Join Host Bree Carlile as she reads the fourth chapter of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
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Welcome to Bite at a Time Books where we read you your favorite classics, one bite at a time. My name is Bree Carlile and I love to read and wanted to share my passion with listeners like you. If you enjoy our show, be sure to follow us so you get all the new episodes. We would also love for you to drop us a rating on your favorite podcast platform, and share our show with your friends. You can catch us on all the social medias @BiteataTimeBooks. Today we will be continuing The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
Bree:
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
Bree:
Here we go in a flung festoon,
Half-way up to the jealous moon!
Don’t you envy our pranceful bands?
Don’t you wish you had extra hands?
Wouldn’t you like if your tails were—so—
Curved in the shape of a Cupid’s bow?
Now you’re angry, but—never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
Bree:
Here we sit in a branchy row,
Thinking of beautiful things we know;
Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do,
All complete, in a minute or two—
Something noble and wise and good,
Done by merely wishing we could.
We’ve forgotten, but—never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
Bree:
All the talk we ever have heard
Uttered by bat or beast or bird—
Hide or fin or scale or feather—
Jabber it quickly and all together!
Excellent! Wonderful! Once again!
Bree:
Now we are talking just like men!
Let’s pretend we are ... never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
This is the way of the Monkey-kind.
Bree:
Then join our leaping lines that scumfish through the pines,
That rocket by where, light and high, the wild grape swings.
By the rubbish in our wake, and the noble noise we make,
Be sure, be sure, we’re going to do some splendid things!
Bree:
Thank you for joining Bite at a Time Books today, while we read a bite of one of your favorite classics. If you enjoy our show, be sure to follow us so you get all the new episodes. We would also love for you to drop us a rating on your favorite podcast platform, and share our show with your friends! You can catch us on all the social medias @BiteataTimeBooks. Also, be sure to check us on our website www.biteatatimebooks.com. Again, my name is Bree Carlile, and I hope you come back tomorrow while we take the next bite of The Jungle Book.
