A You are going to read about THE CAMEL .As you read, if there is any new word, lookit up in the dictionary and recordit in your notebook for revision later. The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is keeps not true. It stores food in its hump.The camel's body changes the food into fat. Then the fat is stored in the hump. A camel cannot store the fat all over its body. everywhere on Fat all over an animal's body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be warm during the day. The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during the day.It stores this heat in its body because the nights are cool. noun for hot a little cold The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long, thick hair, because the winters are cold in Central Asia. There is a lot of sand in the desert The camel has long eyelashes. The eyelashes keep the sand out of the camel's eyes. Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Many people who speak Arabic need all these words because the camel is very important to them. D COMPREH ENSION: Answer the following questions. 1. Where do camels live? 2. What does a camel store in its hump? 3. The camel doesn't store fat all over its body. Why? 4. Why does it store heat during the day? 5. Which kind of camel has one hump?Which has two? 6. Why does a Bactrian camel have long , thick hair? 7. Why does a camel need long eyelashes? 8. Why does Arabic have 150 words to describe a camel?