Her Majesty's Servants â one of the stories of The Jungle Book. The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893â1894.
On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the army's working animalsâmule, camel, horse, bullock, elephantâdiscuss what they do in battle and how they feel about their work. It is explained to the Afghans that men and animals obey the orders carried down from the Queen. "'Anybody can be forgiven for being scared in the night,' said the Troop-Horse"âŚ