Mila the Camel

By Dimos Velenjas

"Once upon a time, somewhere in the far Egypt, at a caravan, lived a little camel named Mila.
From the time Mila was born, she was filled with admiration for the horses in the caravan.
She admired their beauty, built, vigor as well as their agility.
As the years went by, Mila grew, and as she grew, she felt more and more aversion for her own species while her admiration for the divine horses grew even further.
Her aversion was such that she began to believe that she isn’t an ugly, sluggish and weak camel. So she started to keep company with the horses rather than the other camels.
The horses really enjoyed her company too.
One day, one of the horses, jokingly said to her:
“My dearest Mila, you may have the appearance of a camel, but your soul is of a horse”.
That was it!!
From that moment, Mila was obsessed with the idea. She sincerely believed that she is actually a poor horse, imprisoned in the body of a camel.
For this reason, she lived with the horses.
She started to act and move like a horse. She was even taught to neigh like a horse.
After a while, the other camels didn’t want Mila near them since the only reason she would come close to them in the first place, was to laugh at them or to criticize their ugliness and weakness.
Mila was totally and utterly convinced. She was a horse!
Eventually, the other camels were mocking her as well.
Mila, like a proud horse that she was, wasn’t at all annoyed by the mockery. She only thought:
''Poor camels, you don't realize that I am an unlucky horse, imprisoned in the body of a dirty camel. You can't see how different I am''.
From then on, Mila was completely alienated from the herd of camels and lived with the horses. The people of the caravan, seeing that no matter what they did, Mila would return to the horses, they let her be.
They even put a special saddle on her with reins!! Especially made for Mila! When the caravan was in motion, they let Mila travel with the horses. Everyone was laughing at the site of a camel with a saddle and reins. Mila was not bothered at all by all the mockery. She was happy!
A few years went by and still the people and the camels wouldn't stop making fun of her. She started to get angry. Extremely angry!!! She just wanted to leave the caravan, but the thought of leaving the beloved horses behind was unbearable. She was obliged to swallow her anger and tried hard to be indifferent to the mockery.
One day, however, she couldn't stand the situation any longer, so she decided to persuade the horses to escape the caravan and follow the path to freedom. Every evening the horses gathered around Mila as she talked about her dream, living in a faraway place, free of slavery and tyranny.
Living far away from the dirty camels. The dream of grazing freely, being carefree away from her masters, living in beautiful green pastures far away from the desert.
She told them that it wasn't natural to live in slavery and they were entitled to a better life...

Author's note:
''Mila The camel'', is the first of a series of adventure tales, starring baby animals.
The next to be released will be ''Paulie the polar bear'',the third will be "Lara the Lama" and the fourth will be "Connie the Coala".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dimos Velenjas
• Release date: Oct 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9789609366458

Dimos Velenjas

Ο Δήμος Βελέντζας είναι συγγραφέας και εκδότης, blogger, web designer και ραδιοφωνικός παραγωγός.Του αρέσει ιδιαίτερα το να γράφει για πράγματα που ξέρει να κάνει καλά, ή και για πράγματα που...φαντάζεται.Η ενασχόλησή του με την Διαδικτυακή Αυτοέκδοση των βιβλίων του τον οδήγησε και στα μονοπάτια του marketing, με το οποίο ασχολήθηκε και σε άλλους τομείς, όπως το Affiliate marketing, E-mail marketing, Social media marketing και άλλα είδη.Παράλληλα, βοηθάει και άλλους ανθρώπους να επωφεληθούν από τα πλεονεκτήματα της ταχύτατα αναπτυσσόμενης διαδικτυακής αγοράς (Διαδικτυακή Αυτοέκδοση).Τον Ιούλιο του 2017 ίδρυσε τις Εκδόσεις Λευκό Μελάνι, συμπληρώνοντας τον «κύκλο» των εκδόσεων – αρχικά – βιβλίων ψηφιακής μορφής, ΚΑΙ με τον τομέα της φυσικής έκδοσης (έντυπη), δίνοντας ιδιαίτερη βαρύτητα στη διαδικτυακή προώθηση, πώληση και διακίνηση των εκδόσεών τους.Έχει γράψει μέχρι σήμερα 9 βιβλία. Τα 3 από αυτά είναι τεχνικού χαρακτήρα. Το πρώτο είναι σχετικό με την έκδοση βιβλίων μέσω διαδικτύου με τίτλο “Το Εγχειρίδιο του Αυτοεκδότη“ (eBook), το δεύτερο είναι σχετικό με τα Information Products με τίτλο “Πληροφοριακά Προϊόντα“ (eBook) και το τρίτο είναι βοήθημα συγγραφής με τίτλο “Το αλφαβητάρι του Νέου Συγγραφέα“. Το τέταρτο είναι μυθιστόρημα με τίτλο “Εφιάλτης 2011“ σε έντυπη και σε ηλεκτρονική μορφή. Τα άλλα πέντε είναι παραμύθια.Μέσα στο 2020 θα κυκλοφορήσει και ένα ακόμα (το 10ο) – τεχνικό βιβλίο – σχετικό με το μάρκετινγκ στο ίντερνετ με τίτλο “Διαδικτυακό Μάρκετινγκ”.Ακόμα, είναι: αρθρογράφος, σύμβουλος διαδικτυακού μάρκετινγκ, μηχανικός ήχου (+ μουσικός & συνθέτης), γραφίστας, κατασκευαστής επαγγελματικών video-spot & radio-spot, καθώς και κατασκευαστής επαγγελματικών & προσωπικών ιστοσελίδων – με ειδίκευση σε πλατφόρμες C.M.S (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal κ.ά.).........................................Dimos is Greek and lives in Athens. He loves to write books about things he does know to do well, or for things that he imagines...He has written nine books. Four of them are technical (about the internet marketing), one fiction booktitled “Nightmare 2011”, and the other four are children’s books.”Mila the Camel” (digital & printed format) and ”Paulie the Polar Bear” are the first two books of a series of adventure tales, starring baby animals.The next to be released will be the “Lara the Lama“, and the “Connie the Koala“.He is also a professional musician and a composer. He also loves photography and Photoshop, video production, and web design.Dimos Blog: www.selfpublishingonline.euDimos Publishing Company: www.lefkomelani.gr

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Illustration:

Sotirios Vougiouklis

Translation:

Tatiana Velenja

Editing:

Amanda Soumilas

www.milathecamel.eu

Once upon a time, somewhere in the far Egypt, at a caravan, lived a little camel named Mila. From the time Mila was born, she was filled with admiration for the horses in the caravan. She admired their beauty, built, vigor as well as their agility.

As the years went by, Mila grew, and as she grew, she felt more and more aversion for her own species while her admiration for the divine horses grew even further.

Her aversion was such that she began to believe that she isn’t an ugly, sluggish and weak camel. So she started to keep company with