During the times of the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth. Nathoo works as a tour guide. On one of his tours, he is leading Colonel Geoffrey Brydon and his men as well as Brydon's 5-year-old daughter Katherine, with whom Mowgli nicknames "Kitty" and is close friends. That night, Shere Khan attacks the encampment, killing some soldiers who had been hunting for fun in the jungle earlier, which had enraged Khan. When he tries to kill the third hunter, Buldeo. Nathoo defends Buldeo who leaves him to be mauled to death by Shere Khan. In the confusion, Mowgli is lost in the jungle with his pet wolf, Grey Brother (so is left unaware of his father's death) - Brydon and his men now believe Mowgli has too been killed. Mowgli is so