A crumpled grey party hat beside a deflated pink balloon and a loose ribbon on a lilac background. — Original artwork

“Ha-ha”, said Eeyore bitterly. “Merriment and what-not. Don’t apologize. It’s just what would happen.”

A.A. Milne

Small porcelain hand reaching toward a tiny red balloon on a coiled red string — Original artwork

Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave.

A.A. Milne

A pale pink knitted garment drapes over a wooden stool with an empty sleeve hanging down. — Original artwork

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t there.

A.A. Milne

A knitted teddy bear with a red ribbon at its ear peeks out of a tartan pouch. — Original artwork

Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, there’s always Pooh and me. Whatever I do, he wants to do; ‘Where are you going today?’ says pooh, ‘Well that’s very odd, cos I was too. Lets go together’ says pooh, says he, ‘Lets go together’ says Pooh.

A.A. Milne

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

Winnie the Pooh

Painterly small acorn beside a curled golden oak leaf on a moss-green surface. — Original artwork

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

Piglet

"Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."

Piglet

An open book with blank pages and a red ribbon bookmark rests on folded dark teal fabric. — Original artwork

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

Winnie the Pooh

A drooping purple thistle leans beside a weathered wooden post in a misty grey field. — Original artwork

We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.

Eeyore

A snow globe containing a small pale figure and snowflake shapes rests on dark plum cloth. — Original artwork

It's snowing still. And freezing. However, we haven't had an earthquake lately.

Eeyore

A ceramic honey pot tipped on its side with honey flowing into a small hexagonal dish on a sky-blue background. — Original artwork

The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey. And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.

Winnie the Pooh

Painterly bee resting on a broken golden honeycomb with drops of honey in warm amber light. — Original artwork

When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming.

Winnie the Pooh

Two ceramic mugs sit close together inside a rust-coloured knitted mitten against pale yellow. — Original artwork

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

Eeyore

A small wooden chair, golden plush dog and folded paper kite on a flower-covered green mound beneath a blue sky. — Original artwork

But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928), ch. 10