How The Camel Got His Hump

How the Camel got his Hump

How The Camel got his Hump

Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories

Illustraed by Wanqi

Instead he look like this

long ago, in the days when the world had just begun,camel didn’t have a hump on his back as he does today.

this is the story,dearest reader, of how he came to have a hump.

Inthe beginning of years, when the world was new-and-all, and the animals were beginning to work for man, there was a camel. He lived in the middle of a desert because he did not want to work.He ate sticks, thorns and tama risks, milkweed and prickles. He was most idle, and when anybody spoke to him he said, "Humph"

"Please can you help me fetch sticks? "”dogs asked camel.

"Humph!" camel snorted rudely and carried right on eating

Presently the dog came to him with a stick in his mouth, and said, "Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us."Humph!" said the camel and the dog went away to tell the man.Presently the ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said, "Camel, come and plough like the rest ofus."Humph!" said the camel,.

Presently the horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, "Camel, come and trot like the rest of us."

camel snorted again.then he stood there with his nose in the air until horse gave up and trudged away

the animal went to complain to men ‘its not fair they moanedcamel wont help.

man shrugged. " if camel won’t help you three will just have to work hard together" .

The animals looked at camel,lazing around doing nothing.

Andthey felt really really cross. That made the Three angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a palaver and a pow-wow on the edge of the desert, and the camel came and laughed at them. Then he said "Humph!" and went away again.Presently there came along the djinn in charge of All Deserts, and he stopped to palaver and pow-pow with the Three.

"What's this I hear of you doing no work, with the world so newand-all?"

The animals rushed up to him,hoping he could help Camel does nothing but eat and sleep. while we do all the work.they told him.we wish he can change!

your wish is my command,said the genies.

sothe genies went to find camel. what is all this i hear about you not working? he asked.

can you guess what camel replied? humph! the others have to work harder because you are so lazy the genies saided.

humph!

said camel again dont say that too often or you may regret it. the genies warned. this is your last chance. camel.will you do some work?

humph!

said camel and carried on muching

the genies used the magic stick. there was a zap...whoosh....flash

your humph!the genies chuckled. It will help you work.

what is that? he gasped

How can that thing help me? asked camel.

Andfrom that day to this the camel always wears a humph (we call it 'hump' now, not to hurt his feelings) but he has never yet caught up with the three days that he missed at the beginning of the world, and he has never yet learned how to behave.

How The Camel got his Humpis from the book just so stories rudyard kipling,which tells stories of how animals came to be the way they are.

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How The Camel got his Hurp

In the old day,when the world was new,grumpy camel had no hump.Here is the fun story of how camel to have one.This engaging picture book has been adapted from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" for young children to enjoy.