How Fear Came
From The Second Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
This reader retells 'How Fear Came' from The Second Jungle Book (1895) by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling created the character of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, and wrote stories of the jungle's laws and the animals who live by them. This tale explains why animals fear humans and why the tiger hunts man. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The story is a frame tale: Hathi the elephant tells an origin story to explain the present situation, a structure found in myth and folklore across many cultures. Children encounter the idea that laws exist for a reason and that actions have lasting consequences.
- Band
- Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8
- Length
- medium · about 538 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures
- Source
- The Second Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
- First published
- 1895
- Regions
- Canada · United States
Included formats
- · Web reader and PDF
- · EPUB for e-readers
- · Home-print sheet
- · Folded booklet
- · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
- · Worksheet
- · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
- · Read-aloud script
- · Colouring page
- · Teacher’s Edition (members)
Lesson at a glance
- Reading
- about 9 minutes at this band
- Pause questions
- 3
- Words to Know
- 5
- Quick Check
- 8 questions, with the answer key
- Let’s Talk
- 3 questions for afterwards
- Worksheet
- questions, an activity and a drawing prompt
About 35 minutes with one story, all of it.
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