Discusses characteristics and habits of the camel, a useful and hearty animal used for desert travel. Includes a chapter on their relatives, the lamoids.
When the world was new, the camel, a creature of 'scruciating idleness, said "Humph!" too often and received for all time a hump[h] from the Djinn of All Deserts.
Cairo the camel is still to small to carry his own load of items back from the market, but when a sandstorm strikes and the other camels lose their load, it is Cairo who shows his responsible nature by tracking them down.
After Azad is sold by his uncle to become a camel jockey, a role that frightens him, he is befriended by his camel, Asfur, and the two of them escape into the desert and find a new home with the Bedouin.
When the animals in Harry's dreams settle in the park across the street, the park gardener finds homes in the zoo for all of them, except the stubborn camel.
