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Mowgli’s Brothers

           "Good!"saidMowgli. "Igo. Butartthousure,OmyBagheera"heslippedhisarmaroundthesplendidneckandlookeddeepintothebigeyes"artthousurethatallthisisShereKhan’sdoing?" 

           "BytheBrokenLockthatfreedme,Iamsure,LittleBrother." 

           "Then,bytheBullthatboughtme,IwillpayShereKhanfulltaleforthis,anditmaybealittleover,"saidMowgli,andheboundedaway. 

           "Thatisaman.Thatisallaman,"saidBagheeratohimself,lyingdownagain. "Oh,ShereKhan,neverwasablackerhuntingthanthatfrog-huntofthinetenyearsago!" 

           Mowgliwasfarandfarthroughtheforest,runninghard,andhisheartwashotinhim. Hecametothecaveastheeveningmistrose,anddrewbreath,andlookeddownthevalley. Thecubswereout,butMotherWolf,atthebackofthecave,knewbyhisbreathingthatsomethingwastroublingherfrog. 

           "Whatisit,Son?"shesaid. 

           "Somebat’schatterofShereKhan,"hecalledback. "Ihuntamongtheplowedfieldstonight," andheplungeddownwardthroughthebushes,tothestreamatthebottomofthevalley. Therehechecked,forheheardtheyellofthePackhunting,heardthebellowofahuntedSambhur,andthesnortasthebuckturnedatbay. Thentherewerewicked,bitterhowlsfromtheyoungwolves: "Akela!Akela! LettheLoneWolfshowhisstrength. RoomfortheleaderofthePack! Spring,Akela!" 

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