. . . Pooh!"
"Yes, Christopher Robin?"
"I'm not going to do Nothing any more."
"Never again?"
"Well, not so much. They don't let you."
-
A. A. Milne,
The World of Pooh, New York: Dutton, 1957, p. 312. Originally in
The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, Chapter 10, "
In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There." (Public Domain)
Christopher Robin is going.
At least I think he is.
Where?
Nobody knows.
But he is going --
I mean he goes
(to rhyme with "knows")
Do we care?
(to rhyme with "where")
We do
Very much.
(I haven't got a rhyme for that "is" in the second line yet. Bother.)
(Now I haven't got a rhyme for bother. Bother.)
Those two bothers will have to rhyme with each other Buther.
The fact is this is more difficult than I thought,
I ought --
(Very good indeed)
I ought
To begin again,
But it is easier
To stop.
Christopher Robin, good-bye,
I
(Good)
I
And all your friends
Sends --
I mean all you friend
Send --
(Very awkward this, it keeps going wrong)
Well, anyhow, we send
Our love
END.
A. A. Milne,
The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, pp. 329-330. (New York: Dutton, 2001) Originally in
The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, Chapter 10, "
In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There." Public Domain. See
here for more on Winnie-the-Pooh.
God bless all little boys (and girls) as they grow up.
Thanks for reading!
