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I need two quotes by A. A. Milne (he is the author of the Pooh bear stuff) before febuary 5th. Can anyone help me?
 
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I don't know if this is the sort of thing you're looking for, but here's a poem by A A Milne (I believe its from Now We Are Six)

I'm also going to follow this up with a bit of a challenge. There definitely seems to be a double meaning in this poem, and the fact that he refers to "King John," fixes it in history. Anyone have any idea what it may be reffering to? A friend of mine was saying it refered to espionage, but that's a trifle unspecific, eh?

JAMES JAMES MORRISON MORRISON

from AA Milne
James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George DuPree
Took great care of his mother though he was only three
James James said to his mother:
"Mother," he said, said he
"You must never go down to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me.
Don't ever go down to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."

James James Morrison's mother put on her golden gown
James James Morrison's mother, she drove to the end of the town
James James Morrison's mother
She said to herself, said she
"Well, I can get down to the end of the town
And be back in time for tea.
Well, I can get down to the end of the town
And be back in time for tea."

King John put up a notice: "Lost, stolen or strayed,
James James Morrison's mother,
She seems to have been mislaid
Wandering vaguely all about quite of her own accord
She tried to get down to the end of the town--
Forty shillings reward.
She tried to get down to the end of the town--
Forty shillings reward.

James James Morrison Morrison, commonly known as "Jim"
Said to his other relations not to go blaming him
For James James said to his mother
"Mother", he said, said he
"Don't ever go down to the end of the town,
If you don't go down with me.
You must never go down to the end of the town,
If you don't go down with me."

Now James James Morrison's mother,
She hasn't been heard of since,
King John sent down to give his regrets,
And so did the queen and the prince,
King John, somebody told me,
Said to a man he knew,
"If people go down to the end of the town,
Well what can anyone do?
If people go down to the end of the town,
Well what can anyone do?"

 
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I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but here are some quotes from the Pooh Bear himself.

"If you should die in a hundred days, I would want to die in a hundred days minus one so I would never have to live a day without you." Winnie-The-Pooh

"It's not much of a tail, but I'm kind of attached to it." Eyore

"Some people care too much...I think it's called love." Winnie-The-Pooh

Hope this is what you were looking for! ^_^*

 
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Also check out the post for January 12, 2000-favorite Winnie the Pooh quotes.
 
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