Little folks of many lands
AHMED
EE this boy on a horse.
How well he rides ! It is Ahmed, a little Arab.
He is playing a game with his friends . They are all on horses . The boys are throwing spears as the horses run.
Arabs are very fond of horses. They make pets of them.
Once an Arab chief fell into the hands of robbers . They tied his hands and feet. His horse was tied near by.
In the night the horse got free . He picked up his master with his teeth and 67
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carried him to the far-off tent. There the weary horse dropped dead .
Arab children have been told this story many times.
In some parts of the desert there is no rain . In other parts it rains a little . Then the grass springs up. Here Ahmed's father finds grass for his horses and camels .
Many tribes on the desert live in tents . It is easy for them to move from place to place.
They must cross the hot, dry desert to reach the green spots . These people often travel at night under the bright stars . Then it is cooler.
There are sand storms in the desert. The wind blows hard and the air is very hot. The camels lie down and put their noses in the sand . air to breathe .
Here they find cooler . travel by rail or by country the people travel in caravans . These are trains of camels or horses . Let us watch them.
In our country we water. In Ahmed's