The protecting Mother Camels is the name given by ancient Arabic nomadic tribes to an asterism in the constellation of Draco. Instead of the head of a dragon, the asterism was interpreted as a ring of mother camels surrounding a baby camel (the faint star in the middle), with another mother camel running to join them. The camels were seen to be protecting the baby from a line of charging hyenas. The nomads who own the camels are camped nearby, represented by a cooking tripod…
(source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s space odyssey)
baby camel cries
dromedary moms hear fear
credit: Wikipedia
high-kick hyenas
arabs draw camel stars where
greco-romans marked dragon
a poem in my pocket 
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