`` My strength is gone from me , and it is not any poison . By night and by day I hear a double step upon my trail . When I turn my head it is as though one had hidden himself from me that instant . I go to look behind the trees and he is not there . I call and none cry again ; but it is as though one listened and kept back the answer . I lie down , but I do not rest . I run the spring running , but I am not made still . I bathe , but I am not made cool . The kill sickens me , but I have no heart to fight except I kill . The Red Flower is in my body , my bones are water -- and -- I know not what I know . '' `` What need of talk ? '' said Baloo slowly , turning his head to where Mowgli lay . `` Akela by the river said it , that Mowgli should drive Mowgli back to the Man-Pack . I said it . But who listens now to Baloo ? Bagheera -- where is Bagheera this night ? -- he knows also . It is the Law . '' `` When we met at Cold Lairs , Manling , I knew it , '' said Kaa , turning a little in his mighty coils . `` Man goes to Man at the last , though the Jungle does not cast him out . ''
The Four looked at one another and at XXXXX , puzzled but obedient .
Akela Bagheera Baloo Flower Kaa Law Man-Pack Mowgli day night