That would never do , or they would be at the Lairs in broad daylight , and Mowgli meant to hold them under his tree till dusk . `` By whose leave do ye come here ? '' said Mowgli . `` All Jungles are our Jungle , '' was the reply , and the dhole that gave it bared his white teeth . Mowgli looked down with a smile , and imitated perfectly the sharp chitter-chatter of Chikai , the leaping rat of the Dekkan , meaning the dholes to understand that he considered them no better than Chikai . The Pack closed up round the tree-trunk and the leader bayed savagely , calling Mowgli a tree-ape . For an answer Mowgli stretched down one naked leg and wriggled his bare toes just above the leader 's head . That was enough , and more than enough , to wake the Pack to stupid rage . Those who have hair between their toes do not care to be reminded of it . Mowgli caught his foot away as the leader leaped up , and said sweetly : `` Dog , red dog ! Go back to the Dekkan and eat lizards . Go to Chikai thy brother -- dog , dog -- red , red dog ! There is hair between every toe ! '' He twiddled his toes a second time . `` Come down ere we starve thee out , hairless ape ! '' yelled the Pack , and this was exactly what Mowgli wanted . He laid himself down along the branch , his cheek to the bark , his right arm free , and there he told the Pack what he thought and knew about them , their manners , their customs , their mates , and their puppies . There is no speech in the world so rancorous and so stinging as the language the Jungle People use to show scorn and contempt . When you come to think of it you will see how this must be so . As Mowgli told Kaa , he had many little thorns under his tongue , and slowly and deliberately he drove the dholes from silence to growls , from growls to yells , and from yells to hoarse slavery ravings .
They tried to answer his taunts , but a cub might as well have tried to answer XXXXX in a rage ; and all the while Mowgli 's right hand lay crooked at his side , ready for action , his feet locked round the branch .
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