The Friend
There
are
lots
and
lots
of
people
who
are
always
asking
things,
Like
Dates
and
Pounds-and-ounces
and
the
names
of
funny
Kings,
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
right,
I'm
Right,
and
if
he's
wrong,
it
isn't
Me.
Alan Alexander Milne
A.A. Milne, (born January 18, 1882, London, England—died January 31, 1956, Hartfield, Sussex), English humorist, the originator of the immensely popular stories of Christopher Robin and his toy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, A.A. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best-known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends.