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"I am a fair length—a fair length," said Kaa with a little pride. "But for all that, it is the fault of this new-grown timber. I came very near to falling on my last hunt—very near indeed—and the noise of my slipping, for my tail was not tight wrapped around the tree, waked the Bandar-log, and they called me most evil names."
"Footless, yellow earth-worm," said Bagheera under his whiskers, as though he were trying to remember something.
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Date: 2004-09-04 01:26 pm (UTC)"I am a fair length—a fair length," said Kaa with a little pride. "But for all that, it is the fault of this new-grown timber. I came very near to falling on my last hunt—very near indeed—and the noise of my slipping, for my tail was not tight wrapped around the tree, waked the Bandar-log, and they called me most evil names."
"Footless, yellow earth-worm," said Bagheera under his whiskers, as though he were trying to remember something.
"Sssss! Have they ever called me that?" said Kaa.
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Date: 2004-09-04 02:03 pm (UTC)whiskers, as though he were trying to remember something.
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Date: 2004-09-05 03:26 am (UTC)I was also shocked by it by first reading. The thing definitely behaves like "She" anyway :)
*chuckles*
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Date: 2004-09-06 12:23 am (UTC)