The Idle Camel
The Camel lived in the middle of this type of desert
What is a Howling Desert?
This animal came to the Camel on Monday morning with a saddle
Who is the Horse?
The Djinn in charge of All Deserts travels in a cloud of this
What is dust or magic?
The Camel's hump is now called this, "not to hurt his feelings"
What is "hump"?
Saying "Humph!" was the Camel's way of showing he did not want to do this
What is work?
The Camel ate things like sticks, thorns, and this type of weed
What is milkweed?
This animal came to the Camel with a stick in its mouth
Who is the Dog?
The Djinn told the Camel that he had given the Three this because of his idleness
What is extra work?
The Camel has never yet caught up with this many days that he missed at the beginning of the world
What are three days?
The three working animals told the Man about the "Humph-thing" in this place
What is the Desert?
The narrator describes the Camel as being this kind of idle
What is 'scruciating idle (excruciatingly idle)?
This animal came to the Camel with a yoke on its neck
Who is the Ox?
The Djinn warned the Camel not to say "Humph!" too often, or he might say it this many times too many
What is once?
The poem describes the Camel's hump as this
What is an ugly lump?
The Djinn said he would "humph" the Camel if the other animals would do this
What is wait a minute?
The Camel would respond to anyone who spoke to him with only this
What is "Humph!"?
The Man told the three working animals that they would have to work this much to make up for the Camel's idleness
What is double-time?
The hump appeared on this part of the Camel's body
What is his back?
The poem suggests that getting the "Cameelious hump" comes from having too little of this
What is "to do" or enough to do?
The Camel never learned how to do this, even after getting his hump
What is behave?
The Camel was looking at this when the Djinn found him being idle
What is his own reflection in a pool of water?
he three animals held a meeting with terms like "palaver" and "pow-wow," which mean this
What is a meeting and discussion?
The Djinn said the Camel would be able to work for this many days without eating because of his hump
What is three days?
he poem suggests a cure for the "Cameelious hump" involves taking these tools and digging
What are a large hoe and a shovel?
The poem concludes by saying that "kiddies and grown-ups too" get a "Cameelious hump" if they haven't had this
What is enough to do?