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"The fool!" said Father Wolf. "To begin a night's work with that noise! Does he think that our buck are like his fat Waingunga bullocks?"

"H'sh! It is neither bullock nor buck that he hunts to-night," said Mother Wolf; "it is Man." The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to roll from every quarter of the compass.

—“Mowgli’s Brothers,” The Jungle Book,
Rudyard Kipling

What does the dialogue between Father and Mother Wolf reveal about the characters?

They think that the jungle is safe for their cubs.
They are frightened for the man cub.
They are excited to see Shere Khan.

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Sorry for the late response, probably useless for the people now but for the people next year: It's B. They are frightened for the man cub.

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