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The Bare Necessities (02:16)

Wordi and Music by Terry Gilkyson
Perfomed by Phi! Harris and Bruce Reitherman
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It was many years ago when I, Bagheera the
panther, found a little lost Man-cub. He was alone
I Wanno Be Like You (01:43)
Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert and unprotected in the jungle of India. So I took
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the small boy to a nearby family of wolves I knew.
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As I had hoped, the mother wolf felt sorry for the
Man-cub and she said to me, "Bagheera, leave
him with us and we will raise him."
 That is how little Mowgli, the Man-cub, came Mowgli even made friends with the elephants
to be brought up by jungle animals. He was a and often marched in their Elephant Patrol.
favourite with all the wolf cubs of the pack. He loved living in the jungle.
They treated him just like a brother wolf. Although Mowgli did not know it, I wouldof-
ten watch him from a distance to make sure he
was safe. You see, the jungle also holds many dan-
gers.
 There was the crafty Kaa, who smacked his
forked tongue at the sight of a "DE-LI-CI-OUS"
Man-cub. I shudder to think how that tricky
snake almost hypnotized Mowgli right into his
greedy coils. Luckily, Mowgli called for help and I
arrived in time to save him.

But Mowgli's real enemy was the fierce tiger,

Shere Khan. Shere Khan hated all men and had
sworn to kill the Man-cub. The tiger did not want
to take a chance that the boy would grow up and
become another hunter with a gun.
 The problem now was convincing
Mowgli. While we were on one of our
many walks into the jungle, I told
Mowgli the bad news. "Mowgli, today
we are not going home. Shere Khan
has returned to the jungle and has
promised to kill you. I am taking you
to a Man village where you belong."
"But I don't want to live in the
Man village. Besides, I can look after
myself."
"Ha! You're so small! You would
not last one day alone."
"Well, I'm not going!" And Mowgli
stormed off deep into the jungle.

It was then that I spoke with Rama, Mowgli's

wolf father. "I'm sorry, Rama, but even the whole
wolf pack could not protect Mowgli from Shere
Khan. Everyone is in danger as long as the Man-
cub remains here."
Rama had known this day would come, and he
sadly agreed to let me take Mowgli to the safety
of the Man village.
 I knew the Man-cub would have to learn about Unfortunately, who should the Man-cub meet
the ways of the jungle for himself, so I let him go. first but that happy-go-lucky jungle bear, Baloo.
But I followed close behind to see that he stayed Mowgli listened eagerly as Baloo sang to him
out of trouble. about the simple, carefree life of a bear.
I had to step in. "Baloo," I explained, "Mowgli
has to go back to the Man village."
"But they'll ruin him! They'll make a Man
out of him."
 Our discussion was cut short when a band of "Come on, Baloo. They must be taking him to
monkeys grabbed Mowgli and whisked him up the ancient temple. That crazy monkey, King
into the tree tops. Louie, is behind this."
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 Soon Mowgli was face to face with King Louie.
"Why have you brought me here?"
"Relax, Man-cub," said Louie. "We can help
each other. I'll fix it so you can stay in the jungle,
if you teach me the secret of Man's fire."

"But I don't know how to make a fire."

"Don't try to kid me, Man-cub! Tell me about
Man's fire, so I can be like you."
It looked like Baloo and I had arrived just in
time.
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 "Baloo," I said quietly, "you've got to create a In the wild chase that followed, Baloo bumped
disturbance so I can get Mowgli out of there." into a shaky old stone pillar, and the ancient tem-
Baloo took some leaves and a coconut shell and ple walls came crashing down around the mon-
disguised himself as a monkey. Then he sang and keys. That gave us a chance to escape.
danced with King Louie, while I found Mowgli.
But the disguise didn't fool Louie for long.
"It's Baloo! Get that bear!"

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 Now Baloo agreed with me that Mowgli
must go back to the Man village. But Mowgli
still couldn't understand.
"But Baloo - I want to stay here and be like
you. You said we were partners. But you're just
like old Bagheera. Neither of you likes me."
"Now hold on, Little Britches," said Baloo.
"Bagheera and I are only trying to do what's best Mowgli shook his head, turned, and sadly
for you. You're a human. And you belong with oth walked away. This was the opportunity Shere
er humans." Khan had been waiting for.
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 The tiger, who must have been following us for
some time, saw the Man-cub alone and leaped out
at Mowgli.
But the mighty Shere Khan fell with a thud a
few inches away from the boy. Baloo had grabbed
Shere Khan's tail at the last moment.
"Run, Mowgli!" shouted Baloo.

Shere Khan roared fiercely and lashed about,

trying to get at Baloo. As long as the bear hung
on tightly to Shere Khan's tail, he was safe from
the tiger's razor-sharp teeth. But then Shere
Khan cracked his big tail like a mighty whip and
whirled Baloo to the ground.
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 Mowgli took a burning branch in his hand and
ran toward the tiger. The fire frightened Shere
Khan so much that he ran off like a scared kitten.
Baloo sighed in relief. "Nice work, Mowgli.
We'll never see him around these parts again."

Suddenly, a storm came up. A lightning bolt

flashed to earth and set a nearby tree afire.
Mowgli saw a way to save Baloo - the one thing
Shere Khan feared was fire.
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 Mowgli was still convinced that he would nev- "Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, come on, Bag-
er leave the jungle for any reason. But just then, I gie, buddy. Let's get back to where we belong."
he saw something he had never seen before. It And home we went!
was a girl. She was getting water at a pool, just
outside the Man village.
Mowgli was enchanted. He had never seen an-
other human before. "I want to get a closer look."
Mowgli crept closer to the girl until she could
see him, too. She dropped her water jug and
Mowgli stepped in to help her carry it back to her
village.
I was pleased with the way things had turned
out. "Ah, it had to happen, Baloo. Mowgli is
where he belongs now."

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