Aesop's Fables Edited by Charles Stikeney.

 
THE ARAB AND HIS CAMEL
 
 AS  an  Arab  sat  in  his  tent  one  cold  night,
he  saw  the  curtain  gently  lifted,  and  the
face of his Camel  looking in.
  "What   is  it?"  he  asked  kindly.
  "It  is  cold,  master," said the Camel;  "suf-
fer  me,  I  pray thee,  to  hold  my  head  within
the tent."
  "By   all   means,"   replied   the  hospitable
Arab;  and  the  Camel  stood  with  his  head
inside  the  tent.
  "Might  I  also  warm  my  neck a little?" he
entreated  after  a  moment.
  The   Arab   readily   consented,   and   the
Camel's neck was thrust within  the  tent.
  He stood, moving his head from side to side
uneasily, and presently said, "It is awkward
standing thus.  It would take but little more
room  if  I  were  to  place  my  forelegs  inside
the  tent."
  "You  may  place  your  forelegs  within  the
tent,"  said  the  Arab.  And  now  he  had  to
move  a  little  to  make  room,  for  the  tent
was  but  small.
  The  Camel  spoke  again:  "I  keep  the  tent
open by  standing  thus,  and  make  it  cold for
us both.  May  I  not  stand  wholly within?"
  "Yes," said the Arab, whose compassion  in-
cluded his beast  as  well  as  himself;  "come
in  wholly  if  you  wish."   But  now  the  tent
proved to be  too small  to  hold  both.
  "I  think, after all,"  said the Camel,  as  he
crowded himself in,  "that there will not  be
room here for us both.   You  are the smaller;
it  will  be  best  for  you  to  stand  outside.
There  will  be  room  then  for  me."   So  he
pushed  a  little,  and  the  Arab  with  all  haste
went outside the tent.
 
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