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... taken in hand by her more popular cousin, whose motives are not entirely altruistic. In Benediction, a young woman visits her brother in seminary. A camel goes to a party in The Camel's Back. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a poignant fantasy about a man who ages backward. And tragedy befalls a young couple in The Lees of Happiness. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)...

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... the base of the mountain where Moses received the Tablets of the Law. Set in rugged country, accessible in times past only by a many days journey by camel across barren desert, the monastery survived intact through the centuries, and, as a result, became a rich repository of religious history—told through its icons, mosaics, and the books and manuscripts in the monastery ...

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...Contents HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT..................................................................................... 4 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP .......................................................................................... 7 HOW THE RHINOCEROS .................................................................................................

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...them. Cover Design: Jim Manis (Art: Rudyard Kipling’s drawing for “How the Camel Got His Hump”) Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylvania State University The... ................................................................... 4 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP ........................................................... ...know (if you haven’t guessed) You’re ‘Fifty North and Forty West!’ HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP N OW THIS is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel g... ... and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not wa... ...nday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.’ ‘Humph!’ said the C... ... Dog came to him, with a stick 8 Just So Stories in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.’ ‘Humph!’ sai... ... O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.’ ‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Dog went away and told the Man. Presently the Ox came to him... ...he Man. Presently the Ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us.’ ‘Humph!’ said the Cam... ...indaba, and a punchayet, and a pow- wow on the edge of the Desert; and the Camel came chewing on milkweed _most_ ‘scruciating idle, and laughed at the...

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... Bulgarian roses in the rose gardens near Gorna mahala village 25 Хисаря- крепостта и южната врата “Камилите” Hisarya, The South gate called “The Camels” 26 Изсъхнала смрадлика, брана край Асеновград Dry smoke bush leaves picked up near Asenovgrad town 27 Морето призори край Созопол The sea near Sozopol at dawn 28 Улица в Трявна A street in Tryavna 29 Циркусъ...

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...ese. From Allah's mouth to her ears, it left a taste more unpalatable than camel dung at the back of Sahir's throat, a memory bitterer than Kane's imp... ...lief when she notices several men bustling outside a large tent, and a few camels loaded down and idling beside the poles, chewing cud. An oasis or a ... ...us Kung Fu gentleman and the next she had been snapping at his head like a camel with a bad tooth. What had he done? When had he erred? Kane thought t... ... me?" She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and sat up against the sofa's camel back, feet firmly planted against the Persian rug. "You passed out." ... ...elf from glancing over her shoulder to make sure there wasn't a one-humped camel standing in her living room. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 125... ...odded, suddenly cold in her centrally heated house. She had a flash of two camels with rainbow spiky dos, roaming the streets of downtown Mount Vernon... ... unease he had brought about. "So Kane, you lived in tents and traveled by camels and all that good stuff, right?" Kane smiled at the young man's open... ...lly do her genie-man justice. Lawrence had never looked as striking riding camelback across the sweeping desert sand dunes as Kane looked standing in ... ... ten. "Why would you assume that?" "You are grumbling like an overburdened camel." "So, how did we come across our information? Did Rafe tell you he's...

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... chests. A great deal of food, fruit juices and wine for his non-teetotal guests, was conveyed on camels’ backs and beautiful silver tableware and c... ... 179 huge procession of richly bedecked elephants, uniformed cavalry, troopers of the Emperor’s camel corps, covered palanquins, musicians, and foo...

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...an 2,700 pieces of paper. An Arab merchant, who had come to Israel after a camel ride in the area of the rivers of Euphrates and Tigris, had found the...

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... heads of the younger and more fit prisoners of war and wrapped their skulls in raw camel hide. The prisoners were then left to shrivel in the dese...

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...ely one hundred dollars to these children won't be the straw to break the camel's back. And it wasn't. We helped the children and continued to do b...

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...rd a loud creak. His body weight must have been the “straw that broke the camel’s back” because the support beam that used to hold up the foor under...

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...ed unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. The multitude of camels shall cover thee.” And in the forty-ninth chapter it is annou...

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... in a medicine book. No cure will come from this labor. It is also like a camel carrying silk; it does not benefit the silk, nor does the silk benef... ...he study and the actions are not arranged to bring him to it, it is like a camel carrying silk; it does not benefit the silk and the silk does not be...

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...ffered and would not refuse any kind of food as far as it was Halal. He would wear any available clothing and ride any riding animal such as horses, camels, mules and donkeys, as he also used to go on foot. He would prefer to sit with the poor and feed them. He also preferred to sit with scholars and righteous people. He always kept in touch with the relatives and friend...

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...ilts, he pulls his beard and settles himself, legs crossed. He describes camels, accoutre- ments, attendants, a long, long story, growing longer wi... ...an route, asking for help. They lived with Gabra nomads—borrowing a white camel, a day or two. Father says “she was a real princess on that camel!” ... ...alem I heard those words. It was dusk. An immense caravan choked the air, camels, drivers, gapers. Again I thought of Herod and CHRIST’S JOURNAL ... ...e Kittim are evident on the main streets: helmets, standards, shields. A camel sank to the ground beside me, eying me, begging for kindness. Trumpe... ...ok his head, laughed, kissed my hands, rushed off. A caravan was passing, camels, drivers, onlookers; he disappeared among the camels, the dust. ... ... pillars. Tall men in dark red robes, red turbans on their heads, prodded camels, heavily laden animals. Were they Syrians? Somewhere along the way... ...ite tents in rows, banners, standards, smoke. Shields flash as men drill. Camels are hobbled behind the tent town. We can make out men in half armor...

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...ourself hav- ing a birthday party in the desert before jumping on a f ying camel that got you to school just in time to take an exam, but before you ... ... so that you wondered if there was any birthday cake left, or perhaps the camels had eaten it all…. This time Theo knew that he had had a remarkable ... ... they could make out a tall, thin man in long, white robes attending to a camel in the shade of a palm tree. The carpet gave a f nal dramatic arc thr... ... picked up two glasses from the remains of a f re and carried them to the camel. The beast snorted and spat 102 Bozo and the Storyteller but the ma... ...ses with milk fresh from its udders. ‘A Bedouin can live off the milk of a camel if he has to,’ he said, as he handed Theo and Bozo each a glass. Bo... ...ing carpet such as this would once have fetched the price of ten thousand camels…’ Ali declared, but broke off as the carpet sprang up in pain and t... ...trode forward and picked up the crystal ball as though it were a piece of camel dung. ‘An eye for an eye,’ he muttered. ‘And a crystal ball for a f ... ...wed in an avalanche of sand. ‘It is fated that we must cross the desert by camel,’ the Bedouin declared with a resigned tone of voice. He turned and ... ...g to be nice.’ ‘Maybe a person gets like that after a lifetime of drinking camel milk.’ Bozo giggled but then swallowed his laughter as he looked up ...

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...se! I've been out." The great head rose to a formal height. "Well?" "Camel spit! You want that fealty dung again? Watch your head; you'll bum... ...eat time spooking herds of some four- legged things; Lei-kung says they're camels or gazelles, asses, wolves or something. Tasty by the clawful. We... ...sis like an army at siege. For a bit, he had watched the timid groups of camels, asses, sheep, and gazelles. The water called to their thirst, but... ...entary gave him no chance to speak. She acted like she was buying a used camel. "Look at those wings. Bet you're a screamer in the air. Terrific... ..., it's not good to speak ill of the dead. Show some respect!" "Respect? Camel dung! Save me the clichØs. Respect is earned, not given. What are... ...e lush fur of his ebony mask. His face and ears were framed by a creamy, camel-colored mane that circled to his full jowls. At least, Chu-Chu like... ...e patches. The most rambunctious showed dark-blue eyes and the hint of a camel mane amid the blacks and browns of his kitten fuzz. "Does that look...

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...ilts, he pulls his beard and settles himself, legs crossed. He describes camels, accoutre- ments, attendants, a long, long story, growing longer wi... ...an route, asking for help. They lived with Gabra nomads—borrowing a white camel, a day or two. Father says “she was a real princess on that camel!” ... ...alem I heard those words. It was dusk. An immense caravan choked the air, camels, drivers, gapers. Again I thought of Herod and CHRIST’S JOURNAL ... ...e Kittim are evident on the main streets: helmets, standards, shields. A camel sank to the ground beside me, eying me, begging for kindness. Trumpe... ...ok his head, laughed, kissed my hands, rushed off. A caravan was passing, camels, drivers, onlookers; he disappeared among the camels, the dust. ... ... pillars. Tall men in dark red robes, red turbans on their heads, prodded camels, heavily laden animals. Were they Syrians? Somewhere along the way... ...ite tents in rows, banners, standards, smoke. Shields flash as men drill. Camels are hobbled behind the tent town. We can make out men in half armor... ...drea’s home, I read Polo’s book and dreamed of crossing the Lop Desert on camelback; I imagined visiting the Khan’s great cities; I dreamed of sketc... ...ree dwarfs will appear as miniature elephants. I will wear a replica of a camel’s head. Francesco VOICES FROM THE PAST 286 is to impersonate ...

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...held daily this week. CALENDAR MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 8.00 p. m.—Lecture on "A Camel Journey in Chinese Turkestan' ' by Mr. Huntington uf Yale. T. B. L. T... ...rhood Mr. Hunt- ington's oamels disappeared, fol- lowing the trail of wild camels, and but for the superhuman exer- tion of an old camel driver, who t...

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...with 45% of the Parliament being women. “Mohammad‟s wife drove camels but modern day Muslim women cannot drive cars. The Koran, like any ...

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...f self-pity. Hell was behind such dance movements as the Ug, in 1 BC, the camel toe in 600 BC and others such as, belly dancing, disco and line danc... ... your bank balance. It is harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than a camel through the eye of a needle. One imp made a blunder and some poor so... ... it is easier for a rich man to get into Heaven, because he doesn’t own a camel. 143 CHAPTER 28 Monday morning saw an enthusiastic Tom accompany Fre...