Sometimes he finds a dry, thorny plant to browse upon, but when other
food is gone he must depend upon his hump.
In a caravan there are often thousands of camels. Without them,
merchants could not send their goods across the desert, for no other
animal could endure so long a journey under such conditions.
A HEAVY LOAD.
One day a workman, who was helping to build a new house, saw the driver
of a large cart trying to back his horses into the yard. The cart was
filled with a heavy load of wood, and though the two horses seemed to be
patient and willing, they could move it but a little way. Then it would
roll down upon their heels again.
The driver grew angry. He shouted at the horses and gave them cruel cuts
with his whip. The horses stopped pushing and began to kick, without
moving the cart at all.
By this time the workman had come up to the horses.
"Get down a minute," said he to the driver, "and let me see what I can
do."
He went first to one horse and then to the other, stroking their necks
and speaking kindly to them. Then he lifted off several heavy timbers
and laid them on the ground. Finally he took from his dinner-pail a big
red apple, which he cut in two, giving half to each horse.
When the horses had eaten the apple, the man mounted the cart and took
up the reins.
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