5-letni Mowgli je sin indijskega vodiča, ki se nekega dne izgubi v džungli. Preživetja v divjini se nauči s pomočjo živali, ki se z njim spoprijateljijo in začnejo sporazumevati. Ko odraste, se Mowgli ponovno sreča s civilizacijo in z Emily, ki jo je poznal v otroštvu. Profesor Plumford ga začne učiti govora, toda Mowgliju se družbena pravila po vseh teh letih zdijo tuja. Med njim in Emily se vseeno razvije globoka vez, kar gre v nos tako njenemu očetu kot tudi zadrtemu zaročencu.
An adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.