We could not do it without you,” said Baloo.
“They will not move until I tell them to move,” said Kaa. “Get the man-cub out and let us go,” he said. The monkeys were suddenly silent and still, and nothing moved in the city. Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hissing word. When they are very young, monkeys are told about Kaa, the silent thief who can kill the strongest monkey. He went silently into the crowd of monkeys around Baloo, and he did not need to hit twice.
Kaa was ten meters long, heavy and strong. Now he came down the hill very quickly, hungry and wanting to kill. And where was Kaa all this time? It was a hard climb up to the west wall, and Kaa moved carefully over the stones. But they stood all round the sides, ready to jump on him if he tried to get out and help Baloo. The monkeys were afraid of water and could not follow him there. Mowgli heard a splash when Bagheera jumped into the tank. Then Baloo came running in from the jungle, shouting,Īt once the monkeys jumped on him, and the bear started to hit them with his great strong arms. Suddenly he felt stronger and he pulled himself slowly to the tank, fighting against the crowds of monkeys. “Go to the tank, Bagheera! Get to the water!”īagheera heard and he knew that Mowgli was safe. There was a big tank of water near one of the buildings. For the first time ever, the big panther was fighting for his life. Mowgli stood very still and listened to the fight around Bagheera. “We will not bite you, but stand still, Little Brother, because your feet can hurt us.” “We are of one blood, you and I.” he said, quickly giving the Snakes' Call. Mowgli heard hissing sounds in the darkness around him. And then we will play with you, if the snakes leave you alive.” “Stay there,” shouted the monkeys, “until we have killed your friend. He fell down into a dark room which had no doors or windows, and he could not get out. Another group pulled Mowgliup a wall and pushed him over. “There is only one here! Kill him! Kill!”Īnd a crowd of monkeys jumped on Bagheera, biting and pulling. The monkeys screamed angrily, but then one of them shouted, The black panther ran quickly to the crowds of monkeys and started hitting, right and left, as hard as he could.
“I will go to the higher ground at the west wall,” Kaa said, “and come down the hill very fast. “When the cloud hides the moon, I will attack them.” “They are over there by that house, talking about the boy.” said Bagheera. There were only two of them, and there were hundreds of monkeys. They were now outside the city walls, but they knew they had to be careful. Bagheera and Kaa were also watching that cloud.
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