Mowgli laid his hands on Baloo and Bagheera to get them away , and the two great beasts started as though they had been waked from a dream . `` Keep thy hand on my shoulder , '' Bagheera whispered . `` Keep it there , or I must go back -- must go back to Kaa . Aah ! '' `` It is only old Kaa making circles on the dust , '' said Mowgli . `` Let us go . '' And the three slipped off through a gap in the walls to the jungle . `` Whoof ! '' said Baloo , when he stood under the still trees again . `` Never more will I make an ally of Kaa , '' and he shook himself all over . `` He knows more than we , '' said Bagheera , trembling . `` In a little time , had I stayed , I should have walked down his throat . '' `` Many will walk by that road before the moon rises again , '' said Baloo . `` He will have good hunting -- after his own fashion . '' `` But what was the meaning of it all ? '' said Mowgli , who did not know anything of a python 's powers of fascination . `` I saw no more than a big snake making foolish circles till the dark came . And his nose was all sore . Ho ! Ho ! ''
`` Mowgli , '' said Bagheera angrily , `` his nose was sore XXXXX thy account , as my ears and sides and paws , and Baloo 's neck and shoulders are bitten on thy account .
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