The Boy
“Where has he gone, the boy who clapped
his hands to the robin’s song and marveled
to see the squirrels rear, rigid,
to reconnoiter the park with fierce
black eyes before they buried their nuts?
That boy dreamed bright dreams and planned
great deeds. I wonder, did he ever
wander the woods with wolves his companions?
Did he dance with dappled dolphins
or run between the glittering stars?”
“He boxed his dreams in workday tissues
and put the boxes in his heart’s attic,
took up the world of everyday
and withered away among accountants.”
Wolf Boy -- Clive Hicks-Jenkins
“Where has he gone, the boy who clapped
his hands to the robin’s song and marveled
to see the squirrels rear, rigid,
to reconnoiter the park with fierce
black eyes before they buried their nuts?
That boy dreamed bright dreams and planned
great deeds. I wonder, did he ever
wander the woods with wolves his companions?
Did he dance with dappled dolphins
or run between the glittering stars?”
“He boxed his dreams in workday tissues
and put the boxes in his heart’s attic,
took up the world of everyday
and withered away among accountants.”
Wolf Boy -- Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Rudyard Kipling introduced Mowgli (as an adult) in the short story "In the Rukh," where it is revealed that he was raised in the jungle by wolves. In "The Jungle Book" (1894) and "The Second Jungle Book" (1895) Kipling chronicled Mowgli's childhood and eventual acceptance of his human identity. In 1899 Kipling wrote "The Jungle Play" but it was never produced on stage and remained unpublished until 2000.
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