In the beginning of , when the world was new 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. he ate sticks and thrones and prickles and when anybody spoke to him he said "Humph!" and no more.
Presently the horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and said "Camel, O Camel, come out 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 men
Presently came the ox and said "Camel, O camel come and plough like rest of us "
"Humph!" said the camel, and ox went away and told the man
At the end of the day Man called the Horse and the Dog and The Ox together, and said:
"Three, O three. I'm very sorry for you; 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, and they held a panchayat on the edge of the desert: and the camel came chewing cud and laughed at them. then he said"Humph!" and went away .presently there came along the Djinn who was in charge of Deserts, rolling in a cloud of dust.
"Djinn of all desert",said the horse. is it right for anyone to be idle? "Certainly not",said Djinn"well",said the horse,"there's a thing in the middle of your since Monday morning. He won't trot.""Whew!" said the djinn whistling,"thats my camel.What does he say about it ?"he says humph!" and he wont plough," said the Ox "very good,"said djinn. "I'll humph him if you will kindly wait a minute."