Winne the Pooh
Book: "The World of Pooh"
Author: A. A. Milne
"Once upon a time, in a land far far away, (not very far; on the east coast of Canada, to be precise) lived a little girl named Grace with her sister, her roommate, and her roommate's two cats. One day, her roommate told her about this book that she was reading, called "The World of Pooh", which was about a bear named Winnie the Pooh. Her roommate had picked up the book to read only because it was one of the books on a list of the world's-best-100-books-to-be-read. One cannot really expect a girl of 21 years to read a book about Pooh Bear, at that age. She said that it was a very interesting book and that Grace should really think about reading it. Grace's interest was piqued when her roommate quoted a few lines from the book that had Grace and her roomate in splits of laughter. So Grace decided she was going to read the book."
The book could have been just another bedtime story... but it turned out to be more than just that. The book is about a little boy named Christopher Robin, and his favourite bear, who is Pooh. They live in a forest with their friends Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Roo, and not to forget Rabbit's "friends-and-relations". And there's Eeyore too. Pooh is a very "humble" bear, with a Very Little Brain, and an amazing talent for poetry. He loves "hunny" and would do anything, like flying on a balloon pretending to be a cloud, to get some honey. He is the discoverer of the North "Pole", and also the discoverer of a game called "Poohsticks". The book has a lot of adventures that Pooh and his friends have, like discovering the North "Pole" and finding Eeyore's tail, rescuing Piglet from a flood, finding breakfast for Tigger and so on. I totally loved the way the book was written... and my favorite quote is this:
"when... you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very thingish inside you is quite different when it gets into the open and has other people looking at it."
The book went on the same lines of this quote, and it felt very "nice" to read it. It was a welcome change after the book I read previous to this one, which was called "Den of Thieves". That book was about Corporate America in the 80's and how a few men at Wall Street had changed the course of Wall Street and the stock market, and made lots of money. After reading about such people who lied and cheated and manipulated the stock market to fuel their own interests to make millions and billions, this book made me realise how simple life really is. Only here, you could go into this fictious world and have honey and "haycorns" to eat all day and have fun playing "Poohsticks" and whatnot. Life is simple, life is easy, and sometimes a bear like Pooh is what you need to remind you to enjoy a simple and humble life.
Author: A. A. Milne
"Once upon a time, in a land far far away, (not very far; on the east coast of Canada, to be precise) lived a little girl named Grace with her sister, her roommate, and her roommate's two cats. One day, her roommate told her about this book that she was reading, called "The World of Pooh", which was about a bear named Winnie the Pooh. Her roommate had picked up the book to read only because it was one of the books on a list of the world's-best-100-books-to-be-read. One cannot really expect a girl of 21 years to read a book about Pooh Bear, at that age. She said that it was a very interesting book and that Grace should really think about reading it. Grace's interest was piqued when her roommate quoted a few lines from the book that had Grace and her roomate in splits of laughter. So Grace decided she was going to read the book."
The book could have been just another bedtime story... but it turned out to be more than just that. The book is about a little boy named Christopher Robin, and his favourite bear, who is Pooh. They live in a forest with their friends Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Roo, and not to forget Rabbit's "friends-and-relations". And there's Eeyore too. Pooh is a very "humble" bear, with a Very Little Brain, and an amazing talent for poetry. He loves "hunny" and would do anything, like flying on a balloon pretending to be a cloud, to get some honey. He is the discoverer of the North "Pole", and also the discoverer of a game called "Poohsticks". The book has a lot of adventures that Pooh and his friends have, like discovering the North "Pole" and finding Eeyore's tail, rescuing Piglet from a flood, finding breakfast for Tigger and so on. I totally loved the way the book was written... and my favorite quote is this:
"when... you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very thingish inside you is quite different when it gets into the open and has other people looking at it."
The book went on the same lines of this quote, and it felt very "nice" to read it. It was a welcome change after the book I read previous to this one, which was called "Den of Thieves". That book was about Corporate America in the 80's and how a few men at Wall Street had changed the course of Wall Street and the stock market, and made lots of money. After reading about such people who lied and cheated and manipulated the stock market to fuel their own interests to make millions and billions, this book made me realise how simple life really is. Only here, you could go into this fictious world and have honey and "haycorns" to eat all day and have fun playing "Poohsticks" and whatnot. Life is simple, life is easy, and sometimes a bear like Pooh is what you need to remind you to enjoy a simple and humble life.
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