Open those eyes , Little Brother . Shere Khan dare not kill thee in the jungle . But remember , Akela is very old , and soon the day comes when he can not kill his buck , and then he will be leader no more . Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to the Council first are old too , and the young wolves believe , as Shere Khan has taught them , that a man-cub has no place with the Pack . In a little time thou wilt be a man . '' `` And what is a man that he should not run with his brothers ? '' said Mowgli . `` I was born in the jungle . I have obeyed the Law of the Jungle , and there is no wolf of ours from whose paws I have not pulled a thorn . Surely they are my brothers ! '' Bagheera stretched himself at full length and half shut his eyes . `` Little Brother , '' said he , `` feel under my jaw . '' Mowgli put up his strong brown hand , and just under Bagheera 's silky chin , where the giant rolling muscles were all hid by the glossy hair , he came upon a little bald spot . `` There is no one in the jungle that knows that I , Bagheera , carry that mark -- the mark of the collar ; and yet , Little Brother , I was born among men , and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the king 's palace at Oodeypore . It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub . Yes , I too was born among men . I had never seen the jungle . They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera -- the Panther -- and no man 's plaything , and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away . And because I had learned the ways of men , I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan . Is it not so ? ''
`` Yes , '' said XXXXX , `` all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli . ''
Akela Bagheera Council Jungle Mowgli Oodeypore cub man-cub night plaything