What purpose does this part of the story serve? Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by
Rudyard Kipling
O to build tension in the story
O to provide a solution to the problem
O to introduce a main character
O to break the tension of the story
It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the
Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's
rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his
paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling
in the tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose
dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and
the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they
all lived. "Augrh!" said Father Wolf, "it is time to hunt
again"; and he was going to spring downhill when a
little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold
and whined: "Good luck go with you, O Chief of the
Wolves and good luck and strong white teeth go with
the noble children, that they may never forget the
hungry in this world."