“So this is the man-cub,” said Kaa. “He is like the Bandar-log, but not the same. Be careful, man-cub, that I do not make a mistake when I am hunting monkeys.”
“We are of one blood, you and I,” Mowgli answered.
“You have given me my life tonight. When I kill, it will be for you if you are hungry.”
“Well spoken,” said Baloo.
“You are brave, young man,” said Kaa, “and you speak well. Now go with your friends. The moon is going down. You must not see what will happen here next.”
Kaa went softly out in front of the lines of sitting monkeys and began to dance. His head moved from fight to left, and his long body turned this way and that way, making circles that changed every sccond. Slowly, never hurrying, Kaa danced in front of the monkeys.