As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each wife had seven sacks
Each sack had seven cats
Each cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St. Ives?
Two different plausible answers:
1. I was the only one going to St. Ives, so only one.
2. Assume all were going to St. Ives:
* Narrator: 1
* The man I met: 1
* The 7 Wives: 7
* Their Sacks: 49 (7 wives times 7 sacks per wife)
* Cats in Sacks: 343 (49 sacks times 7 cats per sack)
* Kittens per Cats: 2,401 (343 cats times 7 kittens per cat)
So people, sacks, and cats summed up is 2,802.
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