Then shere khan roared: “bah! what have we to do with this toothless fool? he is doomed to die! it is the man-cub who has lived too long. free people, he was my meat from the first. give him to me. i am weary of this man-wolf folly. . he is a man, a man’s child, and from the marrow of my bones i hate him! ” shere khan despises men. shere khan is hungry. shere khan is fearful that the wolf pack will turn against him. shere khan is a powerful and feared hunter.