The Considerate Crocodile
This poem demonstrates the meaning of crocodile tears. Hint: They're not sincere!
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The Considerate Crocodile
Poem
There once was a considerate crocodile
Who lay on the banks of the river Nile,
And he swallowed a fish with a face of woe,
While his tears ran fast to the stream below.
"I am mourning," said he, "the untimely fate
Of the dear little fish that I just now ate!"
Notes
Written by Amos R. Wells.
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