Explore "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Something I owe to the soil that grew -- / More to the life that fed -- / But most to Allah Who gave me two / Separate sides to my head. / I would go without shirts or shoes, / Friends, tobacco or bread / Sooner than for an instant lose / Either side of my head. / The Two-Sided Man
"Then in God's name take blue for red," said Mahbub, alluding to the Hindu colour of Kim's disreputable turban.