WhileIadmireDisney'sanimation(andamlookingforwardtotheirHamlet-ishTheLionKing),Iusuallygripeaboutthechangestheymakeintheirmoviesfromtheirsourcematerial.AllonehastodoisreadtheoriginalPinocchio,PeterPan,or,supposedly,Bambi,toberatethemfordestroyingclassics.IprobablyshouldbebotheredaswellbytheirJungleBook,exceptthatIthinkthatitwasoneofthecaseswherethemarriageofanimation,storyandmusicachievesmorethantheoriginal.Withoutthesourcematerial,itwouldbenothing,ofcourse,butthewonderfulsongs(whocanforget"BareNecessities,""TrustinMe,"or"IWannaBeLikeYou"?)andthestructurethatturnedKipling'sshorttalesintoatwo-hourmoviecreateagestaltthatI'mnotsureKipling'stalesdobythemselves.ThisisprobablysacrilegetotheearsofthetrueKiplingfan,butI'mnothingifnotopinionated.

　　ThestoriesthatmakeuptheJungleBookaren'tsolelyaboutMowgli,though,andit'stheothers,especially"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,"thatmakethisadefinatemusthave.