`` We 're very alike in some things . '' `` I suppose we 've inherited them from our mothers , '' said the troop horse . `` It 's not worth quarreling about . Hi ! Two Tails , are you tied up ? '' `` Yes , '' said Two Tails , with a laugh all up his trunk . `` I 'm picketed for the night . I 've heard what you fellows have been saying . But do n't be afraid . I 'm not coming over . '' The bullocks and the camel said , half aloud , `` Afraid of Two Tails -- what nonsense ! '' And the bullocks went on , `` We are sorry that you heard , but it is true . Two Tails , why are you afraid of the guns when they fire ? '' `` Well , '' said Two Tails , rubbing one hind leg against the other , exactly like a little boy saying a poem , `` I do n't quite know whether you 'd understand . '' `` We do n't , but we have to pull the guns , '' said the bullocks . `` I know it , and I know you are a good deal braver than you think you are . But it 's different with me . My battery captain called me a Pachydermatous Anachronism the other day . '' `` That 's another way of fighting , I suppose ? '' said Billy , who was recovering his spirits .
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