Since I've spoke of camels in January and February and of Jahiz in January, here is one of the most delicious anecdotes that this great writer says on this noble animal. To understand this story, you must know that the camel (of course it is the dromedary camel, but contrary to the belief of most French people, "camel" does not mean "two bumps, but is the generic term ) is the animal symbol of the Arabs, who, even in the middle ninth century cultivated, claiming their origin Bedouin of the desert, simple and rough, facing the Persians (here represented by the ruler Chosroes) whose excessive refinement is often mocked.
- Chosroes had at his court called a Bedouin, thinking of surprising her rudeness and ignorance. He asked:
- - What is the thing that brings the sound further?
- The Bedouin replied:
- - The Camel
- - And what is the thing which the meat is the best?
- - The Camel.
- - How the camel can he have the voice that is as far as we understand that the crane in both leagues?
- - Put the crane in place the camel and the camel put in place of the crane, and you'll learn which one has the voice that carries the furthest.
- - How the camel meat can it be better than the duck meat, chicken, chicks, the partridges, birds sori, the pigeons ...
- - Whether you cook the chicken with water and salt, and we cook the camel meat with water and salt, and you'll see the difference between the two meats.
- - And how dare you say that the camel carries heavier loads than the elephant, while the elephant carries loads several badger?
- - That an elephant and a camel hut hut, and the elephant tries to carry the load of the camel, well, if he gets up with, I admit that it was he who carries the heaviest load! ...
To go further:
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The page devoted to the camel and the elephant (which I already quoted this anecdote of Jahiz): http://pagesperso-orange.fr / patrick.nadia / chameau_-_%% 8El 8Ephant.html
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page "camel or dromedary, to better understand the origin of these terms and their true meaning: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/patrick.nadia/chameau_ou_dromadaire_% 3F.html
