A.A. Milne — People

A glossy red rubber ball bouncing above a cracked slate tile against a pale yellow background. — Original artwork

Christopher Robin goes hopity hopity, Hopity hopity hop.

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A pair of blue trainers floats above a small patch of grass and flowers against a pale-blue sky. — Original artwork

Christopher Robin goes hopity hopity,Hopity hopity hop. When ever I tell him politely to stop it, He says he can't possibly stop. For if he stopped hopping, he couldn't go anywhere. Poor little Christopher couldn't go anywhere, And so he just keeps hoppity hoppity, Hoppity hoppity hop.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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A small green seedling pushes through cracked orange earth. — Original artwork

When I was one I'd just begun,

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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.

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