Patter

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.  Psalm 45:1

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