A scuffling mass of monkeys , biting , scratching , tearing , and pulling , closed over Bagheera , while five or six laid hold of Mowgli , dragged him up the wall of the summerhouse and pushed him through the hole of the broken dome . A man-trained boy would have been badly bruised , for the fall was a good fifteen feet , but Mowgli fell as Baloo had taught him to fall , and landed on his feet . `` Stay there , '' shouted the monkeys , `` till we have killed thy friends , and later we will play with thee -- if the Poison-People leave thee alive . '' `` We be of one blood , ye and I , '' said Mowgli , quickly giving the Snake 's Call . He could hear rustling and hissing in the rubbish all round him and gave the Call a second time , to make sure . `` Even ssso ! Down hoods all ! '' said half a dozen low voices -LRB- every ruin in India becomes sooner or later a dwelling place of snakes , and the old summerhouse was alive with cobras -RRB- . `` Stand still , Little Brother , for thy feet may do us harm . '' Mowgli stood as quietly as he could , peering through the open work and listening to the furious din of the fight round the Black Panther -- the yells and chatterings and scufflings , and Bagheera 's deep , hoarse cough as he backed and bucked and twisted and plunged under the heaps of his enemies . For the first time since he was born , Bagheera was fighting for his life . `` Baloo must be at hand ; Bagheera would not have come alone , '' Mowgli thought . And then he called aloud : `` To the tank , Bagheera . Roll to the water tanks . Roll and plunge ! Get to the water ! '' Bagheera heard , and the cry that told him Mowgli was safe gave him new courage . He worked his way desperately , inch by inch , straight for the reservoirs , halting in silence . Then from the ruined wall nearest the jungle rose up the rumbling war-shout of Baloo . The old Bear had done his best , but he could not come before .
`` XXXXX , '' he shouted , `` I am here .
Bagheera Baloo Brother India chatterings fall first scufflings second summerhouse