Free People , he was my meat from the first . Give him to me . I am weary of this man-wolf folly . He has troubled the jungle for ten seasons . Give me the man-cub , or I will hunt here always , and not give you one bone . He is a man , a man 's child , and from the marrow of my bones I hate him ! '' Then more than half the Pack yelled : `` A man ! A man ! What has a man to do with us ? Let him go to his own place . '' `` And turn all the people of the villages against us ? '' clamored Shere Khan . `` No , give him to me . He is a man , and none of us can look him between the eyes . '' Akela lifted his head again and said , `` He has eaten our food . He has slept with us . He has driven game for us . He has broken no word of the Law of the Jungle . '' `` Also , I paid for him with a bull when he was accepted . The worth of a bull is little , but Bagheera 's honor is something that he will perhaps fight for , '' said Bagheera in his gentlest voice .
`` A bull XXXXX ten years ago ! ''
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