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Kaa’s Hunting

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

           Nowasnake,especiallyawaryoldpythonlikeKaa,veryseldomshowsthatheisangry,butBalooandBagheeracouldseethebigswallowingmusclesoneithersideofKaa’sthroatrippleandbulge. 

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

           "ItitistheBandar-logthatwefollownow,"saidBaloo,butthewordsstuckinhisthroat,forthatwasthefirsttimeinhismemorythatoneoftheJungle-Peoplehadownedtobeinginterestedinthedoingsofthemonkeys. 

           "BeyonddoubtthenitisnosmallthingthattakestwosuchhuntersleadersintheirownjungleIamcertainonthetrailoftheBandar-log,"Kaarepliedcourteously,asheswelledwithcuriosity. 

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

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

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

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