they all took a step back ( after all they were too big not to ) , apart from wixelor , who was a little taller , and yonfi ; but it was these two the animals seemed to have in mind , for as soon as they reached them the one on the right grazed the side of wixelors face with the gentleness of a timidly courting mate , while the other bent its shoulders and lowered its head till it hung right in front of yonfi , who took the hint at once and clambered along its neck and on top of its humb before yodren had time to stop him .