The leader of the pack was Akela, a great grey wolf.
Each new wolf –cubs came to stand in front of him
and Akela said, ‘Look well, O Wolves. Look well!’
At the end, Father Wolf pushed Mowgli into the circle of wolves. Then from the trees outside the circle they heard the voice of Shere Khan.
‘The man –cubs belongs to me. Give hib to me!’
Akela did not move but said only , ‘Look well! Who speaks for this man-cub? Two voices, who are not his father and mother , must speak for him.’
There is only one other animal who can come to these wolf-meeting - Baloo’ the sleepy brown bear. His job is to teach the Law of the Jungle to the wolf-cubs.
‘ I speak for the man-cups,’ came Baloo’s deep voice. ‘Let him run with the Pack. I my self will teach him.’
We need another voice to speak for him,’ said Akela.
Silently, another animal jumped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the panther, black as the night, clever, strong, and dangerous.
‘ O Akela, will you let me speak ?’ said Bagheera softly. ‘The Law of the jungle says it is possible to buy the life the cub. It is bad to kill a man –cub. He cannot hurt you. Let him live with you, and I will give you a fat cow, newly killed, which lies in the jungle not far away.’
The voices of the wolves replied, ‘Let him live.’ They were always hunger and they wanted to get the dead cow. Soon they went away, and there were only Akela, Bagheera, Baloo,a nd Mowgli’s wolf family left. They could hear the angry roars of Shere Khan in the night