The cub is mine , and to my teeth he will come in the end , O bush-tailed thieves ! '' Mother Wolf threw herself down panting among the cubs , and Father Wolf said to her gravely : `` Shere Khan speaks this much truth . The cub must be shown to the Pack . Wilt thou still keep him , Mother ? '' `` Keep him ! '' she gasped . `` He came naked , by night , alone and very hungry ; yet he was not afraid ! Look , he has pushed one of my babes to one side already . And that lame butcher would have killed him and would have run off to the Waingunga while the villagers here hunted through all our lairs in revenge ! Keep him ? Assuredly I will keep him . Lie still , little frog . O thou Mowgli -- for Mowgli the Frog I will call thee -- the time will come when thou wilt hunt Shere Khan as he has hunted thee . '' `` But what will our Pack say ? '' said Father Wolf . The Law of the Jungle lays down very clearly that any wolf may , when he marries , withdraw from the Pack he belongs to . But as soon as his cubs are old enough to stand on their feet he must bring them to the Pack Council , which is generally held once a month at full moon , in order that the other wolves may identify them . After that inspection the cubs are free to run where they please , and until they have killed their first buck no excuse is accepted if a grown wolf of the Pack kills one of them . The punishment is death where the murderer can be found ; and if you think for a minute you will see that this must be so . Father Wolf waited till his cubs could run a little , and then on the night of the Pack Meeting took them and Mowgli and Mother Wolf to the Council Rock -- a hilltop covered with stones and boulders where a hundred wolves could hide .
Akela , the great gray Lone Wolf , who led all the Pack by strength and cunning , lay out at full length on his rock , and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and color , XXXXX badger-colored veterans who could handle a buck alone to young black three-year-olds who thought they could .
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