`` It is nothing , '' said Baloo ; `` we have the man-cub again . '' `` True , but he has cost us heavily in time which might have been spent in good hunting , in wounds , in hair -- I am half plucked along my back -- and last of all , in honor . For , remember , Mowgli , I , who am the Black Panther , was forced to call upon Kaa for protection , and Baloo and I were both made stupid as little birds by the Hunger Dance . All this , man-cub , came of thy playing with the Bandar-log . '' `` True , it is true , '' said Mowgli sorrowfully . `` I am an evil man-cub , and my stomach is sad in me . '' `` Mf ! What says the Law of the Jungle , Baloo ? '' Baloo did not wish to bring Mowgli into any more trouble , but he could not tamper with the Law , so he mumbled : `` Sorrow never stays punishment . But remember , Bagheera , he is very little . '' `` I will remember . But he has done mischief , and blows must be dealt now . Mowgli , hast thou anything to say ? '' `` Nothing . I did wrong . Baloo and thou are wounded . It is just . '' Bagheera gave him half a dozen love-taps from a panther 's point of view -LRB- they would hardly have waked one of his own cubs -RRB- , but for a seven-year-old boy they amounted to as severe a beating as you could wish to avoid . When it was all over Mowgli sneezed , and picked himself up without a word . `` Now , '' said Bagheera , `` jump on my back , Little Brother , and we will go home . ''
One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that XXXXX settles all scores .
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