I keep six honest serving-men

Source: Favim

I keep six honest serving-men:

    (They taught me all I knew)

Their names are What and Where and When

    And How and Why 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