How the Camel Got His Hump Summary Class 8 English Chapter 1

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how the camel got his 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 just 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 in 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 Arc's 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 3:03 I'm very sorry
for you with the world so new-and-all
but that hump thing in the desert can't
work or he would have been here by now
so I'm going to leave him alone and you
must work double-time to make up for it
that made the three very angry with the
world so new-and-all and they held a
palaver and an Indaba
and a panchayat and a powwow 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 Jin's always
travel that way because it is magic and
he stopped to palaver and pow-pow with
the three June 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 Djinn well said the horse
there's a thing in the middle of your
howling desert and he's a howler himself
with a long neck and long legs and he
hasn't done a stroke of work since
Monday morning he won't trot said the
Djinn whistling that's my camel for all
the gold in Arabia what does he say
about it
he says humph said the dog and he won't
fetch and carry does he say anything
else only humph and he won't plow said
the Ox very good said the Djinn I'll
hump him if you will kindly wait a
minute the Djinn rolled himself up in
his dust cloak and took a bearing across
the desert and found the camel most
scruciating li idol looking at his own
reflection in a pool of water my long
and bubbling friend said the Djinn
what's this I hear of your doing no work
with the world so new-and-all humph said
the camel the Djinn sat down with his
chin in his hand and began to think a
great magic while the camel looked at
his own reflection in the pool of water
you've given the three extra work ever
since Monday morning all on account of
scruciating idle ness said the djinn and
he went on thinking magics with his chin
in his hand humph said the camel I
shouldn't say that again if I were you
said the djinn you might say it once too
often bubbles I want you to work and the
camel said home again but no sooner had
he said it then he saw his back that he
was so proud of puffing up and puffing
up into a great big lolloping humph do
you see that said the djinn that's your
very own humph that you've brought upon
your very own self by not working today
is Thursday and you've done no work
since Monday when the work began now you
are going to work how can I said the
camel with this humph on my back that's
made a purpose said the djinn all
because you missed those three days you
will be able to work now for three days
without eating because you can live on
your humph and don't you ever say I
never did anything for you
come out of the desert and go to the
three and behave hum for yourself and
the camel humped himself
humph at all and went away to join the
three and from that day to this the
camel always wears a humph we call it a
humph 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
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