldeo was calming down slowly as he lay his elbows down on a table while holding his head with his hands on his forehead, his arms were in a shape as an upside-down "V."
"And they really need to check on that kid for shower" Riswan added, "Luckily, I took two hairs, my friend had to do another test."
"Why?" Buldeo asked.
"Well, the first one was a bear fur" Riswan laughed as he was leaving the room.
Suddenly Buldeo made a very surprised look on his face, thinking that the boy is close a bear. He slowly raised his head as his thought were starting twist into an idea, then an eerie smile grew on Buldeo's face.
Unknowing that there was a small, unexpected creature hiding underneath a small table outside the room, Rikki tried to listen every little thing the men said, "That's a very, very bad sign."
Then Rikki started to sniff something like delicious chicken, from the kitchen, he decided to sneck and have just a leg.
Mowgli's mouth was finally cooled down and he was all fine, Kitty sat beside him on the table trying to cheer him up after the event. Her dad and Sanjay were still talking to the chiefs about the horrible accident while Sahana and Meshua were very disgraced about this.
"I still can't believe it, how can crazy can you be to give someone a sauce which is really, really spicy" Kitty had an angry tone in her voice.
"I've been through worst" Mowgli commented just so Kitty doesn't explode.
"Really? What?" Kitty asked in a more calmer tone.
"When I was younger, around nine, I nearly swallowed a black bee, which are the deadest bees around the jungle" Mowgli laughed a bit from his story which made Kitty giggled.
Mowgli still made little coughs, Kitty said, "I'll get you more water."
The Colonel walked over the Mowgli and sat beside him, he asked, "You're alright there, lad?" Mowgli smiley nodded as his answered. "I heard this was your time here, so I'm so sorry for the disaster."
"No, it's sir, I've been through much worst" Mowgli said while eating a normally good Cholay
"Kitty told me that you saved her life from a tiger, true?" the Colonel ask in suspicious, then Mowgli nodded as his answer while chewing his food. "Well I have to say lad, I thank you, I honestly own you more that my life."
Mowgli quickly shocked his head side to side, he finished his chewing and responded, "No, no sir, you don't need to give me anything."
"Kitty is the only one I have left, I want to give the best there is" the Colonel said, making Mowgli smile and started to think even more about Kitty and how special she is to him.
There was Kitty just getting a glass of water for Mowgli to drink till beautiful pictures hanging n the walls caught her eyes, the Colonel added, "She's gifted for photos, happy that she's staying in England to study her work."
The blissful smile suddenly faded from Mowgli's face as he turned his head to face the Colonel, "Staying?"
"Yes, in fact she got some plans for her future" the Colonel added, "Right, I going to get more food, see you around lad."
As soon as the Colonel left the table, Mowgli slowly laid back on the chair and he had the look on his face like when he had the spicy sauce in his mouth. Mowgli knew that Kitty that visit him a lot but now knowing that she would stay there for the rest of her life. Mowgli doesn't want to change Kitty plans for her future but now he feels like he's somehow left out, like he wouldn't be able to see her anymore.
Mowgli decided to get up off from his chair and walk around the ball room, so he can keep his mind busy instead of sitting in one place while thinking of the same thing. Buldeo soon caught the young boy in the corner walking towards his way. Buldeo quickly whispered his orders to his mates beside him and they all nodded eerily. Mowgli was walking closer unknowing that Buldeo's mates were coming closer. One bumped into Mowgli gently even though he apologises after, then the next man did the same on the other side, Mowgli turn around to look at those men in suspicious, unnoticed that Buldeo sneaked up behind and knocked Mowgli over. Mowgli felt the unexpected event happening as he could see that the ceiling was getting higher. Mowgli tried to hold on to something however it wasn't useful, it was going to be worst. Mowgli told hold on the table towel filled with fruits, and some curry sauces, and glasses of wines, all at once they all splashed right at Mowgli all over him.
Buldeo and his mates started laughing at Mowgli, and soon everyone else in the ball room was laughing. All excepted, Sanjay and Meshua who were on one side of the ball room, on the other side were Sahana and Kitty on the other in shocked.
Mowgli looked around and he could only see everyone with their mouths wide open and shouting out laughter making the room even louder as the laughter echoes through the areas. His stomach started to fell twisted and turned around as though he was rolling hard down at steep path like when he jumped off from the mud slide. He couldn't take it anymore, he jumped off quickly and walked off fast to the front doors. Kitty walked passed through the crowd to get to Mowgli, Sahana tried to do the same but suddenly Buldeo gripped his hand tight on Sahana's arm to stop her.
"Leave him" Buldeo said, but Sahana moved her away from and ignore his advice and left off.
Mowgli entered outside into the front garden and saw that there was the jungle and he knows the way to get back to the same part. He ran down through the trees of the glorious garden, and he got the perfect view of the jungle. Mowgli wanted to rush down as fast as he could like the wind, but his body was telling him to stop and think for moment. He didn't know why he stopped but he did want to tale some deep breathes, he slowly sat down on the soft soil ground with his knees close to his chest. He stares right at the jungle, having that same feeling of unknowing he just can't figure it out.
Suddenly a banging and shouting noise happened around the corner, he turned his head while the noises were getting louder. The banging sounds of small pots and pans being threw at the ground, and the shouting that Mowgli quite understood. Till the small, unexpected mongoose, Rikki jumped out and tried to dodge away from the objects that the men were throwing at.
The men were shouting at Rikki but in a different language, "Speak English!" Rikki shouted at them, though they don't understand the animals' language nor do Rikki understood theirs. A large pan was being threw fast right at the mongoose, luckily Rikki dodge out of the way in time, "Okay, that I understood."
Rikki jumped off away from the men and finished, "What have I ever done to you?!"
Soon Rikki noticed Mowgli was sitting down in the corner of the night shadows underneath the garden trees, Rikki walked up to Mowgli and jumped on his shoulder.
"I heard what happened, they just fat bullies, they don't you" Rikki said but there was no answer from Mowgli, only silence.
Rikki's cheerful face faded into unhappiness, knowing that Mowgli was now too hurt to be cheered up. Mowgli looked look without any distractions, next he stood up and walk towards the jungle, Rikki stare at him wondering "What is he doing?" But knew exactly what Mowgli was doing and he knew that he couldn't do anything to change his mind. At that second, Kitty looked around the area and saw Mowgli was walking faster towards the jungle. Kitty started to run to get him, but she stopped at the edge of the garden because she knew that Mowgli needed time to think and to calm down.
Mowgli entered in the jungle and started to walk faster, then jogging, then running a little. He turns around to look back at the palace, but he quickly looked forward further into the jungle. He promised himself that he'll give back his clothing in Sahana's house, and another thing. While starting to run fast as the wind, he also started to feel the angry inside of him, making his hand grip tight. That's when he decided to do something, something he should have done this morning where everyone else didn't.
Hey guys, so sorry it had taken so long, but I was busy during this mouth. So, I added every little detail mixed with together from the original book and from The Jungle Book (1994).
I wanted to explore more about Meshua and Sanjay past and it said from the original book that Meshua and her unnamed husband had a son called Nathoo. I don't own it, I thought would be nice to understand more of the characters.
I added Colonel Geoffrey Brydon, Kitty's dad from the 1994 version, just to see more of Kitty's past. Also, the horrible event where Mowgli fell and got messy that was from the movie. I don't own the Colonel or the event.
Now, Buldeo has some new plans for Mowgli, what do you guys think? Hope you are enjoying this, see you soon!
