Winnie the Pooh turns 90 today.

[the_great_she_elephant]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/14/why-winnie-the-pooh-is-still-the-best-bear-i...

If you try to talk to the bison,
he never quite understands;
You can't shake hands with a mingo -
he doesn't like shaking hands.
And lions and roaring tigers
hate saying, "How do you do?" -
But I give buns to the elephant
when I go down to the Zoo!

[mloreason]

Yes she el that's basically the story. I didn't realise the photos were in the back of the book until I finished reading it. The children were so enthralled with the story that when we reached the end they were disappointed and then we saw the photos! It was the most unexpected bonus for all of us. We loved looking at the photos of Winnie posing with the soldiers. It was a magic moment and I'll never forget sharing it with them.

[ecar3483]

Mingo, as an abbreviation of Flamingo would make sense, given the writing style.

I can honestly say that I've learnt something new, today. 🙂

Thank you, Ele.

🙂

[the_great_she_elephant]

Just goes to show, the older we get the more we realise how much there still is to learn.

My twin sister and I were given a book of A. A. milne's poems (When We Were Very Young) for our 5th birthday. I still love them and can recite many of them off by heart -  Alexander Beetle, The King's Breakfast, Sir Brian Botany etc.