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Tiger! Tiger!

           Theytoldwonderfultalesofgodsandmenandghosts;andBuldeotoldevenmorewonderfulonesofthewaysofbeastsinthejungle,tilltheeyesofthechildrensittingoutsidethecirclebulgedoutoftheirheads.Mostofthetaleswereaboutanimals,forthejunglewasalwaysattheirdoor.Thedeerandthewildpiggrubbeduptheircrops,andnowandagainthetigercarriedoffamanattwilight,withinsightofthevillagegates. 

           Mowgli,whonaturallyknewsomethingaboutwhattheyweretalkingof,hadtocoverhisfacenottoshowthathewaslaughing,whileBuldeo,theTowermusketacrosshisknees,climbedonfromonewonderfulstorytoanother,andMowgli’sshouldersshook. 

           BuldeowasexplaininghowthetigerthathadcarriedawayMessua’ssonwasaghost-tiger,andhisbodywasinhabitedbytheghostofawicked,oldmoney-lender,whohaddiedsomeyearsago."AndIknowthatthisistrue,"hesaid,"becausePurunDassalwayslimpedfromtheblowthathegotinariotwhenhisaccountbookswereburned,andthetigerthatIspeakofhelimps,too,forthetracksofhispadsareunequal." 

           "True,true,thatmustbethetruth,"saidthegray-beards,noddingtogether. 

           "Areallthesetalessuchcobwebsandmoontalk?"saidMowgli."Thattigerlimpsbecausehewasbornlame,aseveryoneknows.Totalkofthesoulofamoney-lenderinabeastthatneverhadthecourageofajackalischild’stalk." 

           Buldeowasspeechlesswithsurpriseforamoment,andthehead-manstared. 

            

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