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 on his feet . `` Stay there , '' shouted the monkeys , `` till we have killed thy friends , and later we will play with thee -- if the Poison-People leave thee alive . '' `` We be of one blood , ye and I , '' said Mowgli , quickly giving the Snake 's Call . He could hear rustling and hissing in the rubbish all round him and gave the Call a second time , to make sure . `` Even ssso ! Down hoods all ! '' said half a dozen low voices -LRB- every ruin in India becomes sooner or later a dwelling place of snakes , and the old summerhouse was alive with cobras -RRB- . `` Stand still , Little Brother , for thy feet may do us harm . ''
Mowgli stood as quietly as he could , peering through the open work and listening to the furious din of the fight round the Black Panther -- the yells and chatterings and scufflings , and Bagheera 's deep , hoarse cough as he backed and bucked and twisted and plunged under the heaps XXXXX his enemies .
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