“It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, “But I thought he was a boy?”“So did I,” said Christopher Robin.“Then you can’t call him Winnie?”“I don’t.”“But you said—”“H...e’s Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don’t you know what ‘ther’ means?”“Ah, yes, now I do,” I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get.Sometimes Winnie-the-Pooh likes a game of some sort when he comes downstairs, and sometimes he likes to sit quietly in front of the fire and listen to a story. This evening—“What about a story?” said Christopher Robin.“What about a story?” I said.“Could you very sweetly tell Winnie-the-Pooh one?”“I suppose I could,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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