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

CHAPTER VI

In Which

Eeyore Has a Birthday

and Gets Two Presents

Eeyore, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water. "Pathetic," he said. "That's what it is. Pathetic.'' He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side.

Then he looked ai himself in the water again. "As I thought," he said. "No better from this side. But nobody minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that's what it is."

There was a crackling noise in the bracken behind him, and out came Pooh. "Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning," he said. "Which 1 doubt," said he.

"Why, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."