Then Mowgli spoke to Akela in the wolf-language, and suddenly Buldeo was lying on his back on the ground w to Akela in the wolf-language, and suddenly Buldeo was lying on his back on the ground with a big grey wolf standing over him.
‘Buldeo,’ said Mowgli, ‘for a long time this tiger has waned to kill me. But I have killed him.
Buldeo was very afraid. Who was this boy, who could talk to wolves and kill tigers? ‘Great King,’ he said to Mowgli, ‘I am an old man. I thought you were just a herd-boy. Let me go now, and I will go away.’
‘Go, and peace go with you,’ replied Mowgli, and he went on with his work.