As the dawn was breaking the Wolf Pack yelled Once , twice and again ! Feet in the jungle that leave no mark ! Eyes that can see in the dark -- the dark ! Tongue -- give tongue to it ! Hark ! O hark ! Once , twice and again ! Kaa 's Hunting His spots are the joy of the Leopard : his horns are the Buffalo 's pride . Be clean , for the strength of the hunter is known by the gloss of his hide . If ye find that the Bullock can toss you , or the heavy-browed Sambhur can gore ; Ye need not stop work to inform us : we knew it ten seasons before . Oppress not the cubs of the stranger , but hail them as Sister and Brother , For though they are little and fubsy , it may be the Bear is their mother . `` There is none like to me ! '' says the Cub in the pride of his earliest kill ; But the jungle is large and the Cub he is small . Let him think and be still . Maxims of Baloo All that is told here happened some time before Mowgli was turned out of the Seeonee Wolf Pack , or revenged himself on Shere Khan the tiger . It was in the days when Baloo was teaching him the Law of the Jungle . The big , serious , old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pupil , for the young wolves will only learn as much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe , and run away as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse -- `` Feet that make no noise ; eyes that can see in the dark ; ears that can hear the winds in their lairs , and sharp white teeth , all these things are the marks of our brothers except Tabaqui the Jackal and the Hyaena whom we hate . '' But Mowgli , as a man-cub , had to learn a great deal more than this . Sometimes Bagheera the Black Panther would come lounging through the jungle to see how his pet was getting on , and would purr with his head against a tree while Mowgli recited the day 's lesson to Baloo . The boy could climb almost as well as he could swim , and swim almost as well as he could run .
So Baloo , the Teacher of the Law , taught him the Wood and Water Laws : how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one ; how XXXXX speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground ; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday ; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them .
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