HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP NOW this is the next tale , and it tells how the Camel got his big hump . In the beginning of years , when the world was so new and all , and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man , there was a Camel , and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work ; and besides , he was a Howler himself . So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles , most ` scruciating idle ; and when anybody spoke to him he said ` Humph ! ' Just ` Humph ! ' and no more . Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning , with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth , and said , ` Camel , O Camel , come out and trot like the rest of us . ' ` Humph ! ' said the Camel ; and the Horse went away and told the Man . Presently the Dog came to him , with a stick in his mouth , and said , ` Camel , O Camel , come and fetch and carry like the rest of us . ' ` Humph ! ' said the Camel ; and the Dog went away and told the Man . Presently the Ox came to him , with the yoke on his neck and said , ` Camel , O Camel , come and plough like the rest of us . ' ` Humph ! ' said the Camel ; and the Ox went away and told the Man . At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together , and said , ` Three , O Three , I 'm very sorry for you -LRB- with the world so new-and-all -RRB- ; but that Humph-thing in the Desert ca n't work , or he would have been here by now , so I am going to leave him alone , and you must work double-time to make up for it . ' That made the Three very angry -LRB- with the world so new-and-all -RRB- , and they held a palaver , and an indaba , and a punchayet , and a pow-wow on the edge of the Desert ; and the Camel came chewing on milkweed most ` scruciating idle , and laughed at them . Then he said ` Humph ! ' and went away again . Presently there came along the Djinn in charge of All Deserts , rolling in a cloud of dust -LRB- Djinns always travel that way because it is Magic -RRB- , and he stopped to palaver and pow-pow with the Three . ` Djinn of All Deserts , ' said the Horse , ` is it right for any one to be idle , with the world so new-and-all ? '
` Certainly not , ' said the XXXXX .
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