The Tiny Camel

Gertsy was a camel. She had a friend whose name was Sam. Sam would come to visit Gertsy from not too far across the desert. It was usually in the evening at dusk.What they did during his visit I do not know for I do not meddle in camel's affairs. But after several visits and three months later, Gertsy was  getting a bit fat in the tummy. Perhaps they had had an affair. One morning about Christmas Eve, I drove my jeep into the desert and what I did see was a wonderous sight. A tiny little baby camel. He was having trouble standing for he must have been born sometimes during the night. Close by was Gertsy and her friend Sam sitting together watching the newborn camel with much amusement and admiration as he tried and failed at making his stand. They watched but didn't nudge him or aim to help as if to say," He must learn to stand alone". For a brief moment he knelt beside Gertsy and Sam. I named the little camel Effort for obvious reasons. It was Christmas Eve. A babe had been born. I looked up in the sky and not one bright star but all the stars in the heaven were lighting the night of the little camels birth. With little effort my heart was overjoyed.