The camel has one very bad fault. He likes to “pay back,” and if
his driver has injured him in any way he will not rest till he
has got even.
The Arabs, people who wander about the desert, and so use the
camel a great deal, know about this fault of his, and have a
queer way of keeping themselves from getting hurt.
When a driver has made his camel angry, he first runs away out
of sight. Then, choosing a place where the camel will soon pass,
he throws down some of his clothes, and fixes them so that the
heap will look like a sleeping man.
Pretty soon, along comes the camel, and sees the heap. Thinking
to himself, “Now I’ve got him,” he pounces on the clothes,
shakes them around, and tramples all over them. After he tires
of this and has turned away, the driver can appear and ride him
away without harm.
Poor, silly camel! He has been in what we call a “blind rage,”
so angry that he can’t tell the difference between a man and a
heap of clothes.
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=Angle, At the Right=--See PLACE, IN THE RIGHT.
=Anguish=--See SUFFERING TRANSFORMED.