Baloo
In
Rudyard Kipling's
The Jungle Book and
The Second Jungle Book,
Baloo, the
fictional "sleepy old brown
bear", teaches the cubs of the Seeonee
wolf pack the Law of the Jungle. His most challenging pupil is the "man-cub"
Mowgli; despite Bagheera's objections he sometimes finds it necessary to use
corporal punishment against Mowgli, although when called upon to defend the man-cub against the Bandar-log he does not hesitate.