Some of the dholes , too , had fallen into the gullies that communicated with the underground caves , and there choked and fought and snapped among the tumbled honeycombs , and at last , borne up , even when they were dead , on the heaving waves of bees beneath them , shot out of some hole in the river-face , to roll over on the black rubbish-heaps . There were dholes who had leaped short into the trees on the cliffs , and the bees blotted out their shapes ; but the greater number of them , maddened by the stings , had flung themselves into the river ; and , as Kaa said , the Waingunga was hungry water . Kaa held Mowgli fast till the boy had recovered his breath . `` We may not stay here , '' he said . `` The Little People are roused indeed . Come ! '' Swimming low and diving as often as he could , Mowgli went down the river , knife in hand . `` Slowly , slowly , '' said Kaa . `` One tooth does not kill a hundred unless it be a cobra 's , and many of the dholes took water swiftly when they saw the Little People rise . '' `` The more work for my knife , then . Phai ! How the Little People follow ! '' Mowgli sank again . The face of the water was blanketed with wild bees , buzzing sullenly and stinging all they found . `` Nothing was ever yet lost by silence , '' said Kaa -- no sting could penetrate his scales -- `` and thou hast all the long night for the hunting . Hear them howl ! '' Nearly half the pack had seen the trap their fellows rushed into , and turning sharp aside had flung themselves into the water where the gorge broke down in steep banks . Their cries of rage and their threats against the `` tree-ape '' who had brought them to their shame mixed with the yells and growls of those who had been punished by the Little People . To remain ashore was death , and every dhole knew it . Their pack was swept along the current , down to the deep eddies of the Peace Pool , but even there the angry Little People followed and forced them to the water again .
XXXXX could hear the voice of the tailless leader bidding his people hold on and kill out every wolf in Seeonee .
Kaa Mowgli Phai Waingunga dhole dholes night river-face rubbish-heaps tree-ape