Kaa: The whole jungle has been watching you, man-cub.Mowgli: Why?Kaa: Even you must know you are unusual. Not quite a wolf, not quite a man, or neither, or both...
One day you will speak, and the jungle will listen. What will you say then, man-cub?
With the tiger and the hunter now gone, the future shimmered from darkness into light. Mowgli, man and wolf, both and neither, had given the jungle a voice. And for as long as he stood watch, it would speak a lasting peace.
Akela: You have no right to be here, Shere Khan.Shere Khan: I think you'll find I stay where I please.Akela: You kill man's cattle, you poison the jungle. You're the reason man is here!Shere Khan: But you permitted man to live among you! You pretend he is a wolf. And you know that is the one thing he will never be. He will always be a man! YOU poisoned the jungle.