With the simplicity of truth as his starting point, Start from truth, or said differently, write from what you know, was promoted as a means of artistic beginnings by both Ernest Hemingway and E. So I thought to myself one fine day, walking with my friend Christopher Robin, "Moo rhymes with Pooh! Surely there is a bit of poetry to be got out of that?" Well, I should have told you that there are six cows who come down to Pooh's lake every afternoon to drink, and of course they say "Moo" as they come. Christopher Robin who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of "Pooh." This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn't come (which is a thing swans are good at), then you can pretend that you were just saying "Pooh!" to show how little you wanted him. Milne (JanuJanuary 31, 1956) tells us in his first book of children's verse When We Were Very Young, a particular friend to Milne's young son. It might surprise you to learn that Winnie the Pooh was a swan before he was a bear.
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