1. A mother and a baby camel were lying around under a tree. Then the baby camel asked, “Whydo camels have humps?” The mother camel considered this and said, “We are desert animals. We have the humps to store water so we can survive with very little water.”
2. The baby camel thought for a moment then said, “OK. Why are our legs long and our feet rounded?” The mama replied, “They are meant for walking in the desert.” The baby paused. After a beat, the camel asked, “Why are our eyelashes long? Sometimes they get in my way.”
3. The mama responded, “Those long thick eyelashes protect your eyes from the desert sand when it blows in the wind.” The baby thought and thought. Then he said, “I see. So the hump is to store water when we are in the desert. The legs are for walking through the desert and these eyelashes protect my eyes from the desert. Then why in the zoo?”
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一头骆驼妈妈和一头骆驼宝宝在树下躺着。然后骆驼宝宝问:“为什么骆驼有驼峰?”骆驼妈妈考虑了一下,说:“我们是沙漠动物。我们有驼峰来储存水,所以我们可以在缺水的环境下生存下去。”
骆驼宝宝想了一会儿,然后说:“好吧。那为什么我们的腿很长,脚是圆的?”骆驼妈妈回答说:“它们是为了在沙漠中行走。”骆驼宝宝停顿了一下。过了一会儿,骆驼宝宝问:“为什么我们的睫毛很长?有时它们会挡住我的视线。”
妈妈回答说:“这些长而浓密的睫毛可以保护你的眼睛不受沙漠中风沙的影响。”骆驼宝宝想了又想。然后他说:“我明白了。所以驼峰是为了我们在沙漠中时储存水。腿是用来在沙漠中行走的,这些眼睫毛可以保护我的眼睛不受沙漠的影响。那为什么我们在动物园里?”