`` Now , lest by crossing each other 's tracks we foul the signs , let each take one trail . I am Big Foot , Little Brother , and thou art Little Foot , the Gond . '' Bagheera leaped back to the original trail , leaving Mowgli stooping above the curious narrow track of the wild little man of the woods . `` Now , '' said Bagheera , moving step by step along the chain of footprints , `` I , Big Foot , turn aside here . Now I hide me behind a rock and stand still , not daring to shift my feet . Cry thy trail , Little Brother . '' `` Now , I , Little Foot , come to the rock , '' said Mowgli , running up his trail . `` Now , I sit down under the rock , leaning upon my right hand , and resting my bow between my toes . I wait long , for the mark of my feet is deep here . '' `` I also , '' said Bagheera , hidden behind the rock . `` I wait , resting the end of the thorn-pointed thing upon a stone . It slips , for here is a scratch upon the stone . Cry thy trail , Little Brother . '' `` One , two twigs and a big branch are broken here , '' said Mowgli , in an undertone . `` Now , how shall I cry THAT ? Ah ! It is plain now . I , Little Foot , go away making noises and tramplings so that Big Foot may hear me . '' He moved away from the rock pace by pace among the trees , his voice rising in the distance as he approached a little cascade . `` I -- go , far -- away -- to -- where -- the -- noise -- of -- falling-water -- covers -- my -- noise ; and -- here -- I -- wait .
Cry thy trail , XXXXX , Big Foot ! ''
Bagheera Brother Foot Gond Mowgli falling-water footprints right tramplings undertone