Venom Marilyn Singer

Hungry, wary, merely evil— as they do not strike me they hunt small prey. Through hollow fangs some snakes inject venom: cottonmouth, copperhead, sidewinder, rattler.

Maya closed the book. She didn't feel the need to be a Black Widow forever. She didn't want to be a creature of fear. But she knew now that she had the capacity. She had a fang, a stinger, a warning color. She could be soft when the world was kind, and she could be venomous when the world was cruel.

Maya turned around. She didn't yell. She didn't cry. She simply looked Chloe in the eye. She let her expression go flat, unreadable, like the black glass of a spider’s carapace.

"Then stretch the other way," Maya said, her voice steady, turning back to her work. Her heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic drum, but on the outside, she was still.

The narrative is structured by , guiding readers through various ecosystems where these creatures reside: Backyards and Gardens : Bees, wasps, and spiders. Oceans and Rivers : Jellyfish, stingrays, and toxic fish.

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