How doth the little busy bee …

How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower.

How skilfully she builds her cell;
How neat she spreads her wax,
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.

– Isaac Watts

How doth the little crocodile …

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 spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!

– Lewis Carroll