<Dd> And welcomes little fishes in </Dd> <Dd> With gently smiling jaws! </Dd> <P> "How Doth the Little Crocodile" is a parody of the moralistic poem "Against Idleness and Mischief" by Isaac Watts, which is what Alice was originally trying to recite . Watts' poem begins "How doth the little busy bee ..." and uses the bee as a model of hard work . In Carroll's parody, the crocodile's corresponding "virtues" are deception and predation, themes which recur throughout Alice's adventures in both books, and especially in the poems . </P>

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