Publisher's Synopsis
Join Ptoni and his dad up the Nile on their creaky trading boat in these double-adventure stories packed full of action.
The Fearful Pharaoh - Pharaoh Armenlegup is having a big festival to celebrate his long reign. So everybody is happy everybody, that is, except Dad. He's been sentenced to death!
The Helpful Hieroglyph - Pharaoh has ordered Dad to pick up some taxes for him but Dad cant read. So he hires an old scribe to teach Ptoni how to understand the hieroglyphs. Its a harder job than they thought!