The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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"Yes, yes," last time, he said "No, not at all," now, without really knowing what Owl was talking about.

"Didn't you see them?" said Owl, a little surprised. "Come and look at them now."

So they went outside. And Pooh looked at the knocker and the notice below it, and he looked at the bell-rope and the notice below it, and the more he looked at the bell rope, the more he felt that he had seen something like it, somewhere else, some time before.

Handsome bell rope, isn't it?" said Owl.

Pooh nodded. "It reminds me of something," he said, "but 1 can't think what. Where did you get it?"

"I just came across it in the Forest. It was hanging over a bush, and I thought at first somebody lived there, so I rang it, and nothing happened, and then I rang it again very loudly, and it came off in my hand, and as nobody seemed to want it, I took it home, and "Owl," said Pooh solemnly, "You made a mistake. Somebody did want it."

"Who?"

"Eeyore. My dear friend Eeyore. He was — he was fond of it."