They say that once upon a time the camel was the most beautiful animal. He had a lush long tail and beautiful powerful horns. One day he went to the river to drink and met a deer.
- I'm going to a holiday, lend me your horns, brother! - asked the deer.
The camel agreed and remained waiting for him on the shore. That same day a horse met him and asked:
“I’m going to a party, lend me your tail, brother!” The camel agreed again and remained waiting for him on the shore.
Maral and the horse galloped away. The camel, waiting, drank water all day and looked at the road. But neither horse nor deer were visible.
Maral deceived the camel, galloped off into the taiga and stopped going out into the steppe. Alien horns have taken root with him forever.
The horse, which took the tail by deception, fearfully runs away as soon as it sees the camel.
And since then the camel has become the ugliest and most angry animal.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru