Respect for the safety of the pack (“where he has digged it too plain/The Council shall send him a message, and so he shall change it again”) is a primary responsibility. Shelter: Again, independence is a major individual right (“The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge”). Moderation (“drink deeply, but never too deep”) is a responsibility. Because of his age and his cunning, because of his gripe and his paw, In all that the Law leaveth open, the word of your Head Wolf is Law.Answers will vary! Some answers may include:įood: Fairness seems to be a right regarding food in the Seeonee pack (“The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf. Cave-Right is the right of the Father - to hunt by himself for his own: He is freed of all calls to the Pack he is judged by the Council alone. From all of her year she may claim One haunch of each kill for her litter, and none may deny her the same. From all of his Pack he may claim Full-gorge when the killer has eaten and none may refuse him the same. He may do what he will But, till he has given permission, the Pack may not eat of that Kill. The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf. Ye must eat where it lies And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair, or he dies. The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack. Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man! If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride Pack-Right is the right of the meanest so leave him the head and the hide. If ye kill before midnight, be silent, and wake not the woods with your bay, Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop, and your brothers go empty away. The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge, but where he has digged it too plain, The Council shall send him a message, and so he shall change it again. The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge, and where he has made him his home, Not even the Head Wolf may enter, not even the Council may come. When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack, ye must fight him alone and afar, Lest others take part in the quarrel, and the Pack be diminished by war. When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail, Lie down till the leaders have spoken - it may be fair words shall prevail.
And trouble not Hathi the Silent, and mock not the Boar in his lair. Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle - the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.
The Jackal may follow the Tiger, but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown, Remember the Wolf is a Hunter - go forth and get food of thine own.
Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip drink deeply, but never too deep And remember the night is for hunting, and forget not the day is for sleep. AAs the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back - For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Now this is the Law of the Jungle - as old and as true as the sky And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.