Маугли
Her Majesty’s Servants
Ihaven’thadagoodbathforamonth."
"That’sallveryfine,"saidBilly."Butgivingathingalongnamedoesn’tmakeitanybetter."
"H’sh!"saidthetroophorse."IthinkIunderstandwhatTwoTailsmeans."
"You’llunderstandbetterinaminute,"saidTwoTailsangrily."Nowyoujustexplaintomewhyyoudon’tlikethis!"
Hebegantrumpetingfuriouslyatthetopofhistrumpet.
"Stopthat!"saidBillyandthetroophorsetogether,andIcouldhearthemstampandshiver.Anelephant’strumpetingisalwaysnasty,especiallyonadarknight.
"Ishan’tstop,"saidTwoTails."Won’tyouexplainthat,please?Hhrrmph!Rrrt!Rrrmph!Rrrhha!"Thenhestoppedsuddenly,andIheardalittlewhimperinthedark,andknewthatVixenhadfoundmeatlast.SheknewaswellasIdidthatifthereisonethingintheworldtheelephantismoreafraidofthananotheritisalittlebarkingdog.SoshestoppedtobullyTwoTailsinhispickets,andyappedroundhisbigfeet.TwoTailsshuffledandsqueaked."Goaway,littledog!"hesaid."Don’tsnuffatmyankles,orI’llkickatyou.Goodlittledog—nicelittledoggie,then!Gohome,youyelpinglittlebeast!Oh,whydoesn’tsomeonetakeheraway?She’llbitemeinaminute."
"Seemstome,"saidBillytothetroophorse,"thatourfriendTwoTailsisafraidofmostthings.Now,ifIhadafullmealforeverydogI’vekickedacrosstheparade-groundIshouldbeasfatasTwoTailsnearly."
