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.
