‘They will not move until I tell them to move,’ said Kaa.
‘We must thank you, Kaa. We could not it without you,’ said Baloo.
‘I am happy to help. Where is the man-cub?’ said Kaa.
‘Here! In this room, but I cannot get out.’
‘Take him away,’ called the snakes around Mowgli.
‘He dances around too much and he will stand on us.’
‘Stand back, man-cub,’ said kaa. ‘I will break the wall.’
With two metres of his heavy body off the ground, Kaa hit the wall very hard, five or six times. A hole opened, and Mowgli jumped quickly through it. He ran and put his arms around Baloo and Bagheera.
‘Are you hurt?’ asked Baloo.
‘Not much,’ said Mowgli, ‘but the Bandar-log have hurt you badly, my friends.’
‘It is nothing,’ said Baloo. ‘But you must thank Kaa. He has done must for you tonight.’
Mowgli turned and saw the head of the great python.
‘So this is the man-cub,’ said Kaa. ‘He is link 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 if you are hungry.’
‘Well spoken,’ said Baloo.