THE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL
A Hindu Tale
The Jackal stood looking across the river where the crabs lay in the sun on the sand.
“Oh,” said the Jackal, “if I could only swim, how good those crabs would be! I wish I had a boat or a canoe!”
Just then the Camel came out of the woods. “Now,” said the Jackal, “if I can only get the Camel to take me across the river! I can ride high up on his hump, and it will be just as good as a boat.”
“Good morning, friend,” said the Jackal to the Camel. “Are you hungry? I know a place where the sugar cane grows higher and sweeter than anywhere else.”
“Where? Where?” cried the Camel. “Tell me, and I will go there at once.”