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Once in a dry desert a man was urging ten camels forward to a water pool. After
(walk) a few miles, he (mount) one of the camels and counted the
rest. He counted nine of them, then immediately dismounted and walked back in
search of the lost one. (see) no sign of any camel, he thought he (lost)
it. He discontinued the search and (hurry) back to the camels, grieved and
dismayed. There, to his great joy, he found all ten of them. Happily he mounted
one, and after a while he thought of counting them once more. They were nine! He
got down, perplexed, and started the dismal search again. The lost camel could not
be (find). He rushed back to the herd, and (count) it, he was surprised
to see that all his ten camels were lazily walking along. He got on the lost camel,
counting the rest for the third time. He just couldn't understand why one was still
missing. He jumped down (curse) Satan and repeated this counting. There
were ten camels!.
"All right, O crooked Satan," he (grumble), "I would rather walk and
(be) all my camels than ride and lose one!"