This is a marginal short partially salvaged by an interesting ending. There will be mild spoilers in the portion which follows:
The Pink Pather is looking for artifacts and/or jewels in Egypt. He goes to buy a camel, but has little money and has to settle for a small camel that behaves as if it were a dog. The old saying truly holds here-he got what he paid for, which wasn't much. In spots, it reminds me all too much of the horse in Pinto Pink and other shorts The little camel causes the Pink Panther no end of trouble and gets chased away more than once here. There are a couple of interesting gags involving water in one way or another, with the strange sight of a camel guzzling a canteen being the most unusual.
The Pink Panther has a few experiences with explosives here and finally manages to get into a crypt-one with a warning of a curse on anyone who enters. He grabs a large gem and begins running, only to periodically change into things-a rat, a lizard, etc.
Not the greatest short, but it's only six minutes long and it does have a few moments which make it worth watching. It's on the Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, which is well worth getting.
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