The Jealous Camel


One night a monkey got up in front of a gathering of animals
and began to dance.
                 

His audience clapped so loudly
and paid him so many compliments
that a camel standing in the crowd grew jealous.
Thinking that he could get just as much attention,
the camel went out in front of the crowd
and tried to dance like the monkey.

But the clumsy camel couldn't dance well,
and he looked so silly as he shuffled around
that the crowd booed him and sent him away.


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