`` What is it , Son ? '' she said . `` Some bat 's chatter of Shere Khan , '' he called back . `` I hunt among the plowed fields tonight , '' and he plunged downward through the bushes , to the stream at the bottom of the valley . There he checked , for he heard the yell of the Pack hunting , heard the bellow of a hunted Sambhur , and the snort as the buck turned at bay . Then there were wicked , bitter howls from the young wolves : `` Akela ! Akela ! Let the Lone Wolf show his strength . Room for the leader of the Pack ! Spring , Akela ! '' The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold , for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot . He did not wait for anything more , but dashed on ; and the yells grew fainter behind him as he ran into the croplands where the villagers lived . `` Bagheera spoke truth , '' he panted , as he nestled down in some cattle fodder by the window of a hut . `` To-morrow is one day both for Akela and for me . '' Then he pressed his face close to the window and watched the fire on the hearth . He saw the husbandman 's wife get up and feed it in the night with black lumps . And when the morning came and the mists were all white and cold , he saw the man 's child pick up a wicker pot plastered inside with earth , fill it with lumps of red-hot charcoal , put it under his blanket , and go out to tend the cows in the byre . `` Is that all ? '' said Mowgli . `` If a cub can do it , there is nothing to fear . ''
So he strode round the corner and met the boy , took the pot from his hand , and disappeared into the mist while the boy howled XXXXX fear .
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