Once Upon a Camel

Once there was a lazy camel. He spent his days admiring himself in a pool of water in the middle of the desert. He was very proud of his small, flat back. When someone spoke to him, he said: "Humph!"

What is the main idea in this paragraph?

• The camel kept himself busy.

• The camel really liked himself.

• The camel liked his hump.

• The camel did not like himself.

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A horse came to him and said, "Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us." Then a dog passed by and said, "Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us." Then an ox came to him and said, "Camel, come and plough like the rest of us." The camel always answered, "Humph".

What is the main idea in this paragraph?

• The other animals were happy with the camel's work.

• The horse and the dog really liked the camel.

• All the animals wanted camel to do some work.

• The ox helped camel to do his work.

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There came along a prince that was in charge of all deserts. The animals told him about the camel that did not work. The prince found the camel lazily looking at his own reflection in the pool of water. The prince said, "I hear you're not doing any work." "Humph!" said the camel.

What will the prince do to the lazy camel?

• The prince will sit with the camel and look at his own reflection.

• The prince will leave the camel by the water and go back to his castle.

• The prince will punish the other animals for being unfriendly with the camel.

• The prince will punish the camel by giving him a hump on his back.

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"Humph", said the camel again. But to his horror, as he said it, a great, big hump grew on his back. "That is your very own humph that you've brought upon yourself by not working," said the prince. "Now you are going to work."

"How can I, with this humph on my back?" said the camel.

Why did a hump grow on the camel's back?

• A hump grew on the camel's back because he did not do any work.

• A hump grew on the camel's back because he worked hard.

• A hump grew on the camel's back because he had good friends.

• A hump grew on the camel's back because the prince gave it to him as a gift.

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"Now, you will be able to work for three days without eating, because you can live on your humph," said the prince.

And from that day to this, the camel always wears a humph but we now call it "hump" so as not to hurt his feelings.

What is the main idea of the story: How the camel got his hump?

• It is a true story about how the camel got his hump.

• This story is not true.

• It is a story about animals working on a farm.

• This story is about a prince who did not like animals.

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