Question: The television adaptation of a short story by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose was directed by what animator?

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The Cat Who Walked by Herself: The Cat Who Walked by Herself (Russian: Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе ; "Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe") is a 1988 Soviet animated feature film directed by Ideya Garanina and made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio.  It is based on Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Cat that Walked by Himself".  Like the earlier Soviet animated feature "Adventures of Mowgli", the film retains the dark, primal tone of Kipling's work.  Includes in itself almost all types animation technologies.

Toomai of the Elephants: Toomai of the Elephants is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler.  It was first published in "St Nicholas Magazine" (December 1893) and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, "The Jungle Book" (1894).

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose.

Mowgli's Brothers (TV special): Mowgli's Brothers is a 1976 television animated special directed by American animator Chuck Jones.  It is based on the first chapter of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book".  The special was narrated by Roddy McDowall, who also performs the voices of all the male characters in the film.  June Foray was the voice of Raksha, the Mother Wolf.  It originally aired on CBS on February 11, 1976.  The special was released on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc by Family Home Entertainment in 1985, and it was released on VHS again on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2002 and 2007 by Lionsgate.  Jones also directed adaptations of two other "The Jungle Book" stories, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "The White Seal", in 1975.

The Rescue of Pluffles: "The Rescue of Pluffles" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling.  Its first appearance in book form was in Kipling's first collection of short stories, "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888); it was first published in the "Civil and Military Gazette" on November 20, 1886.  It centres on Mrs Hauksbee, and begins

The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly: "The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling.  It was first published in the "Civil and Military Gazette" on November 23 1886, in book form in the first Indian edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills" in 1888, and in subsequent editions of that collection.  The story, published when Kipling was not quite 21 years old, is a well-crafted piece of writing about an essentially schoolboy version of "schadenfreude" - sheer pleasure, in this case, at seeing someone 'get his comeuppance' - with an element of slapstick.

Letting in the Jungle: "Letting In the Jungle" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling which continues Mowgli's adventures from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Tiger!  Tiger! ".  The story was written at Kipling's parents' home in Tisbury, Wiltshire, and is therefore the only Mowgli story not written in Vermont.

His Chance in Life: "His Chance in Life" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling.  It was first published in the first Indian edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888), and in subsequent editions of that collection.  The story is illuminating about Kipling's attitudes to race, which are less cut-and-dried than is often thought.  Kipling is interesting, if not very detailed, on people of mixed race and the snobberies involved.  (For some detail, see the Kipling Society notes.)

The Far Pavilions: The Far Pavilions is an epic novel of British-Indian history by M. M. Kaye, published in 1978, which tells the story of an English officer during the British Raj.  There are many parallels between this novel and Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" that was published in 1900: the settings, the young English boy raised as a native by an Indian surrogate mother, "the Great Game" as it was played by the British Empire and Imperial Russia.  The novel, rooted deeply in the romantic epics of the 19th century, has been hailed as a masterpiece of storytelling.  It is based partly on biographical writings of the author's grandfather as well as her knowledge of and childhood experiences in India.  It has sold millions of copies, caused travel agents to create tours that visited the locations in the book, and inspired a television adaptation and a musical play.

The Jungle Book (1994 film): Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman.  It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.

Supporting paragraphs: Mowgli's Brothers (TV special) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Answer: Chuck Jones