`` Back ! Back and wait ! Man does not eat Man ! '' Mowgli shrieked . `` Who was a wolf but now ? Who drove the knife at me for thinking he might be Man ? '' said Akela , as the four wolves turned back sullenly and dropped to heel . `` Am I to give reason for all I choose to , do ? '' said Mowgli furiously . `` That is Man ! There speaks Man ! '' Bagheera muttered under his whiskers . `` Even so did men talk round the King 's cages at Oodeypore . We of the Jungle know that Man is wisest of all . If we trusted our ears we should know that of all things he is most foolish . '' Raising his voice , he added , `` The Man-cub is right in this . Men hunt in packs . To kill one , unless we know what the others will do , is bad hunting . Come , let us see what this Man means toward us . '' `` We will not come , '' Gray Brother growled .
`` Hunt alone , Little XXXXX .
Akela Bagheera Brother Gray King Man-cub Mowgli Oodeypore right voice