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This is. 
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For the. 
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Yeah, the. 
Podcast. 

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Is starting. 
What's? 

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The podcast, it's all gonna be 
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It's gonna be alright. 
Then you've got some worries, my

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dear little Arise. 
Rest your busy minds because 

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it's finally time the Stories 
from Now and Then. 

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Well, hello, everybody. 
Welcome back to Stories From Now

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and Then. 
My name is Captain Blunderface, 

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and I'm here in the old library 
with Debra Caddis, and we've 

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been doing some research. 
This morning. 

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We found three books about 
camels, and we've been going 

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through them. 
Debra Caddis, did you know a 

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camel can go up to three weeks 
without water? 

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Three weeks, I know. 
And how about this? 

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The hump on the camel is not 
water storage. 

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It's full of fat. 
The hump stores fat for energy 

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so the camel can just keep 
going. 

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Yeah, I didn't know that till 
this morning either. 

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We have learned so much today 
already. 

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And we're about to learn even 
more about the person for 

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today's shout out. 
So today's story goes out to 

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Tennyson in London ON. 
Tennyson is just over 9.5 years 

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old, loves playing soccer and 
Mario Kart, and is really 

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looking forward to the 2026 
World Cup this year. 

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So Tennyson, this story is for 
you and it looks like we just 

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excited for today's story where 
there may even be a special 

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guest. 
Nicola, We'll pass it off to 

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you. 
Today's story is actually going 

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to be read by a very special 
guest. 

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We have here my own daddy who 
used to read me stories all the 

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time when I was a little girl, 
and he's going to read a lovely 

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story, which is a very old 
story. 

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So it's got some funny words in 
it. 

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But if you just listen and enjoy
it, I think you'll be able to 

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figure out what most of them 
mean. 

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There's also a character in 
That's another word or an old 

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word for a genie. 
Perhaps you've seen Aladdin. 

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A genie is like that, like a 
magical spirit. 

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And I think that's everything 
you need to know. 

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Let's hear how the camel got its
hump. 

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A story by Rudyard Kipling. 
OK, go for it, Dad. 

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Now this is the next tale, and 
it tells how the camel got his 

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big hump. 
In the beginning of years, when 

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the world was so new and all, 
and the animals were just 

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beginning to work for man, there
was a camel. 

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And he lived in the middle of a 
howling desert because he did 

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not want to work. 
And besides, he was a howler 

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himself. 
So he ate sticks and thorns and 

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tamarisks and milkweed and 
prickles, excruciating idol. 

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And when anybody spoke to him, 
he said, Humph, just Humph, and 

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no more. 
Presently the horse came to him 

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on Monday morning with a saddle 
on his back and a bit in his 

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mouth, and he said, Camel, Oh 
camel, come out and trot like 

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the rest of us, Humph said the 
camel. 

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And the horse went away and told
the man. 

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Presently the dog came to him 
with a stick in his mouth and 

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said, Camel, Oh camel, come and 
fetch and carry like the rest of

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us. 
Humph said. 

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The camel and the dog went away 
and told the man. 

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Presently the ox came to him 
with a yoke on his neck and 

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said, MMM, camel, O camel, come 
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Humph said the camel and the ox 
went away and told the man. 

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At the end of the day the man 
called the horse and the dog and

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the ox together and said Three, 
O three, I'm very sorry for you,

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with the world so new and all. 
But that humph thing in the 

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desert can't work, or he would 
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So I'm going to leave him alone,
and you must work double time to

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make up for it. 
That made the three very angry, 

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with the world so new and all. 
And they held a Palava and an in

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dhaba and a panchayat and a 
powwow on the edge of the 

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desert. 
And the camel came chewing on 

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milkweed, most excruciating 
idol, and laughed at them. 

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Then he said humph, and went 
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Presently they came along the 
jinn in charge of all deserts, 

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rolling in a cloud of dust. 
Jinns always travel that way 

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because it is magic, and he 
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with the three djinn of all 
deserts, Said the horse. 

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Is it right for anyone to be 
idle, with the world so new and 

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all? 
Certainly not, said the djinn. 

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Well, said the horse. 
There's a thing in the middle of

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your howling desert, and he's a 
howler himself, with a long neck

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and long legs, and he hasn't 
done a stroke of work since 

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Monday morning. 
He won't trot few, said the 

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djinn whistling. 
That's my camel for all the gold

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in Arabia. 
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He says humph, said the dog, and
he won't fetch and carry. 

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Does he say anything else? 
Only Humph and he won't plow, 

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said the ox. 
Very good, said the djinn. 

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I'll hump him if you will kindly
wait a minute. 

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The djinn rolled himself up in 
his dust cloak and took a 

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bearing across the desert and 
found the camel most 

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scrutiatingly idle, looking at 
his own reflection in a pool of 

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water. 
My long and bubbling friend, 

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said the Djinn. 
What's this I hear of your doing

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no work with the world so new 
and all? 

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Humph, said the Camel. 
The djinn sat down with his chin

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in his hand and began to think a
great magic, while the camel 

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looked at his own reflection in 
the pool of water. 

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You've given the three extra 
work ever since Monday morning, 

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all on account of your 
scrutiating idleness, said the 

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Djinn, and he went on thinking 
magics with his chin in his 

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hand. 
Humph, said the Camel. 

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I shouldn't say that again. 
If I were you, said the Djinn. 

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You might say it once too often.
Bubbles, I want you to work. 

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And the camel, said Humph again.
But no sooner had he said it 

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than he saw his back that he was
so proud of puffing up and 

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puffing up into a great big 
lolloping humph. 

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Do you see that? 
Said the Djinn. 

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That's your very own humph, that
you prod upon your very own self

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by not working. 
Today is Thursday, and you've 

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done no work since Monday when 
the work began. 

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Now you were going to work. 
How can I, said the camel with 

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this humph on my back? 
That's made a purpose, said the 

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Djinn. 
All because you missed those 

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three days. 
You will be able to work now for

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three days without eating, 
because you can live on your 

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humph. 
And don't you ever say I never 

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did anything for you. 
Come out of the desert and go to

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the three and behave humph 
yourself. 

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And the camel humphed himself, 
humph and all, and went away to 

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join the three. 
And from that day to this, the 

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camel always wears A humph. 
We call it a hump now, not to 

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hurt his feelings, but he has 
never yet caught up with the 

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three days that he missed at the
beginning of the world, and he 

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has never yet learned how to 
behave. 

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That poor camel. 
Or is it a poor camel because it

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was being very naughty and very 
lazy, not working, not helping, 

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not being part of the team. 
I've met a few camels now in my 

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life and some of them do seem 
very grumpy, but they are 

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amazing creatures and they can 
go for days on end without 

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drinking any water or eating any
food. 

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That hump stores it all for 
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I hope you enjoyed hearing that 
story. 

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It was really special for me to 
have my daddy read me a story 

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again. 
Very cool. 

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Thank you so much Nicola, and 
thank you Uncle John for being 

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our very first Stories from Now 
and Then guest narrator. 

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So Deborah Caddis, now we know 
how the camel got his hump. 

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We are definitely going to add 
this to our stash of camel lore.

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What an interesting animal. 
Oh, of course, cats are very 

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interesting too. 
You know what, maybe you could 

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write something too. 
You could call it how the cat 

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got his attitude. 
OK, sorry, sorry. 

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How the cat got his luscious fur
coat by Depra Cattus. 

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Yeah, that's better. 
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See any art that you've drawn of
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narrated today by John Craig, 
introduced by Nicola Ward, music

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by Captain Blunderface. 
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