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.

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!

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!

    --  Rudyard  Kipling