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Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack

The Jungle Book · Rudyard Kipling

A sambar stag with wide antlers bells at dawn in a misty sal forest.

As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled Once, twice and again! And a doe leaped up, and a doe leaped up From the pond in the wood where the wild deer sup. This I, scouting alone, beheld, Once, twice and again!

A sambar doe leaps from a forest pond at dawn, splashing water, while other deer drink behind her.

As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled Once, twice and again! And a wolf stole back, and a wolf stole back To carry the word to the waiting pack, And we sought and we found and we bayed on his track Once, twice and again!

A grey wolf creeps through the dawn undergrowth toward three wolves waiting on the rocks.

As the dawn was breaking the Wolf Pack yelled Once, twice and again! Feet in the jungle that leave no mark!

Eyes that can see in the dark--the dark! Tongue--give tongue to it! Hark! O hark! Once, twice and again!

A pack of grey wolves howls together on a rocky hillside in the blue light before dawn.