From the landward side ? '' `` Indeed , no . That I had forgotten . '' `` Go look . It is all rotten ground , cut and full of holes . One of thy clumsy feet set down without seeing would end the hunt . See , I leave thee here , and for thy sake only I will carry word to the Pack that they may know where to look for the dhole . 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 XXXXX , 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 !
Bagheera Hssh Kaa Man-cub Phao dhole dholes down-stream night shallows