It was a great feast ' -LRB- Kim rubbed his stomach -RRB- . ' I saw Rajahs , and elephants with gold and silver trappings ; and they lit all the fireworks at once , whereby eleven men were killed , my fire-work-maker among them , and I was blown across a tent but took no harm . Then I came back to the rel with a Sikh horseman , to whom I was groom for my bread ; and so here . ' ` Shabash ! ' said Mahbub Ali . ` But what does the Colonel Sahib say ? I do not wish to be beaten . ' ` The Hand of Friendship has averted the Whip of Calamity ; but another time , when thou takest the Road it will be with me . This is too early . ' ` Late enough for me . I have learned to read and to write English a little at the madrissah . I shall soon be altogether a Sahib . ' ` Hear him ! ' laughed Mahbub , looking at the little drenched figure dancing in the wet . ` Salaam -- Sahib , ' and he saluted ironically . ` Well , art tired of the Road , or wilt thou come on to Umballa with me and work back with the horses ? ' ' I come with thee , Mahbub Ali . ' Chapter 8 Something I owe to the soil that grew -- More to the life that fed -- But most to Allah Who gave me two Separate sides to my head . I would go without shirts or shoes , Friends , tobacco or bread Sooner than for an instant lose Either side of my head . ' The Two-Sided Man .
` Then in God 's name take blue for red , ' XXXXX Mahbub , alluding to the Hindu colour of Kim 's disreputable turban .
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