Ribald Classic: Arab Short Stories
July, 1975
Some men had bought a stubborn camel, and when they wanted to make it enter a house, it balked. Then they began to beat it and still the camel would not go in. A woman, lovely as a half-moon, looked down at them from a window and the men looked up speechless, staring at her.She said, "What's the matter here?"One of the men said, "We want it to enter, but there's no getting it in.""Simple," she replied. "Wet its head and then it will slip in."• • •Once, in...
