“Yes,” replied the man. “Did you see it?”
“No,” said the brothers; “we did not see it.”
“Very strange,” returned the man; “you know all about it, and yet you did not see it. I will also go to the Priest and tell him about you.”
So they went, and the man told the Priest his story.
“How is it that you three know all about the camel, and yet you did not see it?” said the Priest.
“Well,” said the eldest, “I noticed that all the plants and shrubs on the way were eaten on one side only, so I concluded that the animal who had eaten them must have been blind not to see the other side.”
“How did you know that it had no tail?”
“I saw the patch of mud where it sat down,” replied the second brother, “and there was an imprint of a body but no tail.”
The Priest then asked the third boy how he knew that the camel carried vinegar.
“Because all along the road were wet patches which smelt of vinegar.”