Мауглі
Tiger! Tiger!
"Therearetwowordstothat.Ialsohavemadealittlepromise.Butnewsisalwaysgood.Iamtiredto-night—verytiredwithnewthings,GrayBrother—butbringmethenewsalways."
"Thouwiltnotforgetthatthouartawolf?Menwillnotmaketheeforget?"saidGrayBrotheranxiously.
"Never.IwillalwaysrememberthatIlovetheeandallinourcave.ButalsoIwillalwaysrememberthatIhavebeencastoutofthePack."
"Andthatthoumayestbecastoutofanotherpack.Menareonlymen,LittleBrother,andtheirtalkislikethetalkoffrogsinapond.WhenIcomedownhereagain,Iwillwaitfortheeinthebamboosattheedgeofthegrazing-ground."
ForthreemonthsafterthatnightMowglihardlyeverleftthevillagegate,hewassobusylearningthewaysandcustomsofmen.Firsthehadtowearaclothroundhim,whichannoyedhimhorribly;andthenhehadtolearnaboutmoney,whichhedidnotintheleastunderstand,andaboutplowing,ofwhichhedidnotseetheuse.Thenthelittlechildreninthevillagemadehimveryangry.Luckily,theLawoftheJunglehadtaughthimtokeephistemper,forinthejunglelifeandfooddependonkeepingyourtemper;butwhentheymadefunofhimbecausehewouldnotplaygamesorflykites,orbecausehemispronouncedsomeword,onlytheknowledgethatitwasunsportsmanliketokilllittlenakedcubskepthimfrompickingthemupandbreakingthemintwo.
