Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, his father was a professor of architectural sculpture at the Bombay School of Art. In 1870 Kipling's mother gave Rudyard up for adoption so that he could have the chance to receive a good British education. He was sent to live with the Holloways family, Kipling was often beaten by Mrs Holloway but never told anyone about his beatings or his failure to fit in at school. When Kipling was 11 years old a visitor saw how he was treated and immediately told his mother the news. Mrs Kipling rushed to collect Rudyard and took him with her on a long holiday so he could calm down and then he started attending a new school in Devon. His family didn't have enough money to go to college, so he returned to India. His father helped him get a job at the local newspaper so he could discover his surroundings. Kipling suffered from insomnia and was often seen wandering the city streets at night. These night walks brought too many stories because he often ended up in brothels where he spoke to many Englishmen and wrote about his speeches. What Kipling had with men in brothels. He is best known for writing The Jungle Book. Rudyard's father was a professor at an art institute. On 18 January 1992 Kipling married his best friend's sister, Caroline "Carrie" Walcott, at All Souls Church in London. Rudyard's stories tell of his encounters while walking at night. His stories were about his adventures. His story "My Own True Ghost Story" was published on February 25, 1888. This story was about the narrator being in a dark cabin which he described as sinister. While sitting in his room he heard the sound of billiards being played in the next room, but the next room did not exist. Asked a worker about... half of the sheet of paper... believed that your mind only believes what your eyes see, so even if you wear it your mind won't believe it until it receives an image from your eyes. “Never look back or you will fall down the stairs.” Never look back because what happened in the past will only bring you down and will not matter what will happen in the days to come. “It's like a book, I think, this blossoming world, that you can read and take care of for a certain period of time.” “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by humanity.” “The Lord God of hosts be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.” Kipling purchased a house in 1902 in Sussex, England, which would be his home until his death in 1936, just days after his seventieth birthday. Abby's thyroid fever, known as an infection caused by a bacterium called Salmonella Typhi, which is now linked to cholera and is known as yellow fever.