Once again, the camel, a traveling merchant, arrives in the village, making this remote place full of tranquility as lively as a festival. At this time of year, the adults are eager to buy supplies from the camels, as it takes a day and a night to get to the nearest town. Although the goods sold by camels are a bit more expensive, even the most financially savvy people would choose the former over the exhaustion and dust.
The joy of welcoming the merchants belongs not only to the adults but also to the children. Although children are not interested in "bargains" or "bargaining" or anything else, they look forward to the novelty of the camels, the wonderful legends, and the special "trading time" for children. "trading time".
Naturally, the camels are not there to earn the children's few pocket money, but for other reasons. On this day, as always, after the heart-stopping "trading war" with the adults, the camel's trading partners were the children, and even though they didn't have to fight like before, the burden on their shoulders seemed to get heavier.
The first person to do business with the camel was Hare, who brought a small flower and said, "I picked this early in the morning, the most beautiful flower in the village."
The camel gently took the little flower and said, "Well, it really is so beautiful that it will be loved by many people."
The little rabbit nodded happily when he heard that his labor was praised.
The camel also smiled and then said, "But ah, this beautiful little flower will wither on my way to another village, right?"
The rabbit immediately said, "In that case, won't it be impossible for others to enjoy it? What can be done about that?"
"So, this time what I have for the little rabbit is-" said the camel, taking out a small brightly colored box and handing it to the little rabbit, "This is a box of colored pencils, so that you can draw all the beautiful things that No matter how far away you are, there is a chance that you can see it."
The rabbit took the colored pencils he had exchanged for the flowers and left with a bounce in his step.
The next person who came to do business was Piglet, who handed the camel a bag and said with some embarrassment, "I wonder if I can get something in exchange for this?"
The camel opened the bag and there was a cookie inside. He tasted it and immediately praised, "It tastes great! The raw materials used for this snack are all grown in this village, right?"
Piglet proudly said, "Yes!"
"But the snacks are made in other places and then sold here." While eating the cookies, the camel asked, "Why don't you make your own snacks?"
Piggy thought about it and said, "We don't have a dim sum maker in the village, and everyone is too busy doing farm work to learn."
"Then, you will be the first dim sum master in the village and turn the farm products grown in the village into delicious dim sum!" Saying that, the camel stuffed a cookbook to the piglet, "I believe it will be most helpful to you."
After that, the camel finished the transaction with other small animals one after another. Everyone was very satisfied with the result of the transaction and went home happily with what belonged to them. The camel also packed up his things and prepared to leave for the next village.
The camel came to a forest outside the village and found a kitten practicing her dance.
The kitten also found the camel and said, "Ah, I got so caught up in the dance that I forgot the time! Is it too late to do business with you?"
The camel said, "Don't worry, as long as you agree to have your dance filmed, you'll be considered as providing the best merchandise."
So the kitten readjusted and danced the most perfect dance, and the camel wanted to applaud and cheer several times during the filming process, and it was hard to resist.
When the dance was over, the camel couldn't wait to give a music player to the kitten.
Surprised, the kitten asked, "Can I get something so valuable just for doing a dance?"
The camel said, "You are absolutely entitled to it, because it would be too sad if such a wonderful dance was not accompanied by music even afterwards."
After saying goodbye to the kitten, the camel continued on his journey as a cloud trader, not knowing what lay ahead, but believing that it must be the most wonderful thing of all.
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