"Hush!" said Rabbit, holding his paw. "What does Christopher Robin think about it all?
That's the point."
"Well," said Christopher Robin, not quite sure, what it was all about. "I think --"
"Yes?" said everybody.
"I think we all ought to play Poohsticks."
So they did. And Eeyore, who had never played it before, won more times than anybody else;
and Roo fell in twice, the first time by accident and the second time on purpose, because he suddenly saw Kanga coming from the Forest, and he knew he'd have to go to bed anyhow.
Lovely --- sweet and poignant.
But... "poo sticks"? It's POOHSTICKS!
"Hush!" said Rabbit, holding his paw. "What does Christopher Robin think about it all?
That's the point."
"Well," said Christopher Robin, not quite sure, what it was all about. "I think --"
"Yes?" said everybody.
"I think we all ought to play Poohsticks."
So they did. And Eeyore, who had never played it before, won more times than anybody else;
and Roo fell in twice, the first time by accident and the second time on purpose, because he suddenly saw Kanga coming from the Forest, and he knew he'd have to go to bed anyhow.
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Sad, real, full of hope. Lovely.