How Doth the Little Crocodile
| Category: | Short Stories & Poems |
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| Notes: | By Lewis Carroll, recited by Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Public domain. A parody of Isaac Watts's "Against Idleness and Mischief." |
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcome little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!