`` THOU wast never afraid of ME , Little Frog , '' said Mother Wolf , backing into the high grass , and blotting herself out , as she knew how . `` And now , '' said Mowgli cheerfully , as he swung into the hut again , `` they are all sitting round Buldeo , who is saying that which did not happen . When his talk is finished , they say they will assuredly come here with the Red -- with fire and burn you both . And then ? '' `` I have spoken to my man , '' said Messua . `` Khanhiwara is thirty miles from here , but at Khanhiwara we may find the English -- '' `` And what Pack are they ? '' said Mowgli . `` I do not know . They be white , and it is said that they govern all the land , and do not suffer people to burn or beat each other without witnesses . If we can get thither to-night , we live . Otherwise we die . '' `` Live , then . No man passes the gates to-night . But what does HE do ? '' Messua 's husband was on his hands and knees digging up the earth in one corner of the hut . `` It is his little money , '' said Messua . `` We can take nothing else . '' `` Ah , yes . The stuff that passes from hand to hand and never grows warmer . Do they need it outside this place also ? ''
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Buldeo English Khanhiwara Messua Mowgli Red Wolf burn fire to-night