The most amazing camel
If I'm hungry, I eat almost
anything - a leather bridle, a piece of rope, the tent of my owner, or even
a pair of shoes. My mouth is so tough that not even a prickly cactus can hurt
me. My hump weighs 80 pounds and doesn't contain water, instead it's full
of fat.
My intelligent Creator designed me so that my body automatically uses this
fat to nourish itself when I can't find anything to eat. It's often difficult
to find water out here in the desert. Sometimes I have to wait 8 days until
I eventually get something to drink. During that time, I don't look so great.
My ribs stick out through my skin, and I can lose up to 225 pounds in weight.
But when I finally find water, I drink up to 27 gallons in just 10 minutes
and immediately gain those 225 pounds again. I was made for the hot, dry desert.
People use me as a means of transport because I have no trouble walking through
the sand dunes. It's really easy with my special designed sand-shoes. My hoofs
are wide, but they get even wider, expanding when I walk upon them so that
I don't sink into the soft, drifting sand. Sometimes a fierce sand-storm howls
through the desert, but that doesn't bother me at all.
My Master Designer placed special muscles in my nostrils which are able to
close up to a certain extent, thus, keeping the sand out and, at the same
time, allowing enough air to enter in for breathing.
My Designer also gave me long eyelashes which hang over my eyes and prevent
the sand from blowing into them. Should it be the case that a grain of sand
should get into my eyes, my Maker has provided me with an inner eyelid which
automatically wipes the sand away from my eyeball, in the same way like a
wind-screen wiper.
It's difficult for me to understand how some people say that I've evolved
into what I now am. I'm a highly-technical dromedary camel, especially designed
by my Maker for the desert, His name is Jesus.
He made a way for me to live in the desert. He also makes a way for those
who follow Him from their whole hearts. (rw)