# Waterbear Poem ###### tags: `sketchdance` `poetry` How Does the Tiny Waterbear Survive In Outer Space? (Title from this slashdot article: science.slashdot.org/story/12/09/11/228205/how-does-the-tiny-waterbear-survive-in-outer-space <pre> How does the tiny Waterbear Survive in Outer Space By dehydrating all the while And wrinkling its face! How bravely she can abide Extremes of cold and heat Take it all in stride so gallantly With its graceful, nimble feet! In works of art or science free And open source, no fool She teaches children how to code Because Waterbear is cool. So cute, so humble, so robust Waterbear is da boss But all she really wants from life Is a comfy home of moss. </pre> --- "How doth the Little Bee" (1715) is one Isaac Watts's didactic poems for children that Lewis Carroll parodies in Alice in Wonderland: <pre> 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 the Wax! And labours hard to store it well With the sweet Food she makes. In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some Mischief still For idle Hands to do. In Books, or Work, or healthful Play Let my first Years be past, That I may give for every Day Some good Account at last. </pre>