Now this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump.

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; and when anybody spoke to him he said ‘Humph!’ Just ‘Humph!’ and no more.

In the story, Rudyard Kipling brings out the theme of laziness effectively. The main idea here is to make the readers understand the importance of hard work. Laziness will not lead us to success. In fact, by avoiding work we will end up piling lot more than we can do.

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