Winnie the Pooh

An extract from

Winnie the Pooh

by AA Milne

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump,

bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher

Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming

downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another

way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.

He is now at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you.

“Pooh!” said Christopher Robin.

“Yes,” said the Bear.

“When I call your name, you must say, ‘Yes, dear, I’m

here,’ and then I shall know where you are.”

“All right,” said Pooh, “but I’ll always be where you are, so

you mustn’t be too clever about this.”

Pooh, who was a bear of very little brain, liked to keep

things simple.