How the Camel Got his Hump

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The Camel's hump is an ugly lump Which well you may see at the Zoo;But uglier yet is the hump we get From having too little to do.

Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo, If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo, We get the hump-- Cameelious hump--The hump that is black and blue!

We climb out of bed with a frouzly head, And a snarly-yarly voice.We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl At our bath and our boots and our toys;

And there ought to be a corner for me (And I know there is one for you) When we get the hump-- Cameelious hump--The hump that is black and blue!

The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire;But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire;

And then you will find that the sun and the wind,And the Djinn of the Garden too, Have lifted the hump-- The horrible hump--The hump that is black and blue!

I get it as well as you-oo-oo--If I haven't enough to do-oo-oo! We all get hump-- Cameelious hump--Kiddies and grown-ups too!

© Rudyard Kipling