Маугли

           "Somethingofthatkinditwasthattheyshoutedtouslastmoon,butwenevernoticedthem. Theywillsayanything—eventhatthouhastlostallthyteeth,andwiltnotfaceanythingbiggerthanakid,because(theyareindeedshameless,theseBandar-log)—becausethouartafraidofthehe-goat’shorns,"Bagheerawentonsweetly. 

           Nowasnake,especiallyawaryoldpythonlikeKaa,veryseldomshowsthatheisangry,butBalooandBagheeracouldseethebigswallowingmusclesoneithersideofKaa’sthroatrippleandbulge. 

           "TheBandar-loghaveshiftedtheirgrounds,"hesaidquietly. "WhenIcameupintothesuntodayIheardthemwhoopingamongthetree-tops." 

           "It—itistheBandar-logthatwefollownow,"saidBaloo,butthewordsstuckinhisthroat,forthatwasthefirsttimeinhismemorythatoneoftheJungle-Peoplehadownedtobeinginterestedinthedoingsofthemonkeys. 

           "Beyonddoubtthenitisnosmallthingthattakestwosuchhunters—leadersintheirownjungleIamcertain—onthetrailoftheBandar-log,"Kaarepliedcourteously,asheswelledwithcuriosity. 

           "Indeed,"Baloobegan,"IamnomorethantheoldandsometimesveryfoolishTeacheroftheLawtotheSeeoneewolf-cubs,andBagheerahere—" 

           "IsBagheera,"saidtheBlackPanther,andhisjawsshutwithasnap,forhedidnotbelieveinbeinghumble. "Thetroubleisthis,Kaa. Thosenut-stealersandpickersofpalmleaveshavestolenawayourman-cubofwhomthouhastperhapsheard." 

           "IheardsomenewsfromIkki(hisquillsmakehimpresumptuous)ofaman-thingthatwasenteredintoawolfpack,butIdidnotbelieve. Ikkiisfullofstorieshalfheardandverybadlytold."