Hathi

Some day thou wilt remember me.

Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the master words from Hathi, the wild elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the snake word from a water snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, because neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him.

No one then is to be feared, Baloo wound up, patting his big furry stomach with pride.

Except his own tribe, said Bagheera under his breath, and then aloud to Mowgli, have a care for my ribs, little brother.

"Fool that I am.

Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am," said Baloo, uncurling himself with a jerk.

"It is true what Hathi the wild elephant says.

To each his own fear, and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa, the rock snake.

That was worth a little bruise," said the brown bear tenderly.

"Some day thou wilt remember me." Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi, the wild elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, because neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him.

No one then is to be feared, Baloo wound up, patting his big furry stomach with pride.

Except his own tribe, said Bagheera under his breath, and then aloud to Mowgli, Have a care for my ribs, little brother.

But, and it is a great evil, he is in the power of the Bandar-log, and they, because they live in trees, have no fear of any of our people." Bagheera licked one forepaw thoughtfully.

"Fool that I am! Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am!" said Baloo, uncurling himself with a jerk.

"It is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says.

To each his own fear, and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake.