How doth the little crocodile... poem by Lewis Carroll 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!

the pelvis is upright, long and narrow; the thighs are long and muscular; the shin bones are elongate but not heavily muscled; the ankle is adapted to prevent the foot rotating sideways and the ankle being twisted; the tail is a counterbalance and prop; The epipubic bones can be seen protuding from the front of the pelvis: a feature of monotremes and marsupials, their function is not known.

Dissolute by: D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Many years have I still to burn, detained Like a candle flame on this body; but I enshine A darkness within me, a presence which sleeps contained In my flame of living, her soul enfolded in mine. And through these years, while I burn on the fuel of life, What matter the stuff I lick up in my living flame, Seeing I keep in the fire-core, inviolate, A night where she dreams my dreams for me, ever the same