`` Do n't snuff at my ankles , or I 'll kick at you . Good little dog -- nice little doggie , then ! Go home , you yelping little beast ! Oh , why does n't someone take her away ? She 'll bite me in a minute . '' `` Seems to me , '' said Billy to the troop horse , `` that our friend Two Tails is afraid of most things . Now , if I had a full meal for every dog I 've kicked across the parade-ground I should be as fat as Two Tails nearly . '' I whistled , and Vixen ran up to me , muddy all over , and licked my nose , and told me a long tale about hunting for me all through the camp . I never let her know that I understood beast talk , or she would have taken all sorts of liberties . So I buttoned her into the breast of my overcoat , and Two Tails shuffled and stamped and growled to himself . `` Extraordinary ! Most extraordinary ! '' he said . `` It runs in our family . Now , where has that nasty little beast gone to ? '' I heard him feeling about with his trunk . `` We all seem to be affected in various ways , '' he went on , blowing his nose . `` Now , you gentlemen were alarmed , I believe , when I trumpeted . '' `` Not alarmed , exactly , '' said the troop-horse , `` but it made me feel as though I had hornets where my saddle ought to be . Do n't begin again . ''
`` I 'm frightened XXXXX a little dog , and the camel here is frightened by bad dreams in the night . ''
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