`` It was another . '' `` Hast thou many dealings with the Poison People ? I give them their own path . They carry death in the fore-tooth , and that is not good -- for they are so small . But what hood is this thou hast spoken with ? '' Kaa rolled slowly in the water like a steamer in a beam sea . `` Three or four moons since , '' said he , `` I hunted in Cold Lairs , which place thou hast not forgotten . And the thing I hunted fled shrieking past the tanks and to that house whose side I once broke for thy sake , and ran into the ground . '' `` But the people of Cold Lairs do not live in burrows . '' Mowgli knew that Kaa was telling of the Monkey People . `` This thing was not living , but seeking to live , '' Kaa replied , with a quiver of his tongue . `` He ran into a burrow that led very far . I followed , and having killed , I slept . When I waked I went forward . '' `` Under the earth ? '' `` Even so , coming at last upon a White Hood -LSB- a white cobra -RSB- , who spoke of things beyond my knowledge , and showed me many things I had never before seen . '' `` New game ? Was it good hunting ? '' Mowgli turned quickly on his side . `` It was no game , and would have broken all my teeth ; but the White Hood said that a man -- he spoke as one that knew the breed -- that a man would give the breath under his ribs for only the sight of those things . ''
`` We will look , '' said XXXXX .
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