Summary of why a camel has a hump. Rudhyar Kipling Why does a camel have a hump? Camel in the apartment

Rudyard Joseph Kipling

Why does a camel have a hump

Here is another fairy tale, and in it I want to tell you where such a big hump came from on the back of the Camel.

In the very first years, long ago, the whole earth was brand new, just made. Animals from the very first days began to serve Man. But in the Terrible Sad Desert lived a Terrible Sad Camel who did not even think of working. He ate dry thorns, hard branches, tamarisk, blackthorn and bark, but he didn’t want to work for anything - such an unscrupulous loafer and lazybones! And no matter what they said to him, he answered everything:

Only "Grrb" - and nothing more.

One day, on Monday morning, the Horse came to him. The horse had a saddle on its back and a bridle in its teeth.

Camel, oh Camel! - he said. - Go to the Man and start trotting like we do.

Grrb! - answered the Camel, and the Horse went to the Man and told him everything.

Shortly thereafter, the Dog came to the Camel. He had a stick in his teeth. He came and said:

Camel, oh Camel! Go to the Man, learn to go hunting with him, as we do.

Grrb! Camel replied, and the Dog went to the Man and told him everything.

Shortly thereafter, the Bull came to the Camel. The Bull had a yoke around his neck. He said:

Camel, oh Camel! Go to the Man and plow the earth like we do.

Grrb! Camel answered, and the Bull went to the Man and told him everything.

In the evening the Man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox and said:

Horse, Dog and Bull, I feel sorry for you (after all, the world was still quite new!), But the beast that shouts “Grrb” in that Desert is not capable of any work, otherwise it would have come to me long ago. Let him live in his Desert, I will not touch him, but you will have to work doubly - both for yourself and for him.

Then the Horse, the Dog and the Ox became very angry (after all, the world was still very new!). They went to the very edge of the Desert and began to discuss loudly what they should do, and barked and neighed and mooed. Camel approached them - an unscrupulous loafer and lazybones! - and, lazily chewing dry grass, began to taunt them. Then he said "Grrb" and left.

Djinn, Lord of All Deserts, rushed past on the road in a cloud of dust. (Jinns always travel like this because they are sorcerers.) He stopped to chat with Horse, Dog and Bull.

Lord of All Deserts! - said Kon. - Who has the right to sit back, if the world is so new and there is still so much work in it?

Nobody, said the genie.

And here, - said the Horse, - in your Terrible Sad Desert lives a Terrible Sad Beast, with a long neck, with long legs, which since the very morning, since Monday, has not thought to take up work. Doesn't want to trot - no way!

Phew! Jinn whistled. - Yes, this is my Camel, I swear by the gold of the Arabian land! What does he say?

He says one word: “Grrb,” said the Dog. - "Grrb" - and nothing more. And does not want to help the Man to hunt.

What else does he say? Jinn asked.

Nothing else, only "Grrb", and does not want to plow, - answered the Bull.

Great! Jinn exclaimed. - Please wait a minute, I'll show him Grrb now.

He wrapped himself in his cloak of dust and rushed into the Desert. There he found the Camel. He stood and admired his reflection in a puddle - an unscrupulous lazy and idler.

My crafty long-legged friend, - said the Genie, - I heard that you do not want to work in our new, brand new world. What does it mean?

Grrb! Camel answered.

The genie sat down on the sand and, leaning his chin on his hand, began to conjure, while Camel stood and admired his reflection in a puddle as if nothing had happened.

The horse, the Ox and the Dog have been working since morning, since Monday, and they have worked more than necessary, because you are such a shameless lazy and idler, - said the Genie.

And he again put his hand on his chin and continued to conjure.

Grrb! Camel said.

And how do you not get tired of this word? How many times do you repeat it? Shameless lazy and slacker, I want you to work.

G r r b! Camel repeated.

And suddenly his back, which he was so proud of, began to swell, and swell, and swell, and he swelled up with a huge hard hump.

Admire! Jinn said. - This is the same “Grrb” that you constantly talk about. He grew up with you because you are an unscrupulous lazy and loafer. The work started on Monday, today is Thursday, and you still haven't set to work. But now you get to work!

How will I work if I have a huge Grrb? Camel asked.

And this is your punishment! Jinn replied. - For the fact that you skipped three days. But now you can work for three days without any food because you will be eating your own Grrb. You lived for three days with only Grrb. After that, I hope you won't say that I don't care about you. And now leave the Desert, go to the Horse, the Dog and the Ox, and see that you behave yourself.

And the Camel went with his hump to the Horse, the Dog and the Bull. And still he carries his hump on his back (we don’t say “Grrb” anymore, we say “hump” so as not to offend the Camel), and still he cannot make up for the three days that he skipped at the beginning, when the earth was new, and still he can't learn how to behave.

camel,

Rudyard Kipling

How the camel got his hump

In this story, I will tell you how the camel got his hump.

At the beginning of the centuries, when the world had just arisen, and animals were just beginning to work for humans, a camel lived. He lived in the Howling Desert because he didn't want to work, and besides, he was a howler. He ate leaves, thorns, thorns, spurge and was recklessly lazy. When anyone spoke to him, he would snort "frr..." and nothing else.

On Monday morning a horse came to him with a saddle on its back and a bit in its mouth. She said:

- A camel, a camel! Come drive with us.

“Frr…” the camel replied.

The horse left and told the man about it.

Then a dog appeared with a stick in its teeth and said:

- A camel, a camel! Come serve and carry with us.

“Frr…” the camel replied.

The dog left and told the man about it.

Then an ox appeared with a yoke around his neck and said:

- A camel, a camel! Come plow the land with us.

“Frr…” the camel replied. The ox left and told the man about it. At the end of the day, the man called a horse, a dog and an ox to him and said to them:

“You know, I feel very sorry for you. A camel in the desert does not want to work, well, the fool is with him! But instead of him, you should work twice.

This decision greatly annoyed the three industrious animals, and they gathered for a meeting somewhere on the edge of the desert. There a camel came up to them, chewing milkweed, and began to laugh at them. Then he said “frr…” and left.

Following this, the lord of all the deserts Jinn appeared in a whole cloud of dust (Jinns, being wizards, always travel in this way). He stopped, listening to the meeting of the three.

“Tell us, lord of the deserts, Jinn,” asked the horse, “is it fair that someone be lazy and not want to work?

"Of course not," Jinn replied.

This picture shows a genie starting a spell that gave the camel a hump. First of all, he drew a line in the air with his finger, and it hardened. Then he made a cloud and finally an egg. You can see all this at the bottom of the picture. With the help of a small pump, the Genie produced a white flame, which turned into an enchantment. After that, he took his magic fan and began to fan the flame. It was a completely harmless sorcery, and the camel got the hump just right, because he was lazy. And the Djinn, the ruler of the deserts, was one of the kindest Djinns and never harmed anyone.

“So,” continued the horse, “in the depths of your Howling Desert lives a beast with a long neck and long legs, the howler himself. He hasn't done anything since Monday morning. He doesn't want to work at all.

“Ugh!” whistled the Genie. - Yes, this is my camel, I swear by all the gold of Arabia! But what does he say?

- He says "frr ..." - the dog answered, - and does not want to serve and wear.

“What else does he say?”

- Only "frr ..." and does not want to plow, - the ox answered.

"All right," said the Genie, "I'll teach him a lesson, wait here a minute."

The genie wrapped himself in his cloud again and rushed across the desert. Soon he found a camel that was doing nothing and staring at its own reflection in a pool of water.

This is an image of the Genie, the ruler of the desert, when he directs the spell with his magic fan. The camel chews on an acacia branch and, as usual, says "frr ...". No wonder the Genie told him that he snorted too much. A high flame, as if coming out of an onion, is a charm and carries a hump, which is just the size of a camel's flat back. The camel himself admires his reflection in the puddle so much that he does not notice the impending disaster.

Below the picture is a piece of primitive land: two smoking volcanoes, several mountains and boulders, a lake, a black island, a winding river, various other differences, as well as Noah's Ark. I could not draw all the deserts that the Genie controlled, and I drew only one, but the most deserted desert.

- Hey buddy! Jinn said. I heard that you don't want to work. Is it true?

“Frr…” the camel replied.

The genie sat down, resting his chin on his hand, and began to invent a great spell, while the camel looked at his reflection in a pool of water.

“Thanks to your laziness, three animals have been forced to work for you since Monday morning,” said the Genie and continued to think over the spell, resting his chin on his hand.

Kipling Rudyard

Why does a camel have a hump

Rudyard Kipling

Why does a camel have a hump

Translation of Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak

Here is another tale, and in it I want to tell you where such a big hump came from on the back of the Camel.

In the very early years, long ago, the whole earth was brand new, freshly made. Animals from the very first days began to serve Man. But in the Terribly Dull Desert lived the Terribly Dull Camel, who did not even think of working. He ate dry thorns, hard branches, tamarisk, blackthorn and bark, but he did not want to work for anything - such an unscrupulous loafer and lazybones! And no matter what they said to him, he answered everything:

Only "Grrb" - and nothing more.

One day, on Monday morning, the Horse came to him. The horse had a saddle on its back and a bridle in its teeth.

Camel, oh Camel! he said. "Go to the Man and start trotting like we do."

Grrb! Camel replied, and the Horse went to the Man and told him everything.

Shortly thereafter, the Dog came to the Camel. He had a stick in his teeth. He came and said:

Camel, oh Camel! Go to the Man, learn to go hunting with him, as we do.

Grrb! Camel replied, and the Dog went to the Man and told him everything.

Shortly thereafter, the Bull came to the Camel. The Bull had a yoke around his neck. He said:

Camel, oh Camel! Go to the Man and plow the earth like we do.

Grrb! Camel replied, and the Bull went to the Man and told him everything.

In the evening the Man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox and said:

Horse, Dog and Ox, I am very sorry for you (after all, the world was still quite new!), But the beast that shouts "Grrb" in that Desert is not capable of any work, otherwise it would have come to me long ago. Let him live in his Desert, I will not touch him, but you will have to work doubly - both for yourself and for him.

Then the Horse, the Dog and the Ox became very angry (after all, the world was still very new!). They went to the very edge of the Desert and began to discuss loudly what they should do, and barked and neighed and mooed. Camel approached them, an unscrupulous loafer and lazybones! - and, lazily chewing dry grass, began to taunt them. Then he said "grrb" and left.

Djinn, Lord of All Deserts, rushed past on the road in a cloud of dust. (Jinns always travel like this because they are sorcerers.) He stopped to chat with Horse, Dog and Ox.

Lord of All Deserts! - said the Horse. - Who has the right to sit back, if the world is so new and there is still so much work in it?

Nobody, said the genie.

And here, - said the Horse, - in your Terribly Dull Desert lives a Terribly Dull Beast, with a long neck, with long legs, which from Monday morning, did not think to take up work. Doesn't want to trot - no way!

Phew! - the Genie whistled. - Yes, this is my Camel, I swear by the gold of the Arabian land! What does he say?

He says one word: "Grrb" - said the Dog. - "Grrb" - and nothing more. And does not want to help the Man to hunt.

This picture is of a Genie, a wizard; he began to conjure, and after this sorcery, a hump appeared on the back of the camel. First, the Genie drew a line through the air with his finger, and it became hard; then he made a cloud, then an egg; you will see the egg and the cloud in the picture at the very bottom. Immediately, a magic gourd appeared, which turned into a huge white flame. It was then that the Genie took his magic fan, began to fan the flame with it and fanned it until it turned into a magic fire. The Genie's magic was good and kind, although it caused the camel to have a hump on its back; but the camel got the hump only because he was very lazy. This Djinn watched over all the deserts; he was one of the nicest genies, and therefore would never do anything truly unkind.

What else does he say? Jinn asked.

Nothing else, only "Grrb", and does not want to plow, - answered the Bull.

Great! - exclaimed the Genie, - Please wait a minute, I'll show him Grrb now.

He wrapped himself in his cloak of dust and rushed into the Desert.

There he found Camel. He stood and admired his reflection in a puddle, an unscrupulous lazy and loafer.

My crafty long-legged friend, - said Genie, - I heard that you do not want to work in our new, brand new world. What does it mean?

Grrb! Camel answered.

The genie sat down on the sand and, resting his chin on his hand, began to conjure, while Camel stood and admired his reflection in a puddle as if nothing had happened.

Horse, Ox and Dog have been working since the morning, since Monday, and they have worked more than they should, because you are such a shameless lazy and idler, said the Genie.

And he again put his hand on his chin and continued to conjure.

Grrb! Camel repeated.

And how do you not get tired of this word? How many times do you repeat it? Shameless lazy and loafer, I want you to start working!

Grrb! Camel repeated.

And suddenly his back, which he was so proud of, began to swell up, and swelled, and swelled, and his huge hard hump swelled up.

Admire! - said the Genie. - This is the same "Grrb" that you keep talking about. He grew up with you because you are an unscrupulous lazy and loafer. The work started on Monday, today is Thursday, and you still haven't set to work. But now you get to work!

How will I work if I have a huge Grrb? Camel asked.

This stands the Djinn, who is in charge of all the deserts; he conjures with his magic fan. A camel chews on an acacia branch; he just said "grb" once again (the genie warned him not to repeat this word too often), and here comes the hump. A long strip, which you see looks like a towel and rises from something like an onion, is a magical flame; on its bend lies a hump. The hump fits perfectly on the flat back of a camel. The camel himself is so zealously admiring his beautiful image, which is reflected in the water, that he does not notice what is happening.

Below is a large picture - a small one. It depicts a young world. You see two smoking volcanoes; several other mountains; several stones; a lake and a black island, as well as a meandering river; still different differences and, finally, Noah's ark. I could not draw all the deserts that the Genie was in charge of, so I drew only one, but this is the most deserted desert.

And this is your punishment! - answered the Genie. - For the fact that you skipped three days. But now you can work for three days without any food because you will be eating your own Grrb. You lived for three days with only Grrb. After that, I hope you won't say that I don't care about you. And now leave the Desert, go to the Horse, the Dog and the Ox and see, behave yourself.

And the Camel went with his hump to the Horse, the Dog and the Bull. And until now he carries his hump on his back (we don’t say “Grrb” anymore, we say “hump” so as not to offend the Camel), and still he cannot make up for those three days that he skipped at the beginning, when the earth was new, and still he cannot learn how to behave.

camel,

So clumsy

I saw it in the menagerie more than once.

Even worse,

Still clumsy

Grows with me and you.

Who wanders idle

Unwashed, unkempt, dirty,

will appear

Unseen hump.

Furry, crooked, ugly.

We sleep until noon

And on a holiday and on weekdays,

Wake up and look sadly

We meow, we bark,

We don't want to get up

And angry at the sponge and soap.

Tell me where

Run from shame.

Where will you hide your shameful hump,

unseen

unheard of

Shaggy, furry and black!

My advice is this:

Forget peace

And cheerfully get to work

Do not sour, do not sleep,

And dig the earth.

Dig up to the tenth sweat,

And the wind and the heat

And pouring rain

And hunger, and salutary labor

Smooth out your hump.

unseen hump,

Shaggy, furry and black!

"HOW THE CAMEL GOT ITS HUMP"

Translation by L. B. Khavkina.

In this story, I will tell you how the camel got his hump.

At the beginning of the centuries, when the world had just arisen and animals were just beginning to work for humans, a camel lived. He lived in the Howling Desert because he didn't want to work, and besides, he was a howler. He ate leaves, thorns, thorns, spurge and was recklessly lazy. When anyone spoke to him, he would snort "frr..." and nothing else.

On Monday morning a horse came to him with a saddle on its back and a bit in its mouth. She said:

Camel, oh camel! Come drive with us.

Frr ... - answered the camel.

The horse left and told the man about it.

Then a dog appeared with a stick in its teeth and said:

Camel, oh camel! Come serve and carry with us.

Frr ... - answered the camel.

The dog left and told the man about it.

Then an ox appeared with a yoke around his neck and said:

Camel, oh camel! Come plow the land with us.

Frr ... - answered the camel. The ox left and told the man about it. At the end of the day, the man called a horse, a dog and an ox to him and said to them:

You know, I'm really sorry for you. A camel in the desert does not want to work, well, the fool is with him! But instead of him, you should work twice.

Following this, the lord of all the deserts Jinn appeared in a whole cloud of dust (Jinns, being wizards, always travel in this way). He stopped, listening to the meeting of the three.

Tell us, lord of the deserts, Jinn, - the horse asked, - is it fair for someone to be lazy and not want to work?

Of course not, said the Genie.

So, - continued the horse, - in the depths of your Howling Desert lives a beast with a long neck and long legs, the howler himself. He hasn't done anything since Monday morning. He doesn't want to work at all.

Phew! .. - whistled the Genie. - Yes, this is my camel, I swear by all the gold of Arabia! But what does he say?

He says "frr ..." - the dog answered, - and does not want to serve and wear.

What else does he say?

Only "frr ..." and does not want to plow, - the ox answered.

Okay, - said the Genie, - I'll teach him a lesson, wait here a minute.

The genie wrapped himself in his cloud again and rushed across the desert. Soon he found a camel that was doing nothing and staring at its own reflection in a pool of water.

Hey buddy! Jinn said. - I heard that you don't want to work. Is it true?

Frr ... - answered the camel.

The genie sat down, resting his chin on his hand, and began to invent a great spell, while the camel looked at his reflection in a pool of water.

Thanks to your laziness, three animals have been forced to work for you since Monday morning, - said the Genie and continued to think over the spell, resting his chin on his hand.

Frr ... - answered the camel.

You shouldn't snort," said the Genie. - You snort too much. But I'll tell you what: go to work.

Camel again answered "frr ...", but at that time he felt that his even back, which he was so proud of, suddenly began to swell, swell, and finally a huge hump formed on it.

You see, - said the Genie, - this hump has grown in you because you did not want to work. It's already Wednesday, and you haven't done anything since Monday, when work started. Now it's your turn.

How can I work with such a thing on my back? camel said.

I arranged it on purpose, - said the Genie, - since you missed three whole days. From now on you will be able to work for three days without any food, and the hump will feed you. You have no right to complain that I didn't take care of you. Leave your desert, go to three friends and behave yourself. Yes, turn around faster!

No matter how the camel snorted, he had to get to work along with the rest of the animals. However, he still hasn't made up for the three days he missed from the start, and still hasn't learned how to behave properly.

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Plot

When the earth first emerged from chaos, there was a lot of work on it. Many animals began to help man in his work, but the swaggering camel did not want to work. And all the persuasion answered only: "Grbb!"

A horse, a bull and a dog approached him and shamed him, and persuaded him, and frightened him, but the camel repeated only one word and did not enter into any conversations. Animals complained to man, but man also could not do anything with a stubborn lazy person.

Once these conversations were heard by the genie-owner of the desert. HE went to the camel and demanded that he start working on an equal footing with the others. But the stubborn animal did not answer him either.

An angry genie conjured a huge hump on the back of the naughty animal and said that now he would be forced to work hard without days off and breaks, and he would eat at the expense of his hump. Now the camel had to work harder than all the other animals.

Conclusion (my opinion)

The camel considered himself the best and did not talk to anyone, and did not obey anyone, for which he paid with his appearance, and now he had to work harder than anyone to pay for all the days of idleness.

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