Aesop: The Camel and the Arab

Author: NekoNiku

Date: February 27, 2001

by NekoNiku
2-27-01
AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel...
Are you about done?
Pretty much.
...asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.
You have a question?
Which would you like best: to go up hill or down?
The poor beast replied, not without a touch of reason: "Why do you ask me? Is it that the level way through the desert is closed?"
Why do you ask me? Is it that the level way through the desert is closed?
"Get the pink, talking camel," she said, "Pink, talking camels are CUTE!" Sheesh.