`` It is red stuff that soaks into the ground and smells . '' The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort . `` Do n't talk of it , '' he said . `` I can smell it now , just thinking of it . It makes me want to run -- when I have n'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 do n't want to run , but I do n'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 ca n't see inside your heads . '' `` No . We see out of our four eyes , '' said the bullocks . `` We see straight in front of us . '' `` If I could do that and nothing else , you would n't be needed to pull the big guns at all .
If I was like my captain -- he can see things inside his head before the firing begins , and he shakes all over , but he knows too much to run away -- if I was like him I could pull the XXXXX .
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