When We Were Very Young: Winnie-the-Pooh – Classic Editions

A.A.Milne was born in London in 1882 and became a highly successful writer of plays, poems and novels. He based Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and friends on the real nursery toys of his son Christopher Robin and published the first book of their adventures together in 1926. Since then, Pooh has become a world-famous bear, and Milne¿s stories have been translated into seventy-two languages.
E.H.Shepard was born in London in 1879. He was an artist, illustrator and cartoonist and went on to draw the original decorations to accompany Milne¿s classic stories, earning him the name `the man who drew Pooh¿.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice.'

Corner-of-the-Street

 

  Down by the corner of the street,

 

  Where the three roads meet,

 

  And the feet

 

  Of the people as they pass go “Tweet-tweet-tweet—”

 

  Who comes tripping round the corner of the street?

 

  One pair of shoes which are Nurse’s;

 

  One pair of slippers which are Percy’s…

 

  Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!

 

   

 

Buckingham Palace

 

  They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—

 

  Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

 

  Alice is marrying one of the guard.

 

  “A soldier’s life is terrible hard,”

 

  Says Alice.

 

   

  They’re changing 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.

 

  They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—

 

  Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

 

  We looked for the king, but he never came.

 

  “Well, God take care of him, all the same,”

 

  Says Alice.

 

  They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—

 

  Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

 

  They’ve great big parties inside the grounds.

 

  “I wouldn’t be king for a hundred pounds,”

 

  Says Alice.

 

  They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—

 

  Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

 

  A face looked out, but it wasn’t the king’s.

 

  “He’s much too busy a-signing things,”

 

  Says Alice.

 

  They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace—

 

  Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

 

  “Do you think the king knows all about me?”

 

  “Sure to, dear, but it’s time for tea,”

 

  Says Alice.

 

   

 

   

 Happiness

 

   

  John had

 

  Great big

 

  Waterproof

 

  Boots on;

 

  John had a

 

  Great big

 

  Waterproof

 

  Hat;

 

  John had a

 

  Great big

 

  Waterproof

 

  Mackintosh*—

 

  And that

 

  (Said John)

 

  Is

 

  That.

 

   

   

  * Raincoat