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Once upon a blue sun, in the land of Askilya-

hamyan, the armadillos and the camels had 

been at war for several eons. 

Neither species was closer to victory than the 

other, making tensions high. And things like 

food and water and supplies and houses and 

medicine were few and far between. 

In the land of Askilya-hamyan, there lived an 

armadillo whose parents hid her from all the 

fighting. 

She was tired of staying inside all day, and she 

wanted to go outside and see the world she 

only saw through the window. 

So, one day, when her parents went off to help 

in the effort to heal the soldiers, the armadillo 

snuck out of her house. 

She went exploring in the outdoor places.

She ran and walked and looked at all the 

things she could.

"How could I have missed this?" The armadillo 

wonders aloud.

During her wandering, she ran into a camel. 

The armadillo remembered what her parents 

told her about camels.

"Camels are evil, evil things. They took our 

land long ago, and now we are fighting to get 

it back. So if you ever see a camel, run. Run 

far, far away."

So the armadillo turned to run from the camel 

but she stopped when she heard the camel 

say, "Why are you going to run away?"

"Because," explains the armadillo, "my parents 

told me that I should run away from camels 

because they're evil."

The camel frowns, "I am not evil. I have never 

done an evil thing. I'm actually pretty nice, so 

I've been told."

The armadillo thinks about this for a moment. 

The armadillo doesn't want to believe that her 

parents lied to her, so she starts to walk away.

"Don't go!" Shouts the camel, "I can show you 

that not all camels are evil. Why don't we hang 

out?"

The armadillo stops, she doesn't know what 

"hanging out" means.

"What do you mean 'hang out'?" asked the 

armadillo.

"Haven't you hung out with anyone before?" 

asks the camel.

The armadillo shakes her head, "I have been 

inside the house my whole life, so I don't have 

any friends to hang out with."

"That's horrible!" exclaims the camel after 

hearing this. 

The armadillo only shrugs.

"Do you still want to hang out?" asks the 

camel.

The armadillo nods. 

The camel leads the armadillo to the desert by 

the pyramids of the Glorious Moons. 

"I thought this would be a good place to hang 

out," says the camel. 

The camel and the armadillo hang out with 

each other until the bugle call came from the 

armadillo soldier camp. 

"I have to go now," says the armadillo, "my 

parents will be done with their shift soon, and I 

don't want them to know that I snuck out."

"Will we be able to hang out again soon?" asks 

the camel.

The armadillo nods before running home. 

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