Mowgli whispered in Bagheera 's ear . `` To kill Man is always , shameful . The Law says so . And yet Hathi says -- '' `` Ask him . I do not know , Little Brother . Right or no right , if Hathi had not spoken I would have taught that lame butcher his lesson . To come to the Peace Rock fresh from a kill of Man -- and to boast of it -- is a jackal 's trick . Besides , he tainted the good water . '' Mowgli waited for a minute to pick up his courage , because no one cared to address Hathi directly , and then he cried : `` What is Shere Khan 's right , O Hathi ? '' Both banks echoed his words , for all the People of the Jungle are intensely curious , and they had just seen something that none except Baloo , who looked very thoughtful , seemed to understand . `` It is an old tale , '' said Hathi ; `` a tale older than the Jungle . Keep silence along the banks and I will tell that tale . '' There was a minute or two of pushing a shouldering among the pigs and the buffalo , and then the leaders of the herds grunted , one after another , `` We wait , '' and Hathi strode forward , till he was nearly knee-deep in the pool by the Peace Rock . Lean and wrinkled and yellow-tusked though he was , he looked what the Jungle knew him to be -- their master . `` Ye know , children , '' he began , `` that of all things ye most fear Man ; '' and there was a mutter of agreement . `` This tale touches thee , Little Brother , '' said Bagheera to Mowgli . `` I ? I am of the Pack -- a hunter of the Free People , '' Mowgli answered . `` What have I to do with Man ? '' `` And ye do not know why ye fear Man ? ''
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