Articles By Margo Wayman
Hot Sand, Sore Feet
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
Raqib, the lizard, lived in a small hole that had been carved into a boulder by the howling desert winds. There were many large boulders scattered around the area, all of them sat sizzling in the hot...
Helping Hands
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
Aziz the crocodile was lying in the soft black dirt along the banks of the Nile River. He was enjoying the feeling of warmth from the sun beating down on his dark, olive green hide. He yawned, opened...
Headaches For Hakim
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
Hakim was the biggest, noisiest, and laziest of all the hippos in the river. While the rest of the hippos swam, ate, and played, Hakim would sleep.The others were always getting angry with him because...
All out of Royal Jelly
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
"Where is my royal jelly?" roared Queen Alia, angrily. "I am all out of my favorite jelly!" Her voice echoed throughout the hive, frightening all the worker bees. When the Queen wa...
Egypt..One, Two, Three
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
One scarab beetle scurries along the ground, Rolling its dung ball into a mound. It has two big legs in front and is metallic green; The most unusual beetle that you have ever seen Two&nb...
Who's Afraid of Spiders?
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
Malik was a very big, gray elephant with ivory tusks about four feet long. They were sharp at the tips. He polished them every morning by rubbing them against big leaves that grew on the nearby trees....
Do what your Momma Tells You
By: Margo Wayman on: Sunday 19 November 2017 - Genre: Children and Young Adult
Momma sheep had a hard time keeping her flock of lambs out of mischief. If she turned her back for one moment, one of them would get into some kind of trouble. She was always telling them, �Do what yo...
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