`` I 'm frightened of a little dog , and the camel here is frightened by bad dreams in the night . '' `` It is very lucky for us that we have n't all got to fight in the same way , '' said the troop-horse . `` What I want to know , '' said the young mule , who had been quiet for a long time -- `` what I want to know is , why we have to fight at all . '' `` Because we 're told to , '' said the troop-horse , with a snort of contempt . `` Orders , '' said Billy the mule , and his teeth snapped . `` Hukm hai ! '' -LRB- It is an order ! -RRB- , said the camel with a gurgle , and Two Tails and the bullocks repeated , `` Hukm hai ! '' `` Yes , but who gives the orders ? '' said the recruit-mule . `` The man who walks at your head -- Or sits on your back -- Or holds the nose rope -- Or twists your tail , '' said Billy and the troop-horse and the camel and the bullocks one after the other . `` But who gives them the orders ? '' `` Now you want to know too much , young un , '' said Billy , `` and that is one way of getting kicked . All you have to do is to obey the man at your head and ask no questions . '' `` He 's quite right , '' said Two Tails . `` I ca n't always obey , because I 'm betwixt and between . But Billy 's right . Obey the man next to you who gives the order , or you 'll stop all the battery , besides getting a thrashing . '' The gun-bullocks got up to go . `` Morning is coming , '' they said .
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