Her Majesty's Servants

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"Her Majesty's Servants" is a story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book that depicts the British Indian Army's military animals discussing their roles, fears, and obedience on the eve of a grand parade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts British Indian Army NERFINISHED
describesEvent grand military parade
featuresAnimal bullock
camel
elephant
horse
mule
featuresCharacterType military animals
firstPublicationCentury 19th century
hasCulturalContext Victorian-era British literature
hasForm prose
hasIllustrationInSomeEditions black-and-white drawings
hasInfluenceOn later animal war stories
hasMoralElement importance of discipline
respect for responsibility
hasStyle narrative prose with dialogue
hasSubject British Empire NERFINISHED
animal labor in war
military logistics
includedIn collections of The Jungle Book stories
isOftenPublishedWith other Jungle Book stories
language English
literaryGenre adventure fiction
animal story
children's literature
narrativeDevice talking animals
narrativePerspective animals' point of view
originalMedium print
partOf The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Jungle Book NERFINISHED
The Second Jungle Book NERFINISHED
setting British India NERFINISHED
targetAudience children
young adults
theme colonial military life
duty
fear in warfare
military discipline
obedience
timeInFiction eve of a military review
usesMotif chain of command
service to the Crown

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling containsStory Her Majesty's Servants
subject surface form: The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book containsStory Her Majesty's Servants