“ It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding. ”
Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894). copy citation
| Author | Rudyard Kipling |
|---|---|
| Source | The Jungle Book |
| Topic | sleep comfort disturbance |
| Date | 1894 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/236/236-h/236-h.htm |
Context
“The gun bullocks rolled their cuds, and answered both together: «The seventh yoke of the first gun of the Big Gun Battery. We were asleep when the camels came, but when we were trampled on we got up and walked away. It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding. We told your friend here that there was nothing to be afraid of, but he knew so much that he thought otherwise. Wah!»
They went on chewing.
«That comes of being afraid,» said Billy. «You get laughed at by gun-bullocks.” source
They went on chewing.
«That comes of being afraid,» said Billy. «You get laughed at by gun-bullocks.” source
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