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["Preston Kidd" <onjzdbfo@msn.com>]

 Then came a band of tall, swinging camels, each with a straw rope on his tail, fastening him to the next one.

 Behind them panted the drivers and porters with heavy burdens on their heads, singing with dull voices some reiterated words to keep themselves in step.
 It would be a pity indeed to fall asleep, and lose the pleasure of saying "Merry Christmas" to everybody.