. The jungle book. out crushing it. I can see Dicks lance to theright of my right eye, and I know I m safe. Ishould nt care to be the man or horse that stoodup to Dick and me when we re in a hurry. Dont the knives hurt? said the youngmule. Well, I got one cut across the chest once,but that was nt Dicks fault— A lot I should have cared whose fault it was,If it hurt! said the young mule. You must, said the troop-horse. If youdont trust your man, you may as well run awayat once. That s what some of our horses do,and I dont blame them. As I was saying, itwas nt Dicks fault. The man was lying on th
. The jungle book. out crushing it. I can see Dicks lance to theright of my right eye, and I know I m safe. Ishould nt care to be the man or horse that stoodup to Dick and me when we re in a hurry. Dont the knives hurt? said the youngmule. Well, I got one cut across the chest once,but that was nt Dicks fault— A lot I should have cared whose fault it was,If it hurt! said the young mule. You must, said the troop-horse. If youdont trust your man, you may as well run awayat once. That s what some of our horses do,and I dont blame them. As I was saying, itwas nt Dicks fault. The man was lying on theground, and I stretched myself not to tread onhim, and he slashed up at me. Next time Ihave to go over a man lying down I shall stepon him—hard. Hm ! said Billy; it sounds very are dirty things at any time. Theproper thing to do is to climb up a mountainwith a well-balanced saddle, hang on by all fourfeet and your ears too, and creep and crawl andwriggle along, till you come out hundreds of feet. THE MAN WAS LYING ON THE GROUND, AND I STRETCHEDMYSELF NOT TO TREAD ON HIM, AND HE SLASHED UP AT ME. : HER MAJESTYS SERVANTS 281 above any one else, on a ledge where there sjust room enough for your hoofs. Then youstand still and keep quiet,—never ask a man tohold your head, young un,—keep quiet while theguns are being put together, and then you watchthe little poppy shells drop down into the tree-tops ever so far below. Dont you ever trip ? said the troop-horse. They say that when a mule trips you cansplit a hens ear, said Billy. Now and againper-haps a badly packed saddle will upset amule, but it s very seldom. I wish I could showyou our business. It s beautiful. Why, it tookme three years to find out what the men weredriving at. The science of the thing is never toshow up against the sky-line, because, if you do,you may get fired at. Remember that, youngun. Always keep hidden as much as possible,even if you have to go a mile out of your lead the battery
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