Her Majesty's Servants

From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard

The closing story uses talking army animals (mules, horses, camels, oxen, elephants) before a viceregal parade to allegorize British imperial order and obedience.

The Afghan chieftain's awed remark on discipline: 'They obey, as the men do. Mule, horse, elephant, or bullock, he obeys his driver, and the driver his sergeant...' — the book's most explicit imperial parable.

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