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grabbed Daisy by the ears and pulled her head back, only to have her buck and send him tumbling to the ground.
    ‘Come back here!’ Selby yelled at the camel as she disappeared over a dune. ‘This is really great! Oh, well, I’ll just follow the tracks back to the tent. I guess we can manage with three camels. Poor Daisy, I hope she finds her way out of the desert.’
    Selby stumbled along in the sand. Soon the sun came up and before long it was beating down and sweat was dripping from his nose. A hot breeze quickly swept away Daisy’s footprints and soon Selby found himself wandering in circles.

    ‘Where’s that tent? It can’t be far,’ Selby thought as he struggled to the top of a sand dune and then slid down the other side. ‘Oh woe, I’m going to die if I stay in this sun much longer.’
    Selby found a flat rock at the bottom of a dune. He sat down and leaned against it.
    ‘I’ve got to have some shade before I frizzle up,’ he thought.
    Selby dug down under the edge of the rock and put his head and front legs down in the shade. But suddenly the sand in front of him started to give way and he was tumbling down to a stone floor below.
    ‘I’m in a room!’ he gasped. ‘What’s it doing here in the middle of the desert? Hello! Anybody here? What am I thinking? Of course there’s no one here. Help, get me out of here!’
    Selby had started to scramble up and out again when he noticed a roll of cloth in the corner. He picked it up and shook the sand out of it.
    ‘It’s filthy,’ he said, ‘but if I put it around me, it’ll protect me from the sun.’
    Selby wrapped the cloth around himself, leaving only a slit for his eyes. Then he struggled up and out of the hole.
    There, to Selby’s great relief, was Daisy.
    ‘You’ve come back, you lovely camel you,’ he said. ‘Please don’t run away from me. If you do, I’m dead. Come on, girl. Steady. Okay, that’s it, now sit!’
    The camel kneeled and then sat.
    ‘Hey, she must think I’m a person,’ Selby thought as he climbed on top of her.
    ‘Okay, now, up!’ Selby said. ‘Let’s start looking around.’
    Selby guided Daisy up to the top of the highest dune. Sure enough, from there he could make out the shape of the tent in the distance.
    ‘Good one, Daze,’ Selby said. ‘Now let’s get over there.’
    Daisy and Selby set off over the burning sand. Minutes passed but there was no sign of the tent again. Selby began to feel dizzy from the heat.
    ‘Oh, no,’ he said finally. ‘We must have gone off in the wrong direction or something. I think we’re lost.’
    ‘I beg your pardon?’ a voice said.
    Selby straightened up and looked at Daisy.
    ‘What did you say? Don’t tell me you know how to talk too and you were only keeping it a secret?’
    ‘I beg your pardon?’ the voice said again.
    Selby turned his head and there was Professor Krakpott.
    ‘Have you seen a dog and a camel?’ the professor asked.
    ‘Gulp,’ Selby thought. ‘He’s talking to me! But he doesn’t know it’s me because of all this cloth wrapped around me.’
    Nearby were Dr and Mrs Trifle.
    ‘Excuse me, sir,’ Mrs Trifle sniffed, ‘but we’ve lost our dog. If you could find him we’d pay you anything you wish.’
    Selby looked at the Trifles. There were tears in their eyes and they were hugging each other.
    ‘This is my fault,’ Mrs Trifle said to Dr Trifle. ‘I never should have brought Selby along.’
    ‘No, it was just as much my fault,’ Dr Trifle said.
    ‘Oh, poor Dr and Mrs Trifle,’ Selby thought, as tears came to his eyes. ‘If only they knew I was okay. I’ll just take this cloth off and … But wait. I’ve already talked. They’ll know my secret,’ thought Selby suddenly thinking a second thought, ‘I’ve got a better idea.’
    ‘What does this dog of yours look like?’ he asked.
    ‘Well, he’s a boy dog,’ Dr Trifle said, looking up hopefully.
    ‘A boy dog. Ahah!’ Selby said. ‘How big is he?’
    ‘Well, I guess you