St Nicholas [serial] . Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth,and said: Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry likethe rest of us. Humph ! said the Camel; and the Dog went away andtold the Man. Presently the Ox came to him, with a yoke on his neck, andsaid: Camel, O Camel, come and plow like the rest of ! said the Camel; and the Ox went away andtold the Man. At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and theDog and the Ox together, and said: Three, O Three, I mvery sorry for you, with the world so new and all; but thatHumph-thing in the desert cant work or he would have beenh
St Nicholas [serial] . Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth,and said: Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry likethe rest of us. Humph ! said the Camel; and the Dog went away andtold the Man. Presently the Ox came to him, with a yoke on his neck, andsaid: Camel, O Camel, come and plow like the rest of ! said the Camel; and the Ox went away andtold the Man. At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and theDog and the Ox together, and said: Three, O Three, I mvery sorry for you, with the world so new and all; but thatHumph-thing in the desert cant work or he would have beenhere by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you mustwork double time to make up for it. That made the Three very angry, with the world so new and all, and they held a palaveron the edge of the desert; and the Camel came chewing milkweed most scruciating idle, andlaughed 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 .85. 186 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP. [Jan.
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