His first stroke was delivered into the heart of the crowd round Baloo . It was sent home with shut mouth in silence , and there was no need of a second . The monkeys scattered with cries of -- `` Kaa ! It is Kaa ! Run ! Run ! '' Generations of monkeys had been scared into good behavior by the stories their elders told them of Kaa , the night thief , who could slip along the branches as quietly as moss grows , and steal away the strongest monkey that ever lived ; of old Kaa , who could make himself look so like a dead branch or a rotten stump that the wisest were deceived , till the branch caught them . Kaa was everything that the monkeys feared in the jungle , for none of them knew the limits of his power , none of them could look him in the face , and none had ever come alive out of his hug . And so they ran , stammering with terror , to the walls and the roofs of the houses , and Baloo drew a deep breath of relief . His fur was much thicker than Bagheera 's , but he had suffered sorely in the fight . Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hissing word , and the far-away monkeys , hurrying to the defense of the Cold Lairs , stayed where they were , cowering , till the loaded branches bent and crackled under them . The monkeys on the walls and the empty houses stopped their cries , and in the stillness that fell upon the city Mowgli heard Bagheera shaking his wet sides as he came up from the tank . Then the clamor broke out again . The monkeys leaped higher up the walls . They clung around the necks of the big stone idols and shrieked as they skipped along the battlements , while Mowgli , dancing in the summerhouse , put his eye to the screenwork and hooted owl-fashion between his front teeth , to show his derision and contempt . `` Get the man-cub out of that trap ; I can do no more , '' Bagheera gasped . `` Let us take the man-cub and go . They may attack again . '' `` They will not move till I order them . Stay you sssso ! ''
XXXXX hissed , and the city was silent once more .
Bagheera Baloo Kaa Mowgli attack first night owl-fashion second summerhouse