A young camel asks his mother why camels have certain features, and she explains that their humps store water, their legs are for walking in deserts, and their long eyelashes protect their eyes from sand and wind. The son then asks his mother what they are doing in the zoo, realizing camels are meant for deserts, not zoos.
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A Camel Story
1. Mother, may I ask you some questions? Sure, why son, is there something bothering you?
2. Why do camels have humps? Well son, we are desert animals, we need the humps to store water and we are known to survive without water.
3. OK, then why are our legs long and our feet rounded? Son, obviously they are meant for walking in the desert better than anyone does.
4. OK, then why are our eyelashes long? Sometimes it bothers my sight. My son, those long thick eyelashes are your protective cover. They help to protect your eyes from the desert sand and wind.
5. I see. So the hump is to store water when we are in the desert, the legs are for walking through the desert and these eyelashes protect my eyes from the desert sand…