For myself , I am not of one skin with ANY wolf . '' When Kaa disliked an acquaintance he could be more unpleasant than any of the Jungle People , except perhaps Bagheera . He swam down-stream , and opposite the Rock he came on Phao and Akela listening to the night noises . `` Hssh ! Dogs , '' he said cheerfully . `` The dholes will come down-stream . If ye be not afraid ye can kill them in the shallows . '' `` When come they ? '' said Phao . `` And where is my Man-cub ? '' said Akela . `` They come when they come , '' said Kaa . `` Wait and see . As for THY Man-cub , from whom thou hast taken a Word and so laid him open to Death , THY Man-cub is with ME , and if he be not already dead the fault is none of thine , bleached dog ! Wait here for the dhole , and be glad that the Man-cub and I strike on thy side . '' Kaa flashed up-stream again , and moored himself in the middle of the gorge , looking upward at the line of the cliff . Presently he saw Mowgli 's head move against the stars , and then there was a whizz in the air , the keen , clean schloop of a body falling feet first , and next minute the boy was at rest again in the loop of Kaa 's body . `` It is no leap by night , '' said Mowgli quietly . `` I have jumped twice as far for sport ; but that is an evil place above -- low bushes and gullies that go down very deep , all full of the Little People . I have put big stones one above the other by the side of three gullies .
These I shall throw down with my feet in running , and the Little XXXXX will rise up behind me , very angry . ''
Akela Hssh Kaa Man-cub People down-stream first night schloop whizz