Taking Care of Camels (Shabanu #2)

I just went to the Sibi fair. It was so exciting, I love going every year, even though it has a long walk. But, when we were there we sold Guluband. I can’t believe dadi could do this. My closest camel, gone forever. I don’t think I’ll ever find a camel as good as him. Dadi said he wouldn’t. I know we need more wealth, but I am so sad now. It’s like there is a hole in my heart where Guluband used to be and I don’t know if i’ll ever be as close to a camel. We recently pierced the noses of some of our camels, like Xhush Dil. My advice is to always make sure that no one is near the front of the camel because that is where the tend to thrash around the most. Tie the rear legs together softly, but tight enough so they gently fall to the ground. You should always do this with lots of people to make it easier. A trick I have to make them calm down is to feed them something sweet, so they don’t notice what you’re trying to do. I use lumps of sugar for my camels, they can’t resist sugar. After you are done with the piercing part, untie the rear legs. When they are calmer put mint water on the hole. By now it should hurt much less. I hope to have  have more camels noses pierced by Phulan’s wedding.