The Camel King: A Desert Adventure
Maximus Basco
eBook
(INDIE, Feb. 10, 2020)
The Camel King When two British children go with their mother to pick up a letter from their father, Ambassador in Egypt, Mr. Bernard, the mail clerk hearing about their trip, tells them about the White Talking Camel that has roamed in the desert from Morocco to Cairo for a thousand years. Onboard the Castle-One, the children hear its captain saying even more stories about the Talking Camel; all known to mariners from African countries.On the largest English ship the Castle-One, Peter, and Sarah, the two siblings begin a serendipitous trip as the Castle-One cruises the Ocean seeking Hercules Strait at the tip of Portugal; from there they stop at Tunis for a one-night rest and as the children roam the market, a cruel man harshly whips an old camel fallen to the ground tired and overburdened with goods on its back. At the cruelty of the man punishing the camel mother and her baby camel whining sadly, both Peter and Sarah protest throwing oranges at the man. The man hit at the face walks to whip the children, but he’s stopped in time by the Captain behind.Moments later desert thieves stampede into the market kidnapping children and robbing merchants. Peter and Sarah are taken into a caravan of desert thieves, but the Talking Camel roaming the desert joins the caravan coming to rescue them. Days later, they see the camel they ride on winking an eye at them and hear him talking to them and plan their escape. Escaping from the thieves, they go through the deserts from Morocco to the pyramids of Giza by the river Nile in Egypt. Thus, the camel plans their escape from the raptors but fleeing into the desert, they face the perils of dying of heat and thirst, the Talking Camel explains, and the children accept the challenge.
