"That Louie may be crazy," I said while Baloo gave me a piggyback ride. "But he sure knows how to throw a party."
"You better believe it, Li'l Miss Jungle Suit." said Baloo as he put me down.
I tapped on my chin.
"Hmm, Li'l Miss Jungle Suit. I like the sound of that. What do you think, Bagheera?"
Only Bagheera didn't even answer me. He just stood there. And he wasn't smiling.
"How come you're not talking, Bagheera?" I asked. "Does the...monkey have your tongue?"
But that dumb panther didn't even laugh at my joke. He just said. "You never told us you were with your family."
My mouth fell all the way open.
"You saw Mother and Daddy?" I asked.
"Of course, I saw them!" said Bagheera. "And from what I saw, your parents, including yours, Mowgli, are looking for you."
"Mowgli, is this true?" asked Baloo.
Mowgli just stood there. 'Cause he didn't actually know how to handle this situation, that's way.
Finally he did a sigh.
"Well, we've been meaning to tell you, but..."
"What else is there to talk about?" shouted Bagheera. "You have overstayed your welcome! You all have!"
"Hey, come on, Bagheera. Lighten up."
"Stay out of this, Baloo!" hollered Bagheera, who then turned his attention back to us. "As I was saying, you have overstayed your welcome. I'm taking back to your families now!"
I groaned. "Why are you trying to ruin our fun?"
"It's not all fun and games with Shere Khan around!" said Bagheera.
"And what does Shere Khan have against us anyway?" asked Lucille.
"He hates man with a vengeance. You should know that!" said Bagheera. "Because he fears man's gun and man's fire."
"Yeah, only Junie B. doesn't have any of those things." said Philip Johnny Bob.
Bagheera raised an eyebrow at him, so he decided to play along, saying. "Shere Khan won't wait until she does."
He then said to the rest of us, saying. "He'll get you all while you're still young and helpless. Just one swipe..."
"Yeah, only guess what?" I said. "I'm not completely helpess. On account of I am almost six years old."
"But if Shere Khan gets a hold of you, you'll never be six years old." said Bagheera. "So, you have to go."
"But why?" asked that Grace.
"B...b...because it's for your own good!" shouted Bagheera.
"Maybe I don't want to leave the forest!" Mowgli shouted back. "Did you ever think of that?"
All of us gasped on what Mowgli said.
"You can't be serious." said Lucille.
"What if I am?!"
"Mowgli, you can't stay here." said Bagheera.
"You can't tell me what to do!" shouted Mowgli.
"I'm only trying to do what's best for you!"
"What you're trying to do is ruin my life!"
"Knock it off, you two!" said Baloo. "That's going too far."
But Mowgli just ran away and he wouldn't even stop. Not even Bagheera's voice would make him come back.
"This is all your fault, Baloo!" he shouted.
"Hey, you and I can play the blame game later, Baggy." said Baloo. "Right now, we've gotta find that kid before Shere Khan does."
"Oh, no. You've caused enough trouble for one day." said Bagheera. "I'll find the boy myself if I have to."
"Not if we find him first!" I shouted as me, Lucille, that Grace and Ranjan ran towards the same direction Mowgli went.
"Split up!" Bagheera said to Baloo. "We'll cover more ground that way."
Me, Lucille, that Grace, and Ranjan looked high and low for Mowgli. But we couldn't find him anywhere.
"Darn it." I said. "Now we'll never get him back home."
"Uh, you might want to rethink that, Junie B." said that Grace as she pointed to a tree.
I squinted my hardest. Then my eyes practically popped out of my head. 'Cause guess what? Mowgli was sitting on the tree. That's what!
