De Britse schrijver Alan Alexander Milne werd geboren op 18 januari 1882 in Londen. Zie ook mijn blog van 18 januari 2009 en ook mijn blog van 18 januari 2010.
Uit: Pooh Goes Visiting
„Pooh always liked a little something at eleven o’clock in the morning, and he was very glad to see Rabbit getting out the plates and mugs; and when Rabbit said, ‘Honey or condensed milk with your bread?’ he was so exited that he said, ‘Both’ and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, ‘But don’t bother about the bread, please.’
And for a long time after that he said nothing…until at last, humming to himself in a rather sticky voice, he got up, shook Rabbit lovingly by the paw, and said that he must be going on. ‘Must you?’ said Rabbit politely. ‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘I could stay a little longer if it-if you-‘ and he tried very hard to look in the direction of the larder. ‘As a matter of fact,’ said Rabbit, ‘I was going out myself directly.’ ‘Oh well, then, I’ll be going on. Good bye.’ ‘Well good bye, if you’re sure you won’t have any more.’ ‘Is there any more?’ asked Pooh quickly. Rabbit took the covers of the dishes, and said ‘No, there wasn’t.’ ‘I thought not,’ said Pooh, nodding to himself. ‘Well Good-bye, I must be going on.’
So he started to climb out of the hole. He pulled with his front paws, and pushed with his back paws, and in a little while his nose was in the open again … and then his ears … and then his front paws … and then his shoulders … and then-‘Oh, help!’ said Pooh, ‘I’d better go back,’ ‘Oh bother!’ said Pooh, ‘I shall have to go on.’ ‘I can’t do either!’ said Pooh, ‘Oh help and bother!’ …
Alan Alexander Milne (18 januari 1882 – 31 januari 1956)
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