Us Two (Monday Poem)

 by A. A. Milne

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,

There's always Pooh and Me.

Whatever I do, he wants to do,

"Where are you going today?" asks Pooh:

"Well, that's very odd,'cos I was too.

Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.

"Let's go together," says, Pooh.

 

"What's twice eleven?" I said to Pooh.

("Twice what?" said Pooh to Me.) 

"I think it ought to be twenty-two."

"Just what I think myself," said Pooh.

"It wasn't an easy sum to do,

But that's what it is," said Pooh, said he.

"That's what it is," said Pooh.

 

"Let's look for dragons," I said to Pooh.

"Yes, let's," said Pooh to Me.

We crossed the river and found a few --

"Yes, those are dragons all right," said Pooh.

"As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.

That's what they are," said Pooh, said he.

"That's what they are," said Pooh.

 

"Let's frighten the dragons," I said to Pooh.

"That's right," said Pooh to Me.

"I'm not afraid," I said to Pooh,

And I held his paw and I shouted "Shoo!"

Silly old dragons!" -- and off they flew.

"I wasn't afraid," said Pooh, said he,

"I'm never afraid with you."

 

So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,

There's always Pooh and Me.

"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,

"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said:  "True,

It isn't much fun for One, but Two

Can stick together," says Pooh, says he,

"That's how it is," says Pooh. 

 

 

 

 

from Now We Are Six

by A. A. Milne

illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard

Dell, 1955