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Mowgli was tired and hungry and wanted to get away from this horrible place. From the corner of his eye, he noticed Bagheera climbing up the broken walls. The monkeys saw him, too. Chattering loudly, hundreds of them jumped on him. Bagheera tried to beat them back. They were trying to tear him to pieces.

“Bagheera, run to the water-tank,” cried Mowgli. “Quick!”

Bagheera jumped into the water tank. The monkeys fell away angrily. Then they saw Kaa, wriggling up the wall towards them. His long body was shining in the moonlight.

The monkeys screamed, “Run! Run! It’s Kaa!”

They scattered in every direction. They did not want to look into Kaa’s eyes. They knew that if Kaa stared at them with his green eyes, they would freeze where they stood. They would not be able to move.

Kaa had come up by now. He said to Bagheera, “Take the man-cub and leave. I will take care of the Bandar-log.” As Bagheera turned to fetch Mowgli, Baloo came lumbering up, heaving and panting.

Mowgli was glad to see his friends again. Bagheera was pleased too, but said, “Hurry, Mowgli, we must leave at once, while the monkeys are held by Kaa’s eyes.”

Exercises

1. Переведите на английский язык:

без крыши, вершина, храмы, веселье, безволосый, разорвать на части, лунный свет, направление, замереть на месте.

2. Заполните пропуски словами из списка.

wriggling up, scattered around, terrified, bathing place, buried

1. It was an old city, lost and ______________ in the jungle.

2. Broken walls of temples were _________________.

3. This was their drinking hole and their _______________, too.

4. Mowgli was _______________ to see so many monkeys, chattering around him.

5. Then they saw Kaa _______________ the wall towards them.

3. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Why did the monkeys like this place?

2. What did the monkeys do when they saw Bagheera?

3. How did Mowgli save Bagheera?

4. What did the monkeys do when they saw Kaa?

5. Why did Baloo, Bagheera and Mowgli quietly slip away?

4. Переведите на русский язык:

top, temples, to snatch, to get away, to beat back, to tear to pieces, to take care, to lumber, to heave, to pant.

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Mowgli climbed on to Bagheera’s back and laid his head down. He was very happy to leave. The three friends slipped out of the Cold Lairs. They looked back and saw the monkeys sitting quietly, staring straight into Kaa’s eyes. They did not want to see what would happen, so they hurried away.

Mowgli said, “Baloo and Bagheera, I have been a bad man-cub. I am sad and sorry, I really am.”

Baloo said, “You may be sorry, but you still have to be punished for not listening to me, your teacher.”

“Right,” added Bagheera. “You have done wrong and got us all into trouble, so you must be cuffed. Mowgli, do you have anything to say?”

“No, Bagheera, I did wrong. I must be punished.”

Baloo said hastily, “Bagheera, you must remember that he is very young.”

Baloo did not want Mowgli to be hurt. Bagheera tapped him a dozen times with his paw. A tap from Bagheera was like a severe beating for Mowgli. He fell, rolled over, but quietly took the beating. Then he got up without a word.