Page 95 - The Book of Rumi

“This water may seem as insignifi cant as a small gathering of ants to you,
but to me it’s as impassable as a row of ferocious dragons! Your knee and mine
are quite different in height, can’t you see?” she pleaded.
“Perhaps you shouldn’t have been so audacious and had found another
mouse your own size to lead instead of hoping to master the mighty camel!”
he exclaimed emphatically.
“I repent, I repent,” repeated the mouse sincerely. “Help me cross this
water, and I’ll never let myself be ruled by my pride again.”
The camel felt pity for the little mouse.
“Hurry up and climb onto my hump,” he exclaimed sympathetically.
“Crossing this stream is simple for me; in fact, I could carry hundreds like
you in one crossing!”
And so the camel and the mouse continued their symbiotic companion-
ship for the rest of their days together.

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