Mowgli is fed up because he can't go with Baloo and Bagheera to find berries as it would be too dangerous. As usual Tabaqui the jackal comes up with a plan to trick Mowgli. He suggests that he steal a cobra's egg to show Baloo and Bagheera how brave he is. Mowgli is about to discover that a mother cobra is even more dangerous than the jaws of a tiger.