Ye will not kill him , because that is not my will . Nor do I think that ye will sit here any longer , lolling out your tongues as though ye were somebodies , instead of dogs whom I drive out -- thus ! Go ! '' The fire was burning furiously at the end of the branch , and Mowgli struck right and left round the circle , and the wolves ran howling with the sparks burning their fur . At last there were only Akela , Bagheera , and perhaps ten wolves that had taken Mowgli 's part . Then something began to hurt Mowgli inside him , as he had never been hurt in his life before , and he caught his breath and sobbed , and the tears ran down his face . `` What is it ? What is it ? '' he said . `` I do not wish to leave the jungle , and I do not know what this is . Am I dying , Bagheera ? '' `` No , Little Brother . That is only tears such as men use , '' said Bagheera . `` Now I know thou art a man , and a man 's cub no longer . The jungle is shut indeed to thee henceforward . Let them fall , Mowgli . They are only tears . '' So Mowgli sat and cried as though his heart would break ; and he had never cried in all his life before . `` Now , '' he said , `` I will go to men . But first I must say farewell to my mother . ''
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