Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2015 i Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

The moon watches over the dark plains of South Africa. Lovu the elephant calf sees it and thinks it is a huge elephant tusk guarding the night. It makes him feel safe. He snuggles beside his mother, and she wraps her trunk around him. He goes to sleep. The moon watches. Mithi the giraffe calf sees it and thinks it is a giant silver leaf. When her neck grows long enough, she will pick it. She presses close to her mother’s side, flicks her tail, and dreams of eating the juiciest leaf in the world. The moon watches. Dube the zebra foal sees it and thinks it is the brightest zebra stripe of all. When he is big, he will run faster than all the other zebras and catch the…

The new baby . . . tugs on my tail, shrieks a hurricane gale, laughs loud–GUFFAW! as she steps on my paw, steals my mom’s lap for her afternoon nap, gurgles and spits, gets applause when she sits. But she . . . strokes my soft coat, and she tickles my throat, spills her milk–yum! lets me lick off her thumb, opens up drawers I never sniffed in before, howls in the moonlight and kisses me goodnight. She’s still a bit soggy, but her first word was “doggy!” I guess she’s OK. The new baby can stay.…