Question

Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Then there was a howl—an untigerish howl—from Shere Khan. "He has missed," said Mother Wolf. "What is it?" Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan muttering and mumbling savagely, as he tumbled about in the scrub. "The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a wood-cutter's camp-fire, and has burned his feet," said Father Wolf, with a grunt. "Tabaqui is with him." How does the dialogue between Mother Wolf and Father Wolf characterize Shere Khan? as a skilled hunter as a fearsome enemy as a loyal friend as a clumsy buffoon

Answer 1

Answer:

A clumsy buffoon

Explanation:

They call him a fool, and go on to him jumping into a fire, signaling clumsiness.