Passage :

A great part of Arabia is desert. Here there is nothing but sand and rock. The
sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime. Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground so deep that the sun cannot dry them up. These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, trees grow tall and graceful, making a cool, green, shady place around the spring. Such a place is called an oasis. The Arabs who are not in the cities live in the desert all the year round. They live in tents that can be put up and taken down very easily and quickly so that they can move from one oasis to another, seeking grass and water for their sheep, goats, camels and horses. These desert Arabs eat ripe, sweet figs, and also the dates that grow upon the palm trees; they dry them, too, and use them as food all the year round.
These Arabs have the finest horses in the world. An Arab is very proud of his riding horse, and loves him almost as much as he loves his wife and children. He never puts heavy loads upon his horse, and often lets him stay in the tent with his family.
The camel is much more useful to the Arab than his beautiful horse, however, for he is much larger and stronger. One camel can carry as much as or more than two horses. The Arab loads the camel with goods and rides him, too, for miles and miles across the desert- just as if he were really the "Ship of the Desert," which he is often called.

Precis:

In the sweltering deserts of Arabia, it is only in the few and far scattered oases that life can exist. So the Bedouins cling onto these oases for their survival. In these sumptuous oases their cattle find grass, water and shade while they live off dates and figs obtained from long trees, grown around these water springs. Arabs raise beautiful horses with utmost care and feel proud in riding them. However, camel remains the most reliable and useful mean of transport and carrying loads in these deserts due to it's endurance in such harsh environments.