But this can be done . Wait awhile , Kaa of the Rocks , and see the boy run . There is room for great sport here . Life is good . Run to and fro awhile , and make sport , boy ! '' Mowgli put his hand on Kaa 's head quietly . `` The white thing has dealt with men of the Man-Pack until now . He does not know me , '' he whispered . `` He has asked for this hunting . Let him have it . '' Mowgli had been standing with the ankus held point down . He flung it from him quickly and it dropped crossways just behind the great snake 's hood , pinning him to the floor . In a flash , Kaa 's weight was upon the writhing body , paralysing it from hood to tail . The red eyes burned , and the six spare inches of the head struck furiously right and left . `` Kill ! '' said Kaa , as Mowgli 's hand went to his knife . `` No , '' he said , as he drew the blade ; `` I will never kill again save for food . But look you , Kaa ! '' He caught the snake behind the hood , forced the mouth open with the blade of the knife , and showed the terrible poison-fangs of the upper jaw lying black and withered in the gum . The White Cobra had outlived his poison , as a snake will .
`` THUU '' -LRB- `` It is dried up '' -- Literally , a rotted out tree-stump -RRB- , said Mowgli ; and motioning XXXXX away , he picked up the ankus , setting the White Cobra free .
Kaa Man-Pack Mowgli ankus eyes fro hunting left poison-fangs right