The Jungle Book

by

Rudyard Kipling

Baloo is a bear who teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle. Along with Bagheera, Baloo is one of the animals who claims Mowgli as one of his own, which allows Mowgli admittance into the Pack. Baloo is a wise bear, and he also rescues Mowgli when the Bandar-log kidnap him.

Baloo Quotes in The Jungle Book

The The Jungle Book quotes below are all either spoken by Baloo or refer to Baloo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Laws of Nature Theme Icon
).
3. Kaa’s Hunting Quotes

‘Better he should be bruised from head to foot by me who love him than that he should come to harm through ignorance,” Baloo answered very earnestly. “I am now teaching him the Master Words of the Jungle that shall protect him with the birds and the Snake People, and all that hunt on four feet, except his own pack. He can now claim protection, if he will only remember the words, from all in the jungle. Is not that worth a little beating?’

Related Characters: Baloo (speaker), Mowgli, Bagheera, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 36-37
Explanation and Analysis:

‘I have taught thee all the Law of the Jungle for all the peoples of the jungle—except the Monkey-Folk who live in the trees. They have no law. They are outcasts. They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way. They are without leaders. They have no remembrance. They boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten. We of the jungle have no dealings with them. We do not drink where the monkeys drink; we do not go where the monkeys go; we do not hunt where they hunt; we do not die where they die.’

Related Characters: Baloo (speaker), Mowgli, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 40
Explanation and Analysis:

Bagheera gave him half a dozen love-taps from a panther’s point of view (they would hardly have waked one of his own cubs), but for a seven-year-old boy they amounted to as severe a beating as you could wish to avoid. When it was all over Mowgli sneezed, and picked himself up with a word.

‘Now,’ said Bagheera, ‘jump on my back, Little Brother, and we will go home.’

One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. There is no nagging afterward.

Related Characters: Bagheera (speaker), Mowgli, Baloo, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 69-71
Explanation and Analysis:
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Baloo Quotes in The Jungle Book

The The Jungle Book quotes below are all either spoken by Baloo or refer to Baloo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Laws of Nature Theme Icon
).
3. Kaa’s Hunting Quotes

‘Better he should be bruised from head to foot by me who love him than that he should come to harm through ignorance,” Baloo answered very earnestly. “I am now teaching him the Master Words of the Jungle that shall protect him with the birds and the Snake People, and all that hunt on four feet, except his own pack. He can now claim protection, if he will only remember the words, from all in the jungle. Is not that worth a little beating?’

Related Characters: Baloo (speaker), Mowgli, Bagheera, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 36-37
Explanation and Analysis:

‘I have taught thee all the Law of the Jungle for all the peoples of the jungle—except the Monkey-Folk who live in the trees. They have no law. They are outcasts. They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way. They are without leaders. They have no remembrance. They boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten. We of the jungle have no dealings with them. We do not drink where the monkeys drink; we do not go where the monkeys go; we do not hunt where they hunt; we do not die where they die.’

Related Characters: Baloo (speaker), Mowgli, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 40
Explanation and Analysis:

Bagheera gave him half a dozen love-taps from a panther’s point of view (they would hardly have waked one of his own cubs), but for a seven-year-old boy they amounted to as severe a beating as you could wish to avoid. When it was all over Mowgli sneezed, and picked himself up with a word.

‘Now,’ said Bagheera, ‘jump on my back, Little Brother, and we will go home.’

One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. There is no nagging afterward.

Related Characters: Bagheera (speaker), Mowgli, Baloo, The Bandar-log
Page Number: 69-71
Explanation and Analysis: