Synopsis "Fierce-Face the Tiger Jungle Stories"
Somewhere in the forests of India, a tiger cub is born to Bagni the tigress.Fierce-Face is brave, intelligent, and like all tiger cubs, obedient to hismother.As Fierce-Face grows, he must learn to hold his own against oldermale tigers-even his father! He has to know how to evade the terrifyingelephants, and trick the crazed boar Horn-Tooth. He learns how to survivewhen drought strikes, and when wildfires rage. He stays close to his motheras they traverse so deep into the forests, they reach the realms of myth andlegend.Also included in this volume is Dhan Gopal Mukherji's celebrated story of acaptive elephant, Kari the Elephant. Kari and his friend and mahout, a youngboy, have adventures that take them into jungles and big cities. Kari is as loyalas he is strong-till the world of humans proves too much for him.Dhan Gopal Mukherji, widely read and celebrated in theWest for many years, wrote evocatively about the wildlife and forests of India. In this volume, twoof his finest animal creations, Fierce-Face and Kari, come together for the firsttime to mesmerise many new readers.
