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camel. He said, ‘All right, you may put
your neck inside too.’

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The camel grew bold . In another hour,
it asked the merchant, ‘Master, may I also

put my front legs inside?’

There was very little space in the tent,
but the kind merchant agreed.

Soon the camel asked the merchant if
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he could put his hump inside. Then he
wanted to put his body inside. Finally, the camel asked if he could come

inside the tent completely. Each time the merchant agreed.

The tent was too small to hold both of them together. They were unable

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to move now. So, the selfish camel told his master to sleep outside.
This made the
merchant very

angry. He pushed

the camel out of
the tent and fell

asleep.

The camel spent
the cold night

outside the tent. It

decided never to
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be greedy again.

bold : without fear greedy : wanting (something) more than
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hump : (here) the round, raised part of a you need
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camel’s back
selfi sh : If someone is selfi sh, they think only
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about themselves and do not care about
others.
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