The Cat That Walked By Himself is one of thee of Kipling’s Just So Stories that might have any appeal to adults. In it, he rightly explains that Woman is the world’s civilizing force, and why

…three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him.

Sober and true, Rudyard. […]

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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 […]

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