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Read these lines: "What is it? What is it?" he said. "I do not wish to leave the jungle, and I do not know what this is. Am I dying, Bagheera?" "No, Little Brother. That is only tears such as men use," said Bagheera. "Now I know thou art a man, and a man's cub no longer." What does the panther conclude from the crying?
AThat the boy has crossed over into being a man
BThat the boy has been hurt in the fighting
CThat the boy will not survive the night
DThat the boy is still a cub of the pack
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. That the boy has crossed over into being a man
1. 1. The boy does not recognise his own tears and fears they mean he is dying.
2. 2. The panther names them at once as tears such as men use, which ties them to one kind of creature only.
3. 3. He then draws the conclusion himself: now I know thou art a man, and a man's cub no longer.
4. 4. He rules out dying with his first word, and being still a cub is exactly what he denies.
_Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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