`` I told thee , '' said Kaa softly to the Cobra , -- `` I told thee , four moons ago , that thy city was not . '' `` The city -- the great city of the forest whose gates are guarded by the King 's towers -- can never pass . They builded it before my father 's father came from the egg , and it shall endure when my son 's sons are as white as I ! Salomdhi , son of Chandrabija , son of Viyeja , son of Yegasuri , made it in the days of Bappa Rawal . Whose cattle are YE ? '' `` It is a lost trail , '' said Mowgli , turning to Kaa . `` I know not his talk . '' `` Nor I . He is very old . Father of Cobras , there is only the Jungle here , as it has been since the beginning . '' `` Then who is HE , '' said the White Cobra , `` sitting down before me , unafraid , knowing not the name of the King , talking our talk through a man 's lips ? Who is he with the knife and the snake 's tongue ? '' `` Mowgli they call me , '' was the answer . `` I am of the Jungle . The wolves are my people , and Kaa here is my brother . Father of Cobras , who art thou ? '' `` I am the Warden of the King 's Treasure . Kurrun Raja builded the stone above me , in the days when my skin was dark , that I might teach death to those who came to steal . Then they let down the treasure through the stone , and I heard the song of the Brahmins my masters . '' `` Umm ! ''
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Cobra Jungle Kaa Mowgli Raja Rawal Salomdhi Viyeja Yegasuri days