"Tiger! Tiger!" - a story by Rudyard Kipling. A direct sequel to Mowgli's Brothers, it was published in magazines in 1893–1894 and then appeared as the third story in The First Jungle Book after "Kaa's Hunting." Tiger! Tiger! - Shere Khan hunt Mowgli. Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her husband, who believe him to be their long-lost son. Mowgli leads the village boys who herd the village's buffaloes. Shere Khan comes to hunt Mowgli, but he is warned by Gray Brother wolf, and with Akela they find Shere Khan asleep, and stampede the buffaloes to trample Shere Khan to death. Mowgli leaves the village, and goes back to hunt with the wolves until he becomes a man.
