while Gray Brother and Akela howled between the verses.
Look well, O Wolves. Have I kept my word? said Mowgli. And the wolves
bayed Yes, and one tattered wolf howled:
Lead us again, O Akela. Lead us again, O Man-cub, for we be sick of
this lawlessness, and we would be the Free People once more.
Nay, purred Bagheera, that may not be. When ye are full-fed, the
madness may come upon you again. Not for nothing are ye called the Free
People. Ye fought for freedom, and it is yours. Eat it, O Wolves.
Man-Pack and Wolf-Pack have cast me out, said Mowgli. Now I will hunt
alone in the jungle.
And we will hunt with thee, said the four cubs.
So Mowgli went away and hunted with the four cubs in the jungle from
that day on. But he was not always alone, because, years afterward, he
became a man and married.
But that is a story for grown-ups.
Mowgli s Song
THAT HE SANG AT THE COUNCIL ROCK WHEN HE
DANCED ON SHERE KHAN S HIDE
The Song of Mowgli I, Mowgli, am singing. Let the jungle listen to the
things I have done.
Shere Khan said he would kill would kill! At the gates in the twilight
he would kill Mowgli, the Frog!
He ate and he drank. Drink deep, Shere Khan, for when wilt thou drink
again? Sleep and dream of the kill.
I am alone on the grazing-grounds. Gray Brother, come to me! Come to
me, Lone Wolf, for there is big game afoot!
Bring up the great bull buffaloes, the blue-skinned herd bulls with the
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