How the Camel Got His Hump

Now this is the next tale,and it tellshow the Camel got his big hump^1.In the beginning of years,when theworld was so new and all,and the Animalswere just beginning to work for Man,therewas a Camel,and he lived in the middle of aHowling Desert because he did not want towork;and besides,he was a Howler himself.So he ate sticks and thorns^2 and tamarisks^3and milkweed and prickles^4,~*most scruciating idle^5;and when anybody spoke