| I KEEP six honest serving-men |
| (They taught me all I knew); |
| Their names are What and Why and When |
| And How and Where and Who. |
| I send them over land and sea, |
| I send them east and west; |
| But after they have worked for me, |
| I give them all a rest. |
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| I let them rest from nine till five, |
| For I am busy then, |
| As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea, |
| For they are hungry men. |
| But different folk have different views; |
| I know a person small— |
| She keeps ten million serving-men, |
| Who get no rest at all! |
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| She sends'em abroad on her own affairs, |
| From the second she opens her eyes— |
| One million Hows, two million Wheres, |
| And seven million Whys! |
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| -- Rudyard Kipling |
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