Bagheera: And furthermore, Mowgli seems to have man's ability to get into trouble, and your influence hasn't been exactly-- Baloo: Shhh! Keep it down, you're going to wake up little buddy. Well, he's had a big day, it was a real sockaroo. You know it ain't easy learning to be like me. Bagheera: Pah! A disgraceful performance. Associating with those undesirable, scatterbrained apes. Huh. I hope he learned something from that experience. Mowgli: [sighs, singing in his sleep] Scooby-dooby, dooby-doo. Baloo: Ha, ha. That's my boy. Bagheera: Oh, nonsense. [Baloo puts leaves under Mowgli's head.] Baloo? Get over here. I'd like to have a word with you. Baloo: A word? You going to talk some more? [yawns] All right, what's up, Bagheera? Bagheera: Baloo, the Man-cub must go back to the Man Village. The jungle is not the place for him. [Baloo eats some grapes from a tree] Baloo: I grew up in the jungle. Take a look at me. Bagheera: Yes, just look at yourself. Look at that eye. [Baloo looks himself in the river and sees that he has a black eye.] Baloo: Yeah. It's beautiful, ain't it? Bagheera: Frankly, you're a disreputable sight. Baloo: Well, you don't look exactly like a basket of fruit yourself. [Bagheera looks himself in the river and sees that he, too, has a black eye.] Bagheera: D'oh! [clears his throat] Baloo, you can't adopt Mowgli as your son. Baloo: Why not? Bagheera: Uh.... How can I put it? [Baloo eats a handful of grapes] Baloo, birds of a feather should flock together. You wouldn't marry a panther, would you? Baloo: I don't know. [chuckling] Come to think of it, no panther ever asked me! Bagheera: [flustered] Baloo, y-y-you've got to be serious about this-- Baloo: [seriously] Oh, stop worrying, Baggy. Stop worrying, I'll take care of him. Bagheera: Yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh? Baloo: Can a guy make one mistake? Bagheera: Not in the jungle. And another thing: Sooner or later, Mowgli will meet Shere Khan. Baloo: [suddenly very shocked] The tiger? What's he got against the kid? Bagheera: He hates man with a vengeance, you know that! Because he fears man's gun and man's fire. Baloo: But little Mowgli don't have those things. Bagheera: Shere Khan won't wait until he does. He'll get Mowgli while he remains young and helpless. [raises a paw at Baloo] Just one swipe! Baloo: No! Well, well, what are we going to do? Bagheera: [seeing that Baloo is now just as worried about Mowgli as he is] We'll do what's best for the boy. Baloo: You better believe it. You name it, and I'll do it. Bagheera: Good. Then make Mowgli go to the man-village. Baloo: [furiously] Are you outta your mind?! I promised him he could stay here in the jungle with me! Bagheera: Well, that's just the point! As long as he remains with you, he's in danger. So it's up to you. Baloo: Why me?! Bagheera: Be-because he won't listen to me! Baloo: [humbled] But I love that kid. [sniffles] I loved him like he was my own cub. Bagheera: Then think of what's best for Mowgli, and not yourself. Baloo: But-- Well, can't-- Well, can I wait until morning? Bagheera: It's morning now. Go on, Baloo. [An emotional Baloo sighs and walks towards Mowgli before looking back at Bagheera with a choked-up facial expression. Bagheera understands that it's really hard for him, but he urges him with a nod.] Baloo: [sighs; he isn't sure how to tell Mowgli the difficult truth] Oh, boy. Mowgli? Mowgli. Um, it's time to get up. Mowgli: [wakes up with a yawn] Oh, hi, Baloo. Baloo: Hi. Hey, rub that old sleep outta your eyes. You and me... We got a long walk ahead of us. Mowgli: [not really noticing that Baloo is now looking melancholy] Swell! Gee we'll have lots of fun together! Baloo: [sadly] Sure, yeah. Yeah. All right, let's hit the trail, kid. See you around, Bagheera. Mowgli: Well, good-bye Bagheera. Me and Baloo, we've got things to do. Bagheera: Goodbye, man-cub. Good luck.

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