Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
282. The Camel and the Arab (Perry
287)
AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel, asked
him which he would like best, to go up hill or down. The poor beast replied,
not without a touch of reason: 'Why do you ask me? Is it that the level
way through the desert is closed?'
George Fyler Townsend's translation of the fables, first published in 1867, is
in the public domain and can be found at many websites, including Project
Gutenberg.
Illustrations come from: Aesop's Fables, by George Fyler Townsend, with
illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1867, at Google
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