Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)

by A.A. Milne

Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, ‘Why?’ and sometimes he thought, ‘Wherefore?’ and sometimes he thought, ‘Inasmuch as which?’ – and sometimes he didn’t quite know what he was thinking about.

‘The atmospheric conditions have been very unfavourable lately,’ said Owl. ‘The what?’ ‘It has been raining,’ explained Owl. ‘Yes,’ said Christopher Robin. ‘It has.’ ‘The flood-level has reached an unprecedented height.’ ‘The who?’ ‘There’s a lot of water about,’ explained Owl. ‘Yes,’ said Christopher Robin, ‘there is.’

‘When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’ ‘What’s for breakfast?’ said Pooh. ‘What do you say, Piglet?’ ‘I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting to-day?’ said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. ‘It’s the same thing,’ he said.