`` I see that ye are dogs . I go from you to my own people -- if they be my own people . The jungle is shut to me , and I must forget your talk and your companionship . But I will be more merciful than ye are . Because I was all but your brother in blood , I promise that when I am a man among men I will not betray ye to men as ye have betrayed me . '' He kicked the fire with his foot , and the sparks flew up . `` There shall be no war between any of us in the Pack . But here is a debt to pay before I go . '' He strode forward to where Shere Khan sat blinking stupidly at the flames , and caught him by the tuft on his chin . Bagheera followed in case of accidents . `` Up , dog ! '' Mowgli cried . `` Up , when a man speaks , or I will set that coat ablaze ! '' Shere Khan 's ears lay flat back on his head , and he shut his eyes , for the blazing branch was very near . `` This cattle-killer said he would kill me in the Council because he had not killed me when I was a cub . Thus and thus , then , do we beat dogs when we are men . Stir a whisker , Lungri , and I ram the Red Flower down thy gullet ! '' He beat Shere Khan over the head with the branch , and the tiger whimpered and whined in an agony of fear . `` Pah ! Singed jungle cat -- go now !
But remember when next I come to the Council Rock , as a man should come , it will be with Shere Khan 's hide XXXXX my head .
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