When We Were Very Young - A.A. Milne

“They’re changing the guard at Buckingham Palace--
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a sentry-box.
‘One of the sergeants looks after their socks,’
                                                            Says Alice.”
 
The fun and safeness of rhyme and silliness in a child’s own world — and an introduction to a furry friend whom you felt protective of, called Winnie-the-Pooh. A Bear of Very Little Brain who made you feel that it was alright not to understand Long Words.

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