Outline.
Arab in his tent
--- night very cold --- camel outside --- asks master to let him put his neck
in --- then to put forelegs in --- then to come in altogether --- asks the Arab
to leave the tent.
The Story.
An Arab, one winter
night, was sleeping in his tent. His camel was tied with rope to peg outside. It
was trembling all over with cold. It asked him to permit it to put its neck
inside the tent. The Arab agreed. After a while, it requested him to permit it
to put its forelegs inside the tent. The Arab did not object to that. A little later,
it requested him to let it come in altogether. And its request was granted at
once.
Now the tent was
too small to accommodate the camel and its master. It, therefore, pushed him
out to sit there in comfort.
Moral. Give him an
inch, and he will take an ell.