Oh, now what? I'll be right down. [gets down from the tree almost completely] Yes? Yes? Who is it?
It's me. Shere Khan. I'd like a word with you, if you don't mind.
Shere Khan. What a surprise.
Yes, isn't it? I just dropped by. Now, forgive me if I've interrupted anything.
Oh, no, no. Nothing at all.
[his claws pop out from his paw, and he drums on the ground with them]
I thought perhaps that you were entertaining someone up there in your coils.
Coils? Someone? Oh, no. I was just curling up for my siesta.
But you were singing to someone. [grabs hold of Kaa's throat] Who is it, Kaa?
Indeed.
Yes. You see, I have... [gulps] ...trouble with my sinuses.
What a pity? [releases Kaa's neck and gently pins him to the ground]
Oh, you have no idea. It's s-ss-simply terrible. I can't eat. I can't s-ss-sleep. So, I s-ss-sing myself to s-ss-sleep. You know, s-ss-self-hypnosis? [smiles deviously, brings his head close to Shere Khan's face] Let me show you how it works-ss-s. [He uses his hypnosis technique with his eyes] "Trus-ss-st in me...."
[Shere Khan pushes Kaa away and pins his head to the ground, unaffected]
Oh, no, I can't be bothered with that. I have no time for that sort of nonsense.
Some other time, perhaps?
Perhaps. But at the moment, I'm searching for a Man-Cub.
Man-Cub? What Man-Cub?
The one who's lost. Now, where do you suppose he could be?
Search me. [He closes his mouth for telling Shere Khan to search Mowgli on his tentacles]
That's an excellent idea. I'm sure that you wouldn't mind showing me your coils, would you, Kaa?
Certainly not. Nothing here... [lowering his tail] ...and nothing in here. [his tail pointing to his mouth open, and Shere Khan hears Mowgli snoring. Alarmed, he starts snorting and coughs.] It's my sinuses.
Hmm. Indeed. And now, how about the middle?
The middle? Oh, the middle. [lowering the middle leaving Mowgli on the tree trunk spinning around and showing Shere Khan the middle of his coils and then getting tickled] Absolutely nothing in the middle!
Hmm. Really? Well, if you do just happen to see the Man-Cub, you will inform me first. Understand? [scratching Kaa's neck gently]
[gulps]
I get the point. [spinning himself into a bow with his head on top] Cross my heart and hope to die.
Good show. And now, I must continue my search for the helpless little lad. [leaves]
Ooh, who does he think he's fooling? "The helpless little lad." Ooooh, he gives me the sh-sh-sh-shivers. [Kaa's shivering unintentionally wakes up Mowgli] Picking on that poor, little, helpless boy. [smiling] Oh, yes. Poor, little, helpless boy. [Mowgli pushes the rest of Kaa off the branches and sends him falling comically to the ground yet again]
It's like you s-ss-said; you can't trus-ss-st anyone! [tries to strike Mowgli, only to again be caught in by a knot in his tail; when he pulls it out, his body comes back like an accordion] If I never see that s-ss-skinny little shrimp again, it will be too s-s-s-soon. Oh, my s-s-s-sacriliac.
