`` The jungle has many tongues . I know them all . '' `` A little thou knowest , but not much . See , O Bagheera , they never thank their teacher . Not one small wolfling has ever come back to thank old Baloo for his teachings . Say the word for the Hunting-People , then -- great scholar . '' `` We be of one blood , ye and I , '' said Mowgli , giving the words the Bear accent which all the Hunting People use . `` Good . Now for the birds . '' Mowgli repeated , with the Kite 's whistle at the end of the sentence . `` Now for the Snake-People , '' said Bagheera . The answer was a perfectly indescribable hiss , and Mowgli kicked up his feet behind , clapped his hands together to applaud himself , and jumped on to Bagheera 's back , where he sat sideways , drumming with his heels on the glossy skin and making the worst faces he could think of at Baloo . `` There -- there ! That was worth a little bruise , '' said the brown bear tenderly . `` Some day thou wilt remember me . '' Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant , who knows all about these things , and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake , because Baloo could not pronounce it , and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle , because neither snake , bird , nor beast would hurt him . `` No one then is to be feared , '' Baloo wound up , patting his big furry stomach with pride . `` Except his own tribe , '' said Bagheera , under his breath ; and then aloud to Mowgli , `` Have a care for my ribs , Little Brother ! What is all this dancing up and down ? '' Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera 's shoulder fur and kicking hard .
When the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice , `` And so I shall have a XXXXX of my own , and lead them through the branches all day long . ''
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