All that day Mowgli sat in the cave tending his fire-pot and dipping dry branches into it to see how they looked. He found a branch that satisfied him, and in the evening when Tabaqui came to the cave and told him rudely enough that he was wanted at the Council Rock, he laughed till Tabaqui ran away. Then Mowgli went to the Council, still laughing. —“Mowgli’s Brothers,” The Jungle Book,
Rudyard Kipling

Explain how the ending of the passage creates tension and might lead to a conflict.

Sample Response: By the end of the passage, we know that Mowgli is about to be confronted by the wolves in the pack and possibly by Shere Khan. Mowgli plans to bring fire with him, which may lead to a major conflict in the story, as the animals fear fire.