Leaning on his bent knees, the camel patiently waited for his owner to load him. He had already placed one bale on his back, then another, a third, a fourth...
“It’s time for him to stop,” the camel thought sadly, not daring to contradict his owner.
Finally, the man got the job done and commandingly cracked his whip. The camel struggled to its feet.
- Went! - the owner ordered and pulled the reins.
But the animal did not move.
-Why did you get up? Move over! - the man shouted menacingly and pulled the reins with all his might.
And the camel rested its feet on the ground and continued to stand rooted to the spot.
“Oh, you’re stubborn,” the owner guessed and with a sigh threw two bales off the animal’s back.
“Now, it seems, I can do it,” the camel muttered to himself and obediently set off.
So they walked all day under the scorching sun, and the man thought that it would be good to get to the nearest village before dark. As if having guessed his thoughts, the camel suddenly stopped.
- Forward! - the owner shouted in a loud voice. “A little more way and we’ll be there.”
“My legs are aching, and I worked hard today. It’s time for the owner to know the honor,” the camel reasoned to himself and stretched out on the sand. And although the man was bursting with frustration, he still had to unpack the animal and settle down for the night in the desert under the open sky.
Thinking only about self-interest, the owner apparently forgot the good old proverb that you can’t tear two skins from one camel.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru