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

More from Winnie the Pooh

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