I shouldnt say that again if I were you, said the Djinn; you might say it once too often. Bubbles, I want you to work.

Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo,

Humph! said the Camel; and the Horse went away and told the Man.

Humph! said the Camel.

The cure for this ill is not to sit still,

(And I know there is one for you) When we get the hump--

NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump.

We climb out of bed with a frouzly head

Do you see that? said the Djinn. Thats your very own humph that youve brought upon your very own self by not working. To-day is Thursday, and youve done no work since Monday, when the work began. Now you are going to work.

Cameelious hump--

Thats 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 dont you ever say I never did anyth九九藏書ing for you. Come out of the Desert and go to the Three, and behave. Humph yourself!

I get it as well as you-oo-oo--

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.

The Djinn rolled himself up in his dust-cloak, and took a bearing across the desert, and found the Camel most scruciatingly idle, looking at his own reflection in a pool of water.

The hump that is black and blue!

He says "Humph!" said the Dog; and he wont fetch and carry.

And there ought to be a corner for me

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 and trot like the rest of us.

If I havent enough to do-oo-oo--

How can I, said the Camel, with this humph on my back?

THE Camels hump is an ugly lump

Humph! said the Camel; and rｅａｄ.９９ｃsｗ.ｃoｍthe Dog went away and told the Man.

Cameelious 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 said Humph! Just Humph! and no more.

But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,

Kiddies and grown-ups too!

Have lifted the hump--

Which well you may see at the Zoo;

Very good, said the Djinn. Ill humph him if you will kindly wait a minute.

Only "Humph!"; and he wont plough, said the Ox.

Whew! said the Djinn, whistling, thats my Camel, for all the gold in Arabia! What does he say about it?

And the Camel humphed himself, humph and all, and went away to johttps://read.99csw.comin the Three. And from 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.

Presently there came along the Djinn in charge of All Deserts, rolling in a cloud of dust (Djinns always travel that way because it is Magic), and he stopped to palaver and pow-pow with the Three.

If we havent enough to do-oo-oo,

We get the hump--

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.

And dig till you gently perspire;

We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl

And the Camel said Humph! again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph.

Youve given thread.99csw.come Three extra work ever since Monday morning, all on account of your scruciating idleness, said the Djinn; and he went on thinking Magics, with his chin in his hand.

Humph! said the Camel.

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.

Djinn of All Deserts, said the Horse, is it right for any one to be idle, with the world so new-and-all?

Humph! said the Camel; and the Ox went away and told the Man.

Well, said the Horse, theres a thing in the middle of your Howling Desert (and hes a Howler himself) with a long neck and long legs, and he hasnt done a stroke of work since Monday morning. He wont trot.

Certainly not, said the Djinn.

We all get hump--

The hump that is black and blue!

And the Djinn of the Garden too,

At our bath and our boots and our toys;

That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a paｒｅad•99csw.coｍlaver, and an _indaba_, and a _punchayet_, and a pow-wow 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.

From having too little to do.

Cameelious hump--

My long and bubbling friend, said the Djinn, whats this I hear of your doing no work, with the world so new-and-all?

But uglier yet is the hump we get

The horrible hump--

And a snarly-yarly voice.

Or frowst with a book by the fire;

And then you will find that the sun and the wind.

The hump that is black and blue!

Does he say anything else?

At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, Three, O Three, Im very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert cant work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.