They have their regular roads and crossroads , up hills and down hills , all laid out from fifty to seventy or a hundred feet above ground , and by these they can travel even at night if necessary . Two of the strongest monkeys caught Mowgli under the arms and swung off with him through the treetops , twenty feet at a bound . Had they been alone they could have gone twice as fast , but the boy 's weight held them back . Sick and giddy as Mowgli was he could not help enjoying the wild rush , though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him , and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth . His escort would rush him up a tree till he felt the thinnest topmost branches crackle and bend under them , and then with a cough and a whoop would fling themselves into the air outward and downward , and bring up , hanging by their hands or their feet to the lower limbs of the next tree . Sometimes he could see for miles and miles across the still green jungle , as a man on the top of a mast can see for miles across the sea , and then the branches and leaves would lash him across the face , and he and his two guards would be almost down to earth again . So , bounding and crashing and whooping and yelling , the whole tribe of Bandar-log swept along the tree-roads with Mowgli their prisoner . For a time he was afraid of being dropped . Then he grew angry but knew better than to struggle , and then he began to think . The first thing was to send back word to Baloo and Bagheera , for , at the pace the monkeys were going , he knew his friends would be left far behind . It was useless to look down , for he could only see the topsides of the branches , so he stared upward and saw , far away in the blue , Rann the Kite balancing and wheeling as he kept watch over the jungle waiting for things to die . Rann saw that the monkeys were carrying something , and dropped a few hundred yards to find out whether their load was good to eat . He whistled with surprise when he saw Mowgli being dragged up to a treetop and heard him give the Kite call for -- `` We be of one blood , thou and I. '' The waves of the branches closed over the boy , but Rann balanced away to the next tree in time to see the little brown face come up again . `` Mark my trail ! '' Mowgli shouted . `` Tell Baloo of the Seeonee Pack and Bagheera of the Council Rock . '' `` In whose name , Brother ? '' Rann had never seen Mowgli before , though of course he had heard of him . `` Mowgli , the Frog . Man-cub they call me !
Mark my XXXXX ! ''
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