"A mostly sunny day, to some, can look a lot like partly gray."

from "Lessons from the Hundred-Acre Wood" by Hallie Marshall

It Was There...Now It's Gone

You think you can
Depend on tails.
You don't expect tails
To go wrong.
The last time I looked
It was right there.
Now when I look there,
It's gone.

It was always
Just behind me,
Always tagging along.
A little something
at the back...
I thought it was there,
And it's gone.

I assumed it was
Attached to me,
That it actually
Hung true.
I'd hoped it was stuck
Very firmly on.
Maybe we needed
Some glue.

It used to trail
Right behind me,
Always tailing along.
My little extra
At the back...
I thought it was there,
Now it's gone.

from "Lessons from the Hundred-Acre Wood" by Hallie Marshall

The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

from "The Pooh Book of Quotations" by A. A. Milne

"When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there."

Eeyore from "Eeyore's gloomy Little Instruction Book" by A. A. Milne

"No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation."

Eeyore from "The House at Pooh Corner" by A. A. Milne

"After all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow."

Eeyore from "The House at Pooh Corner" by A. A. Milne

"Sitting on thistles doesn't do them any Good. Take all the Life out of them."

Eeyore from "Eeyore's gloomy Little Instruction Book" by A. A. Milne

"Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it" "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush." "Oh!" said Pooh. He thought for a long time, and then asked, "What mulberry bush is that?" "Bon-hommy," went on Eeyore gloomily. "French word for meaning bonhommy," he explained. "I'm not complaining, but There It Is."

Eeyore and Pooh from "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A. A. Milne

"I don't hold with all the washing," grumbled Eeyore. "This modern Behind-the-ears nonsense."

Eeyore and Pooh from "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A. A. Milne