The Arrogant Camel

Hello, everyone.

    Today I am going to tell the story of a very arrogant camel. He thought he was the most beautiful animal in the whole kingdom. He made fun of all the animals. All the animals were at the end of their tether. They did not know what to do.

    Read on and find out how he stopped behaving arrogantly and became a humble animal.

The Arrogant Camel

    As you know a camel is not particularly a very beautiful animal. They are very humble creatures but the story that I am going to tell you is of a very arrogant and rude camel. He thought he was the most magnificent creature in the whole animal kingdom.

    When he saw a rabbit he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your ears, they are so long and ugly.”

    The rabbit would become very angry and run away from there.

    When he saw an elephant he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your trunk, it is so long and ugly and look at your ears, they are so big.”

    When he saw giraffe he would make fun of him and say, “Look at your neck, it is so long and ugly. Look at your legs they are so long and shapeless.”

    A giraffe is a very docile animal and he would just walk away in a huff.

    When he saw a duck he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your feet they are so ugly.”

    The duck would get very angry and go away quacking.

    This way he made fun of all the animals. The animals got so fed up that they just try to avoid him altogether. When this happened the camel found himself a very lonely creature. There was no-one to talk to or play with.

    One day, he felt very thirsty after having a meal of fine lush grass that grew there. As always he ate alone and then he went to drink water in the lake. The lake that day was very calm and it looked like glass. As he bent his head to drink he got the shock of his life. He saw a very ugly animal looking back at him. He screamed and ran away!

    As he was running away he met an elephant.

    “What’s the matter?” asked the elephant. “Why do you look so scared?”

    “There is a very ugly creature in the lake,” he said, panting. “Don’t go there.”

    “An ugly creature?” the elephant was puzzled. “I am always drinking water and I have never seen any ugly creatures there. Show me where it is.”

    “I am scared to go there,” said the camel.

    “Just show me where it is,” said the elephant and so the camel led the way slowly to the lake and showed him.

   The elephant looked but he did not see anything except his own reflection.

   “I don’t see anything scary there,” he said.

    The camel bent down look and he screamed, “Look there it is staring at me!”

    The elephant understood now what was happening and he started laughing. He laughed so loud that the whole jungle echoed with his laughter!

    “Why are you laughing?” the camel asked him. “Aren’t you afraid of the creature?”

    “The creature you are referring to is your own reflection,” said the elephant wiping his tears.

    By now all the animals had gathered round to see why the elephant was laughing. When they heard what he had to say they all started laughing.

    “My reflection?” asked the camel, horrified. “But it couldn’t be. Am I so ugly?”

    “That is right,” replied the rabbit who had been listening to everything. “You have been making fun of us but you had no idea how many faults you have.”

    “That is right,” said the giraffe. “Look at your hump, it is so ugly and look at your legs they are so crooked.”

    “Please, stop,” said the camel, crying in shame. “I had no idea I was so ugly. I am so sorry. I will never make fun of anyone again.”

    “Nobody is ugly,” said the owl, wisely. “We are all beautiful in our own ways. You should be thankful for who you are. You should never call anybody ugly.”

    From that day onwards, the camel was a different animal. He became humble and was friendly now. He no longer teased anyone.

    I hope you have liked my story. If you have, please, leave me a comment to let me know. Thanks.