Get the Red Flower . '' By Red Flower Bagheera meant fire , only no creature in the jungle will call fire by its proper name . Every beast lives in deadly fear of it , and invents a hundred ways of describing it . `` The Red Flower ? '' said Mowgli . `` That grows outside their huts in the twilight . I will get some . '' `` There speaks the man 's cub , '' said Bagheera proudly . `` Remember that it grows in little pots . Get one swiftly , and keep it by thee for time of need . '' `` Good ! '' said Mowgli . `` I go . But art thou sure , O my Bagheera '' -- he slipped his arm around the splendid neck and looked deep into the big eyes -- `` art thou sure that all this is Shere Khan 's doing ? '' `` By the Broken Lock that freed me , I am sure , Little Brother . '' `` Then , by the Bull that bought me , I will pay Shere Khan full tale for this , and it may be a little over , '' said Mowgli , and he bounded away . `` That is a man . That is all a man , '' said Bagheera to himself , lying down again . `` Oh , Shere Khan , never was a blacker hunting than that frog-hunt of thine ten years ago ! '' Mowgli was far and far through the forest , running hard , and his heart was hot in him .
He came XXXXX the cave as the evening mist rose , and drew breath , and looked down the valley .
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