The Youngest Camel
“Now we have brought you to the pathway betweenthe winds.”
THE YOUNGEST CAMEL
By Kay Boyle
With illustrations by
FRITZ KREDEL
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
1939
COPYRIGHT 1939, BY KAY BOYLE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT
TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PORTIONS
THEREOF IN ANY FORM
FIRST EDITION
Published August 1939
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOOKS
ARE PUBLISHED BY
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
For Pegeen, Bobby, Apple-Joan,
Kathe, and Clover Vail
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “Now we have brought you to the pathway between the winds.” | Frontispiece |
| The little camel said nothing at all, but simply followed in her footsteps | 22 |
| He lay there very meekly on one side | 28 |
| And then they flew off, their legs floating on the air behind them | 44 |
| “It’s much wiser to be polite to everyone I meet, because one never knows.” | 54 |
| The little camel took another uncertain step towards the tent | 68 |
The Youngest Camel
I
THE BEGINNING of the caravan’s trip was madethrough lovely country, through regions in whichflowers such as tea roses and white and purple irisbloomed. When the caravan came through villages,boys ran out barefoot and half-naked to sell fruit tothe travelers: baskets of peaches, pears, and melons.All the forty camels wore bells, each one severall