The Camel and the Drift-Wood

"The Camel and the Driftwood" is a collection of fables inspired by Aesop's tales. Jean de La Fontaine uses anthropomorphic animals to illustrate morals and life lessons. In the title story, a camel and a piece of driftwood find themselves stranded on an island, where they discuss their different perspectives on life. Throughout the book, stories are written to entertain and educate, highlighting the intricacies of human behavior, society, and ethics.

• Fable

								
The first who saw a real live Camel
Ran for his life; the second ventured near;
The third, with ready rope, without a fear,
Made a strong halter the wild thing to trammel.
Habit has power to quickly change
Things that at first seem odd and strange;
Stale they grow, and quickly tame,
And hardly seem to be the same.
And since the question's open, once there stood
A look-out watching all the distant flood;
And seeing something far off on the ocean,
Could not conceal his notion
It was a man-of-war; a moment past
It turned a fire ship, all ataunt and brave,
Then a big boat, and next a bale, and last
Some mere drift timber jostling on the wave.

    How many things watched by the world agree
In this--that far away you see
That there is something, yet when sought,
And seen still nearer, it proves nought.
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