`` Better he should be bruised from head to foot by me who love him than that he should come to harm through ignorance , '' Baloo answered very earnestly . `` I am now teaching him the Master Words of the Jungle that shall protect him with the birds and the Snake People , and all that hunt on four feet , except his own pack . He can now claim protection , if he will only remember the words , from all in the jungle . Is not that worth a little beating ? '' `` Well , look to it then that thou dost not kill the man-cub . He is no tree trunk to sharpen thy blunt claws upon . But what are those Master Words ? I am more likely to give help than to ask it '' -- Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue , ripping-chisel talons at the end of it -- `` still I should like to know . '' `` I will call Mowgli and he shall say them -- if he will . Come , Little Brother ! '' `` My head is ringing like a bee tree , '' said a sullen little voice over their heads , and Mowgli slid down a tree trunk very angry and indignant , adding as he reached the ground : `` I come for Bagheera and not for thee , fat old Baloo ! '' `` That is all one to me , '' said Baloo , though he was hurt and grieved . `` Tell Bagheera , then , the Master Words of the Jungle that I have taught thee this day . '' `` Master Words for which people ? '' said Mowgli , delighted to show off . `` The jungle has many tongues . I know them all . '' `` A little thou knowest , but not much . See , O Bagheera , they never thank their teacher . Not one small wolfling has ever come back to thank old Baloo for his teachings .
Say the word XXXXX the Hunting-People , then -- great scholar . ''
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