No , he was trumpeting and running and roaring through the valleys in the moonlight . His trail was like the trail of three elephants , for he would not hide among the trees . He danced in the moonlight before the houses of the Man-Pack . I saw him , and yet he would not come to me ; and I am the Master of the Jungle ! '' `` It was the Time of New Talk , '' said the panther , always very humble . `` Perhaps , Little Brother , thou didst not that time call him by a Master-word ? Listen to Ferao , and be glad ! '' Mowgli 's bad temper seemed to have boiled itself away . He lay back with his head on his arms , his eyes shut . `` I do not know -- nor do I care , '' he said sleepily . `` Let us sleep , Bagheera . My stomach is heavy in me . Make me a rest for my head . '' The panther lay down again with a sigh , because he could hear Ferao practising and repractising his song against the Springtime of New Talk , as they say . In an Indian Jungle the seasons slide one into the other almost without division . There seem to be only two -- the wet and the dry ; but if you look closely below the torrents of rain and the clouds of char and dust you will find all four going round in their regular ring . Spring is the most wonderful , because she has not to cover a clean , bare field with new leaves and flowers , but to drive before her and to put away the hanging-on , over-surviving raffle of half-green things which the gentle winter has suffered to live , and to make the partly-dressed stale earth feel new and young once more . And this she does so well that there is no spring in the world like the Jungle spring . There is one day when all things are tired , and the very smells , as they drift on the heavy air , are old and used . One can not explain this , but it feels so .
Then there is another XXXXX -- to the eye nothing whatever has changed -- when all the smells are new and delightful , and the whiskers of the Jungle People quiver to their roots , and the winter hair comes away from their sides in long , draggled locks .
Bagheera Brother Ferao Indian Man-Pack Master-word Mowgli day hanging-on raffle