This story opens on a train to Marwar Junction on which the narrator meets a ragged, red-bearded man whose companion says "We are not little men" before asking the narrator, a newspaperman, for a map.
This story opens on a train to Marwar Junction on which the narrator meets a ragged, red-bearded man whose companion says "We are not little men" before asking the narrator, a newspaperman, for a map. One of the main characters bleeds after being bitten by his native wife, showing that he is not a god descended from Alexander the Great. Carnehan is then crucified between two pine trees and the title character is killed after falling off a rope bridge, still wearing his golden crown. For ten points, name this Rudyard Kipling short story about an ex-soldier Daniel Dravot's attempt to become the monarch of Kafiristan.
This story opens on a train to Marwar Junction on which the narrator meets a ragged, red-bearded man whose companion says "We are not little men" before asking the narrator, a newspaperman, for a map.
“{The Man Who Would Be King}”