they would reply . So when Mowgli , heavy-hearted , came up through the well-remembered rocks to the place where he had been brought into the Council , he found only the Four , Baloo , who was nearly blind with age , and the heavy , cold-blooded Kaa coiled around Akela 's empty seat . `` Thy trail ends here , then , Manling ? '' said Kaa , as Mowgli threw himself down , his face in his hands . `` Cry thy cry . We be of one blood , thou and I -- man and snake together . '' `` Why did I not die under Red Dog ? '' the boy moaned . `` 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 .
`` XXXXX by the river said it , that Mowgli should drive Mowgli back to the Man-Pack .
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