`` This is a poor reward for following thee twenty miles . Thou smellest of wood smoke and cattle -- altogether like a man already . Wake , Little Brother ; I bring news . '' `` Are all well in the jungle ? '' said Mowgli , hugging him . `` All except the wolves that were burned with the Red Flower . Now , listen . Shere Khan has gone away to hunt far off till his coat grows again , for he is badly singed . When he returns he swears that he will lay thy bones in the Waingunga . '' `` There are two words to that . I also have made a little promise . But news is always good . I am tired to-night , -- very tired with new things , Gray Brother , -- but bring me the news always . '' `` Thou wilt not forget that thou art a wolf ? Men will not make thee forget ? '' said Gray Brother anxiously . `` Never . I will always remember that I love thee and all in our cave . But also I will always remember that I have been cast out of the Pack . '' `` And that thou mayest be cast out of another pack .
Men are only men , Little XXXXX , and their talk is like the talk of frogs in a pond .
Brother Gray Khan Mowgli Red Waingunga coat hunt miles to-night