I myself will teach him . '' `` We need yet another , '' said Akela . `` Baloo has spoken , and he is our teacher for the young cubs . Who speaks besides Baloo ? '' A black shadow dropped down into the circle . It was Bagheera the Black Panther , inky black all over , but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk . Everybody knew Bagheera , and nobody cared to cross his path ; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui , as bold as the wild buffalo , and as reckless as the wounded elephant . But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree , and a skin softer than down . `` O Akela , and ye the Free People , '' he purred , `` I have no right in your assembly , but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub , the life of that cub may be bought at a price . And the Law does not say who may or may not pay that price . Am I right ? '' `` Good ! Good ! '' said the young wolves , who are always hungry . `` Listen to Bagheera . The cub can be bought for a price . It is the Law . '' `` Knowing that I have no right to speak here , I ask your leave . '' `` Speak then , '' cried twenty voices . `` To kill a naked cub is shame .
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