One cold night in a desert, an Arab was sleeping in his tent. He had tied his camel outside. But as the night grew colder, the Arab could hear his camel sneezing outside. Then suddenly, while he slept peacefully he heard the camel’s voice.
When the Arab looked up, he found the camel’s head inside his tent. “Master,” the camel spoke, “I am cold. Please let me at least put my head inside your tent”. The Arab thought about it, and he decided to let the camel put his head inside the tent. “It is truly cold tonight,” he thought. “The poor camel will freeze if left outside”. Once the camel had become comfortable inside the tent, he slept.
But after a while, he awoke his master again. “Master,” he whispered in the Arab’s ear. The Arab looked at the camel and asked what did the camel want. “If I could just put my neck inside the tent, it would be great”. The Arab let his camel do so. Even the Arab agreed it was an undeniably cold night.
But the camel was not satisfied with this, he again called for his master. “Well,” he began, “it is extremely difficult for me to stand with my head hanging inside the tent like this. Can I put in my forelegs as well?” the camel asked. “It will only take only a little room,” the camel explained.
The Arab thought about it. “The camel does have a point. It must be uncomfortable”, he agreed with his camel. And so, he shifted and made some room for the camel. After a while, the camel spoke again.
“My dear master”, he said, “as it is I am keeping the mouth of the tent open, could I stand within the tent? It would be more comfortable that way.” The Arab agreed. “Yes, yes, you can stand within the tent. I will have pity on you as well. It is a cold night after all.” And so the camel stood inside.
But it so turned out that the tent was too small for the both of them. So the camel spoke again, “Master,” he called out. “What is it?” the Arab had become irritated now. “Could you sleep outside? It is uncomfortable this way, and this tent cannot house both us!” And then the Arab lost his temper and threw his camel out. Shutting his tent’s mouth tightly, he slept peacefully after that
MORAL OF THE STORY: GIVE AN INCH AND THEY’LL TAKE AN ELL.
Answer: An Arab had a camel. One cold night the Arab lay asleep inside the tent while the camel stood outside.
At midnight the camel awoke his master and requested him to allow him to put his head inside the tent as it was bitter cold outside. The Arab allowed him to do so.
After a while, the camel asked the Arab if he might put his neck inside the tent. The Arab did not object to do it.
Soon after the camel requested him again to allow him to bring his legs inside. The Arab agreed. Now the camel stood completely inside the twit. But as there was not space enough for both of them he pushed the Arab outside to shiver in cold.
