I can see more than you, and I do think about it. I know there s a
great deal of me to take care of, and I know that nobody knows how to
cure me when I m sick. All they can do is to stop my driver s pay till I
get well, and I can t trust my driver.
Ah! said the troop horse. That explains it. I can trust Dick.
You could put a whole regiment of Dicks on my back without making me
feel any better. I know just enough to be uncomfortable, and not enough
to go on in spite of it.
We do not understand, said the bullocks.
I know you don t. I m not talking to you. You don t know what blood
is.
We do, said the bullocks. It is red stuff that soaks into the ground
and smells.
The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
Don t talk of it, he said. I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
It makes me want to run--when I haven t Dick on my back.
But it is not here, said the camel and the bullocks. Why are you so
stupid?
It s vile stuff, said Billy. I don t want to run, but I don t want to
talk about it.
There you are! said Two Tails, waving his tail to explain.
Surely. Yes, we have been here all night, said the bullocks.
Two Tails stamped his foot till the iron ring on it jingled. Oh, I m
not talking to you. You can t see inside your heads.
No. We see out of our four eyes, said the bullocks. We see straight
in front of us.
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