Listen, man- cub,’ said Baloo angrily. ‘I have taught you Law for all the Jungle-people, but not for the Monkey-people. They have Law. Their ways are not our ways. They are noisy and dirty, and they think that they are a great people, but then they forget everything. The read of the Jungle-people do not talk to them, or ever think about them. Remember wath I tall you.
Mowgli listened, and was sorry. But all that time the Bandar-log wear above them in the trees, listening and watching. They followed Mowgli and his friends through the jungle until it was time for the midday rest. Mowgli lay between his friends and went to sleep, saying, ‘I will never talk to or play with the Monkey-people again.’