Alan Alexander Milne

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –

Alice is marrying one of the guard.‘A soldier’s life is terrible hard,’Says Alice.They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –Christopher Robin went down with Alice.We saw a guard in a sentry-box.‘One of the sergeants looks after their socks,’Says Alice.They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –Christopher Robin went down with Alice.We looked for the King, but he…

Christopher Robin

And sneezles,They bundled himIntoHis bed.They gave him what goesWith a cold in the nose,And some more for a coldIn the head.They wonderedIf wheezlesCould turnInto measles,If sneezlesWould turnInto mumps;The examined his chestFor a rash,and the restOf his body for swellings and lumps.They sent for some doctorsIn sneezlesAnd wheezlesTo tell them what oughtTo be done.All sorts of…

There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed

And all the day long he’d a wonderful viewOf geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).A Doctor came hurrying round, and he said:‘Tut-tut, I am sorry to find you in bed.Just say ‘Ninety-nine’ while I look at your chest….Don’t you find that chrysanthemums answer the best?’The Dormouse looked round at the view and replied(When he’d said ‘Ninety-nine’)…

There are lots and lots of people who are always asking things,

And the answer’s always Sixpence or A Hundred Inches Long.And I know they’ll think me silly if I get the answer wrong.So Pooh and I go whispering, and Pooh looks very bright,And says, ‘Well, I say sixpence, but I don’t suppose I’m right.’And then it doesn’t matter what the answer ought to be,‘Cos if he’s…

Jonathan Jo

And a wheelbarrow full of surprises;If you ask for a bat,Or for something like that,He has got it, whatever the size is.If you’re wanting a ball,It’s no trouble at all;Why, the more that you ask for, the merrier –Like a hoop and a top,And a watch that won’t stop,And some sweets, and an Aberdeen terrier.Jonathan…