Certainly this is dewanee , the madness . Do they never go to sleep ? Now there is a cloud coming to cover that moon . If it were only a big enough cloud I might try to run away in the darkness . But I am tired . '' That same cloud was being watched by two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall , for Bagheera and Kaa , knowing well how dangerous the Monkey-People were in large numbers , did not wish to run any risks . The monkeys never fight unless they are a hundred to one , and few in the jungle care for those odds . `` I will go to the west wall , '' Kaa whispered , `` and come down swiftly with the slope of the ground in my favor . They will not throw themselves upon my back in their hundreds , but -- '' `` I know it , '' said Bagheera . `` Would that Baloo were here , but we must do what we can . When that cloud covers the moon I shall go to the terrace . They hold some sort of council there over the boy . '' `` Good hunting , '' said Kaa grimly , and glided away to the west wall . That happened to be the least ruined of any , and the big snake was delayed awhile before he could find a way up the stones . The cloud hid the moon , and as Mowgli wondered what would come next he heard Bagheera 's light feet on the terrace . The Black Panther had raced up the slope almost without a sound and was striking -- he knew better than to waste time in biting -- right and left among the monkeys , who were seated round Mowgli in circles fifty and sixty deep . There was a howl of fright and rage , and then as Bagheera tripped on the rolling kicking bodies beneath him , a monkey shouted : `` There is only one here ! Kill him ! Kill . '' A scuffling mass of monkeys , biting , scratching , tearing , and pulling , closed over Bagheera , while five or six laid hold of Mowgli , dragged him up the wall of the summerhouse and pushed him through the hole of the broken dome .
A man-trained boy would have been badly bruised , for the fall was a good fifteen feet , but Mowgli fell as Baloo had taught him to fall , and landed XXXXX his feet .
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