Маугли
Tiger! Tiger!
Whenthemoonroseovertheplain,makingitlookallmilky,thehorrifiedvillagerssawMowgli,withtwowolvesathisheelsandabundleonhishead,trottingacrossatthesteadywolf’strotthateatsupthelongmileslikefire.Thentheybangedthetemplebellsandblewtheconcheslouderthanever.AndMessuacried,andBuldeoembroideredthestoryofhisadventuresinthejungle,tillheendedbysayingthatAkelastooduponhishindlegsandtalkedlikeaman.
ThemoonwasjustgoingdownwhenMowgliandthetwowolvescametothehilloftheCouncilRock,andtheystoppedatMotherWolf’scave.
"TheyhavecastmeoutfromtheMan-Pack,Mother,"shoutedMowgli,"butIcomewiththehideofShereKhantokeepmyword."
MotherWolfwalkedstifflyfromthecavewiththecubsbehindher,andhereyesglowedasshesawtheskin.
"Itoldhimonthatday,whenhecrammedhisheadandshouldersintothiscave,huntingforthylife,LittleFrog—Itoldhimthatthehunterwouldbethehunted.Itiswelldone."
"LittleBrother,itiswelldone,"saidadeepvoiceinthethicket."Wewerelonelyinthejunglewithoutthee,andBagheeracamerunningtoMowgli’sbarefeet.TheyclambereduptheCouncilRocktogether,andMowglispreadtheskinoutontheflatstonewhereAkelausedtosit,andpeggeditdownwithfoursliversofbamboo,andAkelalaydownuponit,andcalledtheoldcalltotheCouncil,‘Look—lookwell,OWolves,’exactlyashehadcalledwhenMowgliwasfirstbroughtthere."
