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Chapter 3 How do the humps on a camel's back grow?

ancient legend 吉卜林 1677Words 2018-03-22
Now let me tell the second story: how the hump on the camel's back grows. When the world was first born, everything was brand new, and animals were just beginning to work for people.However, there was a camel in the desolate desert. It didn't want to do any work, and it yelled a few times from time to time.It eats dead branches, red willows, milkweed and thorns every day, and wanders around doing nothing all day long.If someone talks to it, it will "hum" with its nose and stop talking. On Monday morning, the horse came looking for it.With a saddle on its back and a bit on its mouth, the horse said to the camel, "Camel, camel, come and run with us!"

The camel snorted disdainfully.So the horse went away and told the people about it. The dog came for it.With a cane in its mouth, the dog said to the camel, "Camel, camel, come and fetch things with us!" The camel snorted disdainfully.So the dog went away and told the people about it. The cow came looking for it.The ox put a yoke around its neck and said to the camel, "Camel, camel, come and plow the land with us!" The camel snorted again in disdain.So the ox also left and told the people about it. As the sun went down, the man called the horses, dogs and cows together and said to them, "I'm so sorry for you three (the world is so new), but that guy in the desert who can only 'hum' won't do it. work, or it would be here by now. I decided to leave it alone and let it go. So you three have to work twice as hard to make up for it."

The three animals were very angry (the world is so new), so they came to the edge of the desert to have a meeting to discuss this matter.The camels laughed at them as they chewed the grass leisurely.Then it hummed and turned away. At this time, layers of yellow sand rolled up, and the king of the desert came (he is a god, so he always comes and goes like this).He stopped and began talking to the three animals. "King of the desert," said the horse, "the world has just been born. Shouldn't you be idle all day long?" "Of course not," replied the King of the Desert.

"Well," said the horse, "in the deserted desert under your jurisdiction there is a barking animal with a long neck and long legs, but since Monday there has been no work at all. Pass.:' The King of the Desert whistled, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that's my camel. What did it say?" "He snorted," said the dog, "and he didn't want to fetch or give anything." "Did it say anything else?" "It just 'hums' and doesn't want to plow," Niu added. "Very well," said the King of the Desert, "wait patiently, and I will 'hum' him."

The king of the desert shook his wind-sand robe and confirmed his position in the desert.He found that the camel was leisurely looking at his own shadow by the pool. "My dear friend," said the King of the Desert, "the world has just been born, and I hear you don't want to do any work?" The camel snorted. So the king of the desert sat down.He rested his chin on his hands, ready to cast a spell.The camel is still admiring its own reflection in the water. "Those three animals have done a lot of work since Monday morning because of your idleness," said the King of the Desert.He still rested his chin on his hands, ready to cast a spell.

The camel snorted. "If I were you, I wouldn't 'hum' a second time," said the King of the Desert. "You 'hum' too many times. I want you to go to work." The camel hummed again.But it immediately saw that the back that had made it so proud swelled up, and a big bag bulged out. "See?" asked the King of the Desert. "This is the 'peak' you 'hummed' out of. It's Thursday; work started on Monday, and you haven't done any work yet. Now it's time to start." The camel asked: "I have a 'bump' on my back, how can I do it?"

"It was specially arranged," said the king of the desert, "because you missed three days, and now you can work for three days without food or drink on the supplies in the hump. Don't say I didn't do anything for you ...leave the desert for those three animals, behave yourself, behave yourself. Hum to yourself!" So the camel hummed to itself and went to find the other three animals.From that day until now, the camel has always carried the hump on its back (we call it "hump" instead of "hum", because we don't want to hurt the camel's feelings).But it never made up those three days it missed when the world was born, and it still hasn't learned how to behave well.

We've seen camels in zoos, That hump is so ugly; But if we also grow humps because of laziness, That's even uglier. children and adults, If we have nothing to do, will be like a camel, Grow an unsightly hump. We got up out of bed, dizzy head, The voice was grumpy. In the bath, in the shoe, to the toy, We shudder, we frown, we grunt, we growl. When we grow humps, When growing an ugly hump, There should be a corner that belongs to me. (Your corner must have been found) If you want to cure this disease, you can't sit still. You can't just sit by the fire and read a book,

Take a big hoe and a shovel, I worked until my forehead was sweating slightly. Then you will feel the sun and the breeze, That hideous hump on its back, Has been removed by the Garden God. we are the same, Idlers grow humps, Adults and children alike!
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