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Teddy Bear

10/5/2018

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Teddy Bear
 
A bear, however hard he tries,
     Grows tubby without exercise.
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat,
     Which is not to be wondered at;
He gets what exercise he can
     By falling off the ottoman,
But generally seems to lack
     The energy to clamber back.

Now tubbiness is just the thing
     Which gets a fellow wondering;
And Teddy worried lots about
     The fact that he was rather stout.
He thought: “If only I were thin!
     But how does anyone begin?”
He thought: “It really isn’t fair
     To grudge me exercise and air.”

For many weeks he pressed in vain
     His nose against the window-pane,
And envied those who walked about
     Reducing their unwanted stout.
None of the people he could see
      “Is quite” (he said) “as fat as me!”
Then with a still more moving sigh,
      “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.

One night it happened that he took 
     A peep at an old picture-book,
Wherein he came across by chance
     The picture of a King of France
(A stoutish man) and, down below,
     These words: “King Louis So and So,
Nicknamed ‘The Handsome!’ “There he sat,
     And (think of it) the man was fat!

Our bear rejoiced like anything
     To read about this famous King,
Nicknamed the “Handsome.” Not a doubt
     The man was definitely stout.
Why then, a bear (for all his tub)
     Might yet be named, “The Handsome Cub!”

“Might yet be named.” Or did he mean
     That years ago he “might have been”?
For now he felt a slight misgiving:
      “Is Louis So and So still living?
Fashions in beauty have a way
     Of altering from day to day.
Is ‘Handsome Louis’ with us yet?
     Unfortunately I forget.”

Next morning (nose to window-pane)
     The doubt occurred to him again.
One question hammered in his head:
      “Is he alive or is he dead?”
Thus, nose to pane, he pondered; but
     The lattice window, loosely shut,
Swung open. With one startled “Oh!”
     Our Teddy disappeared below.

There happened to be passing by
     A plump man with a twinkling eye,
Who, seeing Teddy in the street,
     Raised him politely on his feet,
And murmured kindly in his ear
     Soft words of comfort and of cheer:
“Well, well!” “Allow me!” “Not at all.”
      “Tut-tut!” A very nasty fall.”

Our Teddy answered not a word;
     It’s doubtful if he even heard.
Our bear could only look and look:
     The stout man in the picture-book!
That “handsome” King - could this be he,
     This man of adiposity?
“Impossible,” he thought. “But still,
     No harm in asking. Yes, I will!”

“Are you,” he said, “by any chance
     His Majesty the King of France?”
The other answered, “I am that,”
     Bowed stiffly, and removed his hat;
Then said, “Excuse me,” with an air
      “But is it Mr. Edward Bear?”
And Teddy, bending very low,
     Replied politely, “Even so!”

They stood beneath the window there,
     The King and Mr. Edward Bear,
And, handsome, if a trifle fat,
     Talked carelessly of this and that . . .
Then said His Majesty, “Well, well,
     I must get on,” and rang the bell.
“Your bear, I think,” he smiled. “Good-day!”
     And turned, and went upon his way.

A bear, however hard he tries,
     Grows tubby without exercise.
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat,
     Which is not to be wondered at.
But do you think it worries him
     To know that he is far from slim?
No, just the other way about -
     He’s proud of being short and stout.

by A. A. Milne

 
Alan Alexander Milne, also known as A. A. Milne, was born on 18 January 1882 in Kilburn, London, England. He became a novelist, a playwright, and a poet. He is known as the author of the book about a teddy bear titled, “Winnie the Pooh” (1926). Alan Alexander Milne passed on at 74 years of age on 31 January 1956 in Hartfield, Sussex, England.
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