The document summarizes Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Secret of the Machine" in 5 paragraphs. It discusses how machines are formed from melted ore and shaped accordingly, how they need coal, water, and oil to function and can work for 24 hours once ready. It notes that machines can pull, push, lift, drive, run, race, swim, and fly, but lack emotions and will kill humans if they make a mistake operating them.