Original artwork, not a still
Winnie the Pooh • 1926
Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker begs Pooh to promise never to forget them, and adds that if they thought he would, they would not leave. It is a tender farewell, using the promise of being remembered as the condition that makes departing bearable at all.
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