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All that while the fight with Baloo went on, and the monkeys yelled in the tank round Bagheera, and Mang the Bat, flying to and fro, carried the news of the great battle over the jungle, till even Hathi the Wild Elephant trumpeted, and, far away, scattered bands of the Monkey-Folk woke and came leaping along the tree-roads to help their comrades in the Cold Lairs, and the noise of the fight roused all the day birds for miles round.
He could swing by one hand from a top branch for half an hour at a time, when he had occasion to look along the tree-roads. He could stop a young buck in mid-gallop and throw him sideways by the head. He could even jerk over the big, blue wild boars that lived in the Marshes of the North.
The only one who came to misfortune was, as usual, the professor; and in the usual way! It occurred at the second of these tree-roads. "Look, look at that remarkable insect!" exclaimed Nigel, eagerly, in the innocence of his heart.
So, bounding and crashing and whooping and yelling, the whole tribe of Bandar-log swept along the tree-roads with Mowgli their prisoner. For a time he was afraid of being dropped. Then he grew angry but knew better than to struggle, and then he began to think.
The only one who came to misfortune was, as usual, the professor; and in the usual way! It occurred at the second of these tree-roads. "Look, look at that remarkable insect!" exclaimed Nigel, eagerly, in the innocence of his heart.
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