. Just so stories for litle children. The suspenderswere left behind, you see, to tie the gratingwith; and that is the end of that tale. When the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside;When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between)And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide;When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap,And Mummy tells you to let her sleep,And you arent waked or washed or dressed,Why, then you will know (if you havent guessed)Youre Fifty North and Forty West! 13 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP OW this is the nexttale, and it tells how
. Just so stories for litle children. The suspenderswere left behind, you see, to tie the gratingwith; and that is the end of that tale. When the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside;When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between)And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide;When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap,And Mummy tells you to let her sleep,And you arent waked or washed or dressed,Why, then you will know (if you havent guessed)Youre Fifty North and Forty West! 13 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP OW this is the nexttale, and it tells howthe Camel got his bighump. In the beginningof years, when theworld was so new andall, and the Animalswere just beginning towork for Man, therewas a Camel, and helived in the middle of a Howling Desert be-cause he did not want to work; and besides,he was a Howler himself. So he ate sticksand thorns and tamarisks and milkweed andprickles, most scruciating idle; and whenanybody spoke to him he said Humph ! Just Humph ! and no more. IS. 16 Just So Stories Presently the Horse came to him onMonday morning, with a saddle on his back anda bit in his mouth, and said, Camel, O Camel,come out and trot like the rest of us. Humph! said the Camel; and the Horsewent away and told the Man. Presently the Dog came to him, with a stickin his mouth, and said, Camel, O Camel, comeand fetch and carry like the rest of us. Humph! said the Camel; and the Dogwent away and told the Man. Presently the Ox came to him, with the yokeon his neck and said, Camel, O Camel, comeand plough like the rest of us. Humph ! said the Camel; and the Ox wentaway and told the Man. At the end of the day the Man called theHorse and the Dog and the Ox together, andsaid, Three, O Three, Im very sorry for you(with the world so new-and-all); but thatHumph-thing in the Desert cant work, or hewould have been here by now, so I am going toleave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it. That made the Three very angr
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