The Elephant’s Child · page 21 2101When they came back nobody spanked anybody any more; and ever since that day, O Best Beloved, all the Elephants you will ever see, besides all those that you won’t, have trunks precisely like the trunk of the ‘satiable Elephant’s Child.102I 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.103I 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.104I let them rest from nine till five.105For 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!106She sends ‘em abroad on her own affairs, From the second she opens her eyes-- One million Hows, two million Wheres, And seven million Whys!1 2← previousHow the Leopard Got His Spotsnext →The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo↑ back to Just so storiesThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/page/2/