monthList = ["January", "February", "March",\
"April", "May", "June", "July", \
"August", "September","October",\
"November", "December"]
wordCount = len(monthList)
halfCount = wordCount/2
firstHalf = monthList[ : halfCount]
wordCount = len(firstHalf)
middleStart = wordCount/2
middleHalf = monthList[middleStart : middleStart+halfCount]
print middleHalf