After shedding his old skin, Kaa tells Mowgli about a curious habit of elephants, in which elephants from different jungles gather to dance together, and those who have the luck to see their dance are said to receive the gift of long life. Hathi allows Mowgli to bear witness to the elephant dance. Following this, the elephant gives Mowgli Jumeirah’s foulard, and immediately the boy wants to set out to join her, but he doesn’t know where she is. In the meantime, Jumeirah, Meshua, and Rahhar await Mowgli in the jungle after burying Sanjay, who had succumbed to pneumonia in Khanhiwara. However, as time passes, they gradually abandon any hope of seeing him again.