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By the time the bus arrived from the capital, on the square in front of the Achmas bus station, several thousand people gathered to meet Camel. Many came with bouquets of flowers, children came with flags and balloons.

Finally, a bus appeared, acclamation cheers came from the crowd. The bus slowed down smoothly, the door opened, and an embarrassed Camel appeared in the doorway. The shouts intensified and turned into an ovation. Camel awkwardly stepped onto the land of Ahchmas. At first, the crowd kept at some distance from Camel, him appearance to residents of Achmas seemed unprecedented, strange; the size of Camel struck and confused them, his habits were unknown to them. Little by little, the confusion of the inhabitants passed, they came close to Camel and handed him bouquets. The kids tried to give Camel their balls and flags. The vice-mayor of the city shouted loudly: “Hush! I ask for silence! Now the Mayor of the city will speak with a welcoming speech!”

When silence was established, the Mayor approached the microphone, cleared his throat and began: “Dear and respected Camel! I warmly welcome you on behalf of all the inhabitants of Achmas! We are glad that you met our wishes and arrived in Achmas, I hope that you will not be disappointed.

For our part, we will try to guess and fulfill all your desires. We ask you not to be shy and tell us everything you would like to be! “and finished: " Hooray to our friend – Camel!!!

Camel bowed shyly, bending its long neck to the right and left.

After the meeting, a delegation of respected citizens consisting of 9 people headed by the Vice – Mayor led Camel on a city tour. Many of the meeting crowd also joined the tour, and this procession upset the traffic of the town transport.

Achmas – is a small town and there are no special attractions in it. Therefore, the movement of the city tour did not last long. At the end of the tour came to the city bazaar-market (he is alone in the city). Camel, by then already marked tired noticeably quickened. He was pleased with the abundance of fruits, vegetables and herbs in the bazaar (market).

In the zoo of the capital, Camel never had to see so many tasty fruits. From the spectacle of such abundance Camel drooled to flow. Vendors greeted Camel at the bazaar with loud cheers and began vying to offer watermelons, melons, pears, peaches and all that. Camel accepted the gifts of nature and thanked the sellers. Having walked the market along and across, the excursion left the bazaar and came to the city hall building. Here the delegation members said goodbye to Camel and went home, and the Vice-Mayor asked Camel where he would like to live. Camel said that for housing he needed some kind of barn, on the floor of which he needed to lay a layer of clean straw.

The vice-mayor said that finding such a barn is not difficult. But he would like Camel to live in a more decent house. Life in the barn can be taken as a temporary option and let the respected Camel think well and tell what house he needs and such a house will be built. Camel was taken to his house and left alone.

Evening came, Camel drank water and lie down to sleep, but also, falling asleep, he heard that near his house there are groups of ordinary people and discuss today’s events related to the arrival of the Camel.

CHAPTER 3