How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)
Quote #1
Directly in front of [Father Wolf], holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk—as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf's cave at night. (1.27)
We start the story from the animal's perspective, so an infant child in this environment is very foreign indeed.
Quote #2
"The others hate thee because their eyes cannot meet thine—because thou art wise—because thou hast pulled out thorns from their feet—because thou art a man." (1.88)
Even though Mowgli is raised by wolves, and he has always been kind and helpful to them, they fear him because he is different.