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Robbert the Camel was a collector. He collected 

and kept all sorts of things; from shiny candy 

wrappers, to tattered pieces of cloth, to rocks 

from the great pyramids of Giza.

Even though Robbert collected lots of 

different things, his favorite things to 

collect were secrets. There are 20 

million people in Cairo, Egypt and that 

meant a whole lot of secrets.

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Robbert’s keeper was a kindly, old, Egyptian man 

named Sahid. Sahid traveled far from home and his 

family in order to make a living during the busy 

tourist season. He, like his father and grandfather 

before him, owned camels that gave tourists rides at 

the Pyramids.

Sahid’s grandfather, Mohammed, 

rescued an abused baby camel named 

Angela whom he nursed back to 

health with gentle kindness. She 

grew up to be the perfect camel 

guide at the Pyramids. Mohammed 

never abused Angela’s kind nature and 

the two were lifelong friends.

Like his Grandfather, Sahid was poor but happy (except 

when he missed his family) and always shared his 

oranges with Robbert, explaining that oranges would 

make his hump big and strong. Little did Sahid know, 

that the strength of Robbert’s hump came from the 

mounds of secrets he stored in there.

One day while Robbert was looking for 

treasured secrets, he came upon a strange 

object. It was bright and shiny. He had 

seen some some humans using objects 

similar to this one. Sometimes he heard 

voices come from the object: people 

were talking back. He plucked the gadget 

out of the desert sand, held it up to his 

face and a picture appeared on the 

screen.

Robbert was happy with his special find and stored it in 

his hump for safe keeping. Camels used their humps to 

store all sorts of things. At the end of each day he 

looked over all the things he had found. This new 

treasure was his favorite.

It was early May and even though 

Robbert was tired after a long day of 

giving people rides at the Pyramids, 

he always enjoyed working alongside 

his best friend Humphrey. 

It was late and Robbert and Humphrey settled down 

into their bed of soft, clean straw. He put his head 

down to sleep, but was startled when he heard a 

strange, jiggly sound coming from his hump. The 

treasure was talking to him.

He took the object out of his hump and 

before his eyes was a picture of a 

place he had never seen before. It was 

green and swampy with a swimming, 

scaly creature in the background.

Robbert was curious. He pressed a 

button to find another picture; this 

time of an ocean with fish and 

birds. Robbert started to daydream 

about what he saw; all he ever knew 

was the dessert

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