A Crocodile story begins

Once there was a crocodile and his name was crocodile. He lived in the marshes with no crocodile. He had crocodile skin, crocodile soul and crocodile mind. And he knew all the crocodile rules well -

1. Do not seek them out in the forest, they all come to the waterplace.
2. Be patient. Let them find you.
3. Do not scratch your own back. There will always be someone who finds benefit in scratching it.
4. Always keep your head above the water.
5. When hungry, eat without guilt.
6. Everything the world has to offer is in the marshes.
7. Move only when you cant help it.
8. Human beings walk and talk. They haven't evolved to still-life and silence. Avoid the unevolved.
9. Food comes before thought. Body before soul.
10. Want what you dont have. Want beauty.

And he sat and learned the rules again and again and again. And did the crocodile-do in the marshes.