Мауглі

           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."