`` He is altogether without hair , and I could kill him with a touch of my foot . But see , he looks up and is not afraid . '' The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave , for Shere Khan 's great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance . Tabaqui , behind him , was squeaking : `` My lord , my lord , it went in here ! '' `` Shere Khan does us great honor , '' said Father Wolf , but his eyes were very angry . `` What does Shere Khan need ? '' `` My quarry . A man 's cub went this way , '' said Shere Khan . `` Its parents have run off . Give it to me . '' Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter 's campfire , as Father Wolf had said , and was furious from the pain of his burned feet . But Father Wolf knew that the mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger to come in by . Even where he was , Shere Khan 's shoulders and forepaws were cramped for want of room , as a man 's would be if he tried to fight in a barrel . `` The Wolves are a free people , '' said Father Wolf . `` They take orders from the Head of the Pack , and not from any striped cattle-killer . The man 's cub is ours -- to kill if we choose . '' `` Ye choose and ye do not choose ! What talk is this of choosing ? By the bull that I killed , am I to stand nosing into your dog 's den for my fair dues ? It is I , Shere Khan , who speak ! ''
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