Camel, Father, and a Child

By Mohamad Farhan Huszaimi Bin M. Pajar

     
           Once upon a time, there were a camel, father, and his son. They planned to attend to their big family gathering which is far from the place they live. In order to go there, they decided to ride a camel that they own because they need to pass through Saharan desert. They started packing their stuff and prepared themselves for the journey which will take seven hours to reach their destination.


            They left their house early morning at 6:00 am after finish prayer. Both of them ride the camel. They started walking for about one hour before they meet someone in the middle of their journey. The person name is Pedro, he asked them "why both of you riding the camel? Do you think what the camel feel?". The father and his son looked at each other and both get down from the camel. After Pedro leaves, the father and his son decided to walk instead of riding the camel.
    
            After a while, they meet with another person name Elias. Elias asked them "Why both of you walk while you have the camel? Why do you bring the camel with you if you want to walk?". Again, the father and his son look at each other. The father later decided to let his son sit on the camel while he walks while pulling the camel which is tied with rope around the camel's face. 

         Not long after that, Shinji who passed through them and asked the son "Why you let your father walking while you relax sitting on the camel? Don't you have some respect for your father? You should think about his age, he becomes weaker.". The father and his son agree with Shinji, then they exchange place. The father sits on the camel, while his son walking and pulling the camel by using rope toward their destination. 

       Then, they continue their journey to meet the rest of their family. After a while, another person passed by, which her name is Sarah. She asked the father "Why do you let your little boy walking and pulling the camel while you sit on the camel chilling? Don't you feel sympathy toward your son?" angrily. The father then gets down from the camel and think for a while. He found that everything he does, and all decision he made on who sit on the camel, people always questions and suggest other than what they do. He saw that and he decided to ride the camel with his son until they reach their destination for the big family reunion. 

        Later on, the father continues his journey with his son. Both of them riding the camel. They passed by many people, and almost everybody asked them why both of them riding the camel, and people think it is cruel because both of them ride the camel. The father just ignores all of them and keep heading to their destination. At last, they reach the destination where all the other of their family members decided to meet. They celebrate the party happily and all of them were happy because they got a chance to meet each other. 

      The moral of this story is that people will always disagree with our decisions and actions. everything we do, people always oppose it because human is variety. Some people like green color, some like blue, some people love to hike, while there are some who like to read novels. No matter what we do, people will always complain and comment on our actions and decision. We need to have a strong will and be confident with ourselves. If we always keep thinking and considering other's comments, we will not go anywhere.

       Same goes to the father in the story. Imagine what will happen to him if he does not learn from what happen. Will he reach his destination? Yes maybe, but it might be late. After he has learned from his mistake (considering others' says), he decided to ignore people around him and just continue his journey without worry what other people talk about them.