I have killed Fear . ' And Tha said : ' O blind and foolish ! Thou hast untied the feet of Death , and he will follow thy trail till thou diest . Thou hast taught Man to kill ! ' `` The First of the Tigers , standing stiffly to his kill , said . ` He is as the buck was . There is no Fear . Now I will judge the Jungle Peoples once more . ' `` And Tha said : ` Never again shall the Jungle Peoples come to thee . They shall never cross thy trail , nor sleep near thee , nor follow after thee , nor browse by thy lair . Only Fear shall follow thee , and with a blow that thou canst not see he shall bid thee wait his pleasure . He shall make the ground to open under thy feet , and the creeper to twist about thy neck , and the tree-trunks to grow together about thee higher than thou canst leap , and at the last he shall take thy hide to wrap his cubs when they are cold . Thou hast shown him no mercy , and none will he show thee . ' `` The First of the Tigers was very bold , for his Night was still on him , and he said : ` The Promise of Tha is the Promise of Tha . He will not take away my Night ? ' And Tha said : ` The one Night is thine , as I have said , but there is a price to pay . Thou hast taught Man to kill , and he is no slow learner . ' `` The First of the Tigers said : ` He is here under my foot , and his back is broken . Let the Jungle know I have killed Fear . ' `` Then Tha laughed , and said : ` Thou hast killed one of many , but thou thyself shalt tell the Jungle -- for thy Night is ended . '
`` So the day came ; and from the mouth of the cave went out another Hairless One , and he saw the kill in the path , and the XXXXX of the Tigers above it , and he took a pointed stick -- '' `` They throw a thing that cuts now , '' said Ikki , rustling down the bank ; for Ikki was considered uncommonly good eating by the Gonds -- they called him Ho-Igoo -- and he knew something of the wicked little Gondee axe that whirls across a clearing like a dragon-fly .
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