Sometimes it falls in the dry summer and sometimes in the wet rains -- this one Night of the Tiger . But for the First of the Tigers , this would never have been , nor would any of us have known fear . '' The deer grunted sorrowfully and Bagheera 's lips curled in a wicked smile . `` Do men know this -- tale ? '' said he . `` None know it except the tigers , and we , the elephants -- the children of Tha . Now ye by the pools have heard it , and I have spoken . '' Hathi dipped his trunk into the water as a sign that he did not wish to talk . `` But -- but -- but , '' said Mowgli , turning to Baloo , `` why did not the First of the Tigers continue to eat grass and leaves and trees ? He did but break the buck 's neck . He did not EAT . What led him to the hot meat ? '' `` The trees and the creepers marked him , Little Brother , and made him the striped thing that we see . Never again would he eat their fruit ; but from that day he revenged himself upon the deer , and the others , the Eaters of Grass , '' said Baloo . `` Then THOU knowest the tale . Heh ? Why have I never heard ? '' `` Because the Jungle is full of such tales . If I made a beginning there would never be an end to them . Let go my ear , Little Brother . ''
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE Just to give you an idea of the immense variety of the Jungle Law , I have translated into verse -LRB- XXXXX always recited them in a sort of sing-song -RRB- a few of the laws that apply to the wolves .
Baloo Brother First Hathi Heh Mowgli Night Tha Tigers day