Forward march!

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Y/n and Shere Khan got up and started heading for the other side of the jungle, Y/n was alone in her thoughts as she sits on Shere Khans back. Meanwhile Mowgli woke up from the noise of the sound of elephants, he looks around and spots the heard, "A parade."

Bagheera groans, "Oh no, the darn patrol again." he said as he covers his ears and goes back to sleep, Mowgli gets down from the tree to get a better look. Hathi, the leader of the elephants, starts off, "Company... sound off!"

Elephants:
Oh, the aim of our patrol

Elephant #3:
Is a question rather droll

Elephants:
For to march and drill
Over field and hill

[they trumpet]

Hathi:
Is a military goal

All:
Is a military goal!

With a hup, two, three, four

Dress it up, two, three, four

By the ranks or single file

Over every jungle mile

Oh we stamp and crush

Through the underbrush

[Hathi Jr. trumpets]

Hathi Jr.:
In the militaly style!

Elephants:
In the military style

Mowgli goes to the back of the elephants to talk to Hathi's son, "Hello. What are you doing?" Hathi Jr, without getting distracted, "Shh. Drilling." Mowgli whispers, "Can I do it too?"

"Sure. Just do what I do. But don't talk in rank. It's against regulations." Mowgli walks after Hathi Jr. in the rear of the file, Hathi shouts, "To the rear... March!" They walk to the rear, Hathi Jr. and Mowgli collide. "The other way. Turn around." Mowgli turns around.

"Hup, two, three, four. Keep it up, two, three, four. To the rear... Ho! Company... Halt!" Mowgli catches up with Hathi Jr., but ends up bumping into Hathi Jr.'s rump. He falls on the ground, Hathi jr looks at Mowgli, "That means "stop"."

"Company... Left face!" The elephants face to the left. Winifred, his wife, complains, "March, march, march. My feet are killing me." The elephant next to her whispers, "I am putting in for a transfer to another herd."

"Silence in the ranks!" he walks around the rank, "Dress up that line." Elephants raise there rears, "Pull it in, Winifred." He walks back to front, "Inspection... arms!" Elephants stick their trunks out" Hathi Jr whispers to Mowgli, "Stick your nose out." He raises his head up, "Like this?"

"That's right." Hathi goes to Elephant #2, "Tsk-tsk-tsk. Dusty muzzle. Soldier, remember in battle that trunk can save your life. Take good care of it, my man."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Very good, carry on." He looks at Elephant #3 who is chewing on some grass, "Ahem. Hmm. Let's have a little more spit and polish on those bayonets."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Esprit de Corps! That's the way I earned my commission in the Maharaja's pachyderm brigade. Back in '88 it was, or was it?" Winifred sounds annoyed, "Here it comes, the Victoria-cross bit again."

"It was then I received the Victoria Cross for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. Ha-ha! Those were the days! Discipline. Discipline was the thing. Builds character and all that sort of thing."

A loud snap of the small bamboo stick Hathi leaned on interrupts his speech, "Oh.. Where was I? Oh, yes. Inspection." he looks at Elephant #4, "Well, very good." then to Elephant #5, who smiles, "Wipe off that silly grin, soldier. This is the army." Elephant #5 frowns.

Then he comes to Elephant #6 and kills a fly buzzing above his head, shutting his eyes, "Ahem. Eyes front." Elephant #6 opens his eyes. He looks at elephant #7, "Tsk-tsk-tsk. Leutenant, that haircut is not regulation. Rather on the gaudy side, don't you think?"

He cuts his hair short using his bamboo stick, "There. That's better." Then comes to Hathi Jr. now, "And as for you―" he looks down at him, "Oh, there you are. Heh-heh-heh. Let's keep those heels together, shell we, son?"

Hathi Jr. gets in proper position, "Okay Pop... Sir!" Hat hi smiles, "That's better." Now Hathi comes to Mowgli, "Well, new recruit, eh? Ha-ha-ha... I say, what happened to your trunk?" He pushes Mowgli's face with his stick.

"Hey, stop that!" Hathi sputters, " A man-cub! This is treason! Sabotage! I'll have no man-cub in my jungle!" Mowgli gets upset, "It's not your jungle." Bagheera arrives fast, "Hold it! Hold it, I can explain, Hathi!" Hathi corrects him, "Colonel Hathi, if you please, sir."

Bagheera rolls his eyes, "Oh, yes, yes. Colonel Hathi. The man-cub is with me. I'm taking him back to the man-village." Hathi questions, "To stay?" Bagheera nods, "You have the word of Bagheera."

"Good. And remember, an elephant never forgets." he turns to leave, "Humph! I don't know what the army's coming to. These young wippersnappers, who do they think they are?" All the elephants are dosing by now, but wake up as soon as Hathi commands.

"Ahem, let's get on with it. Right face! Forward... march!" The elephants start to March away, "Dear, haven't you forgotten something?" Hathi scoffs, "Nonsense, Winifred, old girl. An elephant never forgets."

She looks at him annoyed, "Well, you just forgot our son." He starts to notice, "Ah yes.. Son? Son?" he turns to see Hathi Jr. playing with Mowgli, "Oh yes, quite right.. To the rear... march!" Hathi Jr smiles to Mowgli, When I grow up, I'm gonna be a colonel. Just like my--"

"If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times" Hathi Jr. sees other elephants marching into Hathi's rear, "Pop! Look out!" A spectacular crash of the elephants, first used in Goliath II, now takes place. "Gee, Pop. You forgot to say "halt."."

Mowgli starts to laugh and looks at Bagheera, "Ha-ha-ha. He said an elephant never forgets." He then slowly stops laughing as bagheera wasn't happy, "It's not funny. Let's get out of here quick before anything else happens."

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