by Nicola Davies
Delicate!
Like a dancer,
the crab sidesteps
to a dead-fish dinner.
Wary!
Periscope eyes up, watching.
Its big claws pinch tiny scraps
and pass them to its busy mouth.
Dainty!
Like a giant eating cupcakes.
from A First Book of the Sea
by Nicola Davies
Illustrated by Emily Sutton
Candlewick, 2018
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