write a paragraph on what we say we become based on the story how the camel get the hump
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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 1 and when
anybody spoke to him he 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 and
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 Ox 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, ‘Three, O Three, I'm very sorry for you (with the
world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t 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.’
That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all).
Presently there came along the Djinn 2
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.
‘Djinn 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.’
‘Whew!’ 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 plough,’ said the Ox.
‘Very good,’ said the Djinn. ‘I’ll humph 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 ‘scruciatingly idle, 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 your ‘scruciating idleness,’ 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 ‘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.
‘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. To-day 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.
Humph yourself!’
And the Camel humphed himself, humph and all, and went away to
join 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.
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‘scruciating idle–very, very lazy
2 Djinn–genies or supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings
This task has more than one (1) part. Read each part carefully and respond.
Part A
The camel repeats “Humph!” throughout the story. What does the reader
learn about the camel from this? Write a short paragraph that includes
details from the story to support your response.
Part B
Explain why the author chose “Humph” as the word repeated by the camel.
Write a short paragraph using details from the story to support your
explanation.
Explanation: