A naked child toddled up , stared , and , moved by some quick impulse of reverence , made a solemn little obeisance before the lama -- only the child was so short and fat that it toppled over sideways , and Kim laughed at the sprawling , chubby legs . The child , scared and indignant , yelled aloud . ` Hai ! Hai ! ' said the soldier , leaping to his feet . ` What is it ? What orders ? ... It is ... a child ! I dreamed it was an alarm . Little one -- little one -- do not cry . Have I slept ? That was discourteous indeed ! ' ' I fear ! I am afraid ! ' roared the child . ` What is it to fear ? Two old men and a boy ? How wilt thou ever make a soldier , Princeling ? ' The lama had waked too , but , taking no direct notice of the child , clicked his rosary . ` What is that ? '
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