Kaa hissed , and the city was silent once more . `` I could not come before , Brother , but I think I heard thee call '' -- this was to Bagheera . `` I -- I may have cried out in the battle , '' Bagheera answered . `` Baloo , art thou hurt ? `` I am not sure that they did not pull me into a hundred little bearlings , '' said Baloo , gravely shaking one leg after the other . `` Wow ! I am sore . Kaa , we owe thee , I think , our lives -- Bagheera and I. '' `` No matter . Where is the manling ? '' `` Here , in a trap . I can not climb out , '' cried Mowgli . The curve of the broken dome was above his head . `` Take him away . He dances like Mao the Peacock . He will crush our young , '' said the cobras inside . `` Hah ! '' said Kaa with a chuckle , `` he has friends everywhere , this manling . Stand back , manling . And hide you , O Poison People . I break down the wall . ''
XXXXX looked carefully till he found a discolored crack in the marble tracery showing a weak spot , made two or three light taps with his head to get the distance , and then lifting up six feet of his body clear of the ground , sent home half a dozen full-power smashing blows , nose-first .
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