The Four Friends
Ernest
was
an
elephant,
a
great
big
fellow,
Leonard
was
a
lion
with
a
six
foot
tail,
George
was
a
goat,
and
his
beard
was
yellow,
And
James
was
a
very
small
snail.
Leonard
had
a
stall,
and
a
great
big
strong
one,
Earnest
had
a
manger,
and
its
walls
were
thick,
George
found
a
pen,
but
I
think
it
was
the
wrong
one,
And
James
sat
down
on
a
brick
Earnest
started
trumpeting,
and
cracked
his
manger,
Leonard
started
roaring,
and
shivered
his
stall,
James
gave
a
huffle
of
a
snail
in
danger
And
nobody
heard
him
at
all.
Earnest
started
trumpeting
and
raised
such
a
rumpus,
Leonard
started
roaring
and
trying
to
kick,
James
went
on
a
journey
with
the
goats
new
compass
And
he
reached
the
end
of
his
brick.
Ernest
was
an
elephant
and
very
well
intentioned,
Leonard
was
a
lion
with
a
brave
new
tail,
George
was
a
goat,
as
I
think
I
have
mentioned,
but
James
was
only
a
snail.
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.