The 1912 caption reads: How Camel got its hump by Kipling - towelly thing is magic and humph on its shoulder. The illustrarion by J M Gleeson illustrates Kipling’s How the Camel Got Its Lump tale: When the animals began to work for Man, the Camel lived in a desert because he was idle and refused to help. The Dog, the Horse and the Ox all urged him to join in their work, but he only answered “Humph!” They complained to the Man, who said he was sorry, but they would just have to work longer hours themselves. Then they complained to the Djinn in charge of All Deserts. So the Djinn went to see th
The 1936 caption reads: How Camel got its hump by Kipling - towelly thing is magic and humph on its shoulder. The illustrarion by J M Gleeson illustrates Kipling’s How the Camel Got Its Lump tale: When the animals began to work for Man, the Camel lived in a desert because he was idle and refused to help. The Dog, the Horse and the Ox all urged him to join in their work, but he only answered “Humph!” They complained to the Man, who said he was sorry, but they would just have to work longer hours themselves. Then they complained to the Djinn in charge of All Deserts. So the Djinn went to see the Camel and told him to work, but still all he would say was “Humph!” The Djinn made a magic that puffed up the Camel’s back into a humph (or hump) and condemned him to work for three days without eating, living on his hump instead, to make up for the days he had missed. He still has his hump, he never did make up the lost time, and he still behaves badly. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book dilogy, Kim, the Just So Stories (published 1902) and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King. Joseph Michael Gleeson (1861-1917) was an American painter and illustrator.
Size: 3633px × 5100px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1900s, 1902, animal, camel, camels, djinn, early, english, gleeson, hump, journalist, king, kipling, lit, literature, man, novelist, poet, rudyard, short, stories, story, tale, tales, writer
