`` And now , '' he said , as he put by the head of the fawning wolf on the threshold , `` I have a little cry against thee , Gray Brother . Why came ye not all four when I called so long ago ? '' `` So long ago ? It was but last night . I -- we -- were singing in the Jungle the new songs , for this is the Time of New Talk . Rememberest thou ? '' `` Truly , truly . '' `` And as soon as the songs were sung , '' Gray Brother went on earnestly , `` I followed thy trail . I ran from all the others and followed hot-foot . But , O Little Brother , what hast THOU done , eating and sleeping with the Man-Pack ? '' `` If ye had come when I called , this had never been , '' said Mowgli , running much faster . `` And now what is to be ? '' said Gray Brother . Mowgli was going to answer when a girl in a white cloth came down some path that led from the outskirts of the village . Gray Brother dropped out of sight at once , and Mowgli backed noiselessly into a field of high-springing crops . He could almost have touched her with his hand when the warm , green stalks closed before his face and he disappeared like a ghost . The girl screamed , for she thought she had seen a spirit , and then she gave a deep sigh . Mowgli parted the stalks with his hands and watched her till she was out of sight . `` And now I do not know , '' he said , sighing in his turn . `` WHY did ye not come when I called ? ''
`` We follow thee -- we follow thee , '' Gray XXXXX mumbled , licking at Mowgli 's heel .
Brother Gray Man-Pack Mowgli Rememberest girl hot-foot night stalks village