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Her Majesty's Servants

A classic to hear together.

Format and runtime: Short story 39m

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About the story.

In a military camp, the animals whose labor makes human plans possible have their own ideas about danger, duty, and one another. An overheard conversation gives familiar orders a very different perspective.

Kipling shifts attention from officers and ceremonies to the creatures carrying, pulling, and enduring the work. Their arguments turn a camp at night into an unexpected discussion of courage and the reasons anyone obeys.