" When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say,"But I thought he was a boy?"
"So did I,"
said Christopher Robin.
"Then you cant call him Winnie?"
"I don't."
"But you said -"
"He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what 'ther' means?"
"Ah yes, now I do," I said quickly;
and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get. "
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- The World of Pooh A.A.Milne
