This is the story of the jungle folk and the law they live by ... of Akela, the lone wolf, and Bagheera, the black panther ... of Shere Kahn, the lame tiger and Tabaqui, the jackal ... of Baloo, the brown bear ... of Kaa, the python ... of Raksha, the wolf ... and above all ... of Mowgli, the man-cub who came to live among them after his parents had been frightened away by Shere Kahn.