Shall we run on again ? '' `` Sit down , '' said the mule , `` or you 'll snap your long stick-legs between the guns . '' He cocked one ear and listened . `` Bullocks ! '' he said . `` Gun bullocks . On my word , you and your friends have waked the camp very thoroughly . It takes a good deal of prodding to put up a gun-bullock . '' I heard a chain dragging along the ground , and a yoke of the great sulky white bullocks that drag the heavy siege guns when the elephants wo n't go any nearer to the firing , came shouldering along together . And almost stepping on the chain was another battery mule , calling wildly for `` Billy . '' `` That 's one of our recruits , '' said the old mule to the troop horse . `` He 's calling for me . Here , youngster , stop squealing . The dark never hurt anybody yet . '' The gun-bullocks lay down together and began chewing the cud , but the young mule huddled close to Billy . `` Things ! '' 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 XXXXX .
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