Never have I been seen without my hide . '' `` Nay , I meant no harm , Baloo ; but only that thou art , as it were , like the cocoanut in the husk , and I am the same cocoanut all naked . Now that brown husk of thine -- '' Mowgli was sitting cross-legged , and explaining things with his forefinger in his usual way , when Bagheera put out a paddy paw and pulled him over backward into the water . `` Worse and worse , '' said the Black Panther , as the boy rose spluttering . `` First Baloo is to be skinned , and now he is a cocoanut . Be careful that he does not do what the ripe cocoanuts do . '' `` And what is that ? '' said Mowgli , off his guard for the minute , though that is one of the oldest catches in the Jungle . `` Break thy head , '' said Bagheera quietly , pulling him under again . `` It is not good to make a jest of thy teacher , '' said the bear , when Mowgli had been ducked for the third time . `` Not good ! What would ye have ? That naked thing running to and fro makes a monkey-jest of those who have once been good hunters , and pulls the best of us by the whiskers for sport . '' This was Shere Khan , the Lame Tiger , limping down to the water . He waited a little to enjoy the sensation he made among the deer on the opposite to lap , growling : `` The jungle has become a whelping-ground for naked cubs now . Look at me , Man-cub ! '' Mowgli looked -- stared , rather -- as insolently as he knew how , and in a minute Shere Khan turned away uneasily . `` Man-cub this , and Man-cub that , '' he rumbled , going on with his drink , `` the cub is neither man nor cub , or he would have been afraid . Next season I shall have to beg his leave for a drink . Augrh ! ''
`` That may come , too , '' said XXXXX , looking him steadily between the eyes .
Augrh Bagheera Baloo Khan Man-cub Mowgli cocoanuts cub husk third