Teddy Bear Comments

It is to long

- As Oliver and Jeremy noted (boxes below) , this poem is missing a stanza - Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named Edward, was renamed Winnie-the-Pooh after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg) , which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. 'The pooh' comes from a swan called 'Pooh'. E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ('a magnificent bear') , as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, two more characters - Rabbit and Owl - were created by Milne's imagination. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under glass in New York where 750,000 people visit them every year. (from Wiki)

oh boy. i would hope a website purporting to be about poetry could at least get the poems right; and more than hope, i expect that someone writing in with a correction - ostensibly restoring a missing stanza - should get THAT right. the interweb... turning brains to jello at a computer near you... probably VERY near YOU. here, then, for those of you who care (writers, and most of the people who read books - heard of them, have you?) , are the outstanding corrections, with the missing verse in full: To grudge me exercise and air.” ... “I mean” (he said) “as fat as I! ” Now Teddy, as was only right, Slept in the ottoman at night, And with him crowded in as well More animals than I can tell; Not only these, but books and things, Such as a kind relation brings– Old tales of “Once upon a time, ” And history retold in rhyme. ... And (think of it!) the man was fat! [should be italicized] ... Nicknamed “The Handsome.” [italicized both times in the next verse] ... He's proud of being short and stout. [proud is italicized]

This poem is missing a stanza. Milne worte another between the third and fourth stanze here. The verse is: Now, Teddy, as is only right, Slept in the ottoman at night, And in there slept with him, as well More animals than I can tell, Not only these, but books and things, Such as a kind relation brings. Sweet tales of 'Once apon a Time', And history re-told in rhyme.