he said . `` Fearful and horrible , Billy ! They came into our lines while we were asleep . D'you think they 'll kill us ? '' `` I 've a very great mind to give you a number-one kicking , '' said Billy . `` The idea of a fourteen-hand mule with your training disgracing the battery before this gentleman ! '' `` Gently , gently ! '' said the troop-horse . `` Remember they are always like this to begin with . The first time I ever saw a man -LRB- it was in Australia when I was a three-year-old -RRB- I ran for half a day , and if I 'd seen a camel , I should have been running still . '' Nearly all our horses for the English cavalry are brought to India from Australia , and are broken in by the troopers themselves . `` True enough , '' said Billy . `` Stop shaking , youngster . The first time they put the full harness with all its chains on my back I stood on my forelegs and kicked every bit of it off . I had n't learned the real science of kicking then , but the battery said they had never seen anything like it . '' `` But this was n't harness or anything that jingled , '' said the young mule . `` You know I do n't mind that now , Billy . It was Things like trees , and they fell up and down the lines and bubbled ; and my head-rope broke , and I could n't find my driver , and I could n't find you , Billy , so I ran off with -- with these gentlemen . '' `` H 'm ! '' said Billy .
`` As soon as I heard the camels were loose I came away XXXXX my own account .
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