Crocodile by Lewis Carroll

OW 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 welcomes little fishes in

With gently smiling jaws!

This is a little fun sized poem of insanity that you all know I love which is why it is worthy of blogging week 3's post. The "Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll tells the story of how an apparently shiny crocodile (big surprise there) gets his food one day, and despite the poems childish nature, the moral behind it can be applied to everyone any day. The crocodile is described by having and a shining tail and a golden scales complete with a very cheerful grin. All of these things, as we see by the end of the poem, are used to entice little fishes to come to his happy open mouth and become gobbled up. This poem relates to people in the real world who seem all nice and warm to you on the outside, but on the inside, they are devious and usually have some higher motive to benefit themselves. I believe Carroll is trying to warn his readers about these kinds of people, and how you should actually see if your "Friends" are true friends or rather just people benefiting often you. Hence this poem makes a great children's story for the morals :D