This is what I got from RJ. I had an impromptu lunch with her. It was overdue too. I haven't seen her for a while especially with her new (and bigger) shop-moving. Oh hey, and because I like this gal a lot, let me do this for her. Check out her shop here.
So what is "Lines and Squares"? It came in the form of paper strips, ones with grids, bound together. Each strip, because of its size, holds only a 2-line stanza.
Whenever I walk in a London street,
I'm ever so careful to watch my feet;
And I keep in the squares,
And the masses of bears,
Who wait at the corners all ready to eat
The sillies who tread on the lines of the street,
Go back to their lairs,
And I say to them, "Bears,
Just look how I'm walking in all the squares!"
And the little bears growl to each other,
"He's mine,
As soon as he's silly and steps on a line."
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;
And they try to pretend that nobody cares
Whether you walk on the lines or squares.
But only the sillies believe their talk;
It's ever so important how you walk.
And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears,
Just watch me walking in all the squares!"
Produced on a manual Olivetti LETTERA 82 typewriter
Copyright. Milne A.A.
/ we are BooksActually
It's so cute! And thanks to her, I found out that Milne is the guy behind Winnie the Pooh. I dun fancy Pooh but I appreciate the history and background. :P
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