A. A. Milne
When We Were Very Young
Children's Book of Poetry & Verses
Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard
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2020 OK Publishing
EAN 4064066384692
Table of Contents
Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue
to
CHISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE
or
as he prefers to call himself
BILLY MOON
this book
which owes so much to him
is now
humbly offered
Just Before We Begin
A ONE TIME (but I have changed my mind now) I thought I was going to write a little Note at the top of each of these poems, in the manner of Mr. William Wordsworth, who liked to tell his readers where he was staying, and which of his friends he was walking with, and what he was thinking about, when the idea of writing his poem came to him. You will find some lines about a swan here, if you get as far as that, and I should have explained to you in the Note that Christopher Robin, who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of “Pooh.” This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn’t come (which is a thing swans are good at), then you can pretend that you were just saying “Pooh!” to show how little you wanted him. Well, I should