Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter One.
“It was just as if somebody inside him were saying, "Now then, Pooh, time for a little something."”
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter Six.
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Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter Ten.
