The Bears Discuss

Gold cherry

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 19 Nov 2024
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Paddington said, to Winnie-the-Pooh,
“I think I know what you should do –
Go on a journey to far-off Peru –
forget your honey and take a tip –
pack up some marmalade for the trip:
a taxi to London, a train to the port,
stow away below deck in a ship of some sort,
making sure it will take you all the way through
across the Atlantic, into the Pacific
(the Panama Canal links the two)
and then you’ll sail down the coast to Peru.
Sleep as the boat rocks, and in storms feel it shake,
and dip in the marmalade whenever you wake,
and then when you dock in Peru take a trail
to find my Aunt Lucy, and tell her your tale
of what London’ s like, and the forest where you
live with Tigger, Owl, Piglet, Kanga and Roo!”

‘But why’, said Pooh, ‘why should I go
away to a place I don’t want to know?
Here in the forest I know my way round
to all of the places my friends are found,
and they know I’m a bear of Very Little Brain..
Would you want to travel out there again?
Our writers have written for me and for you
stories of things that right here we must do:
the children, our readers, don’t want us to go
and vanish away to that far-off Peru!’

[IP: a conversation with a character from fiction]

 

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Nice IP response Rhiannon!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you! Was a bit of fun! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I just love Paddington Rhiannon I've got all the movies! Is there other sttuff like souvenirs and that? Did you really write this it is really very good. I think maybe I shoold write on Pikkie and Charlie again!

Great on the Cherrries!

Lovelly! Adorable! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tom. We grew up on 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories (that was before the Disney version), and then Paddington stories came when we had children. We lived for a while quite near the forest where Pooh was said to live, and went for walks there. So it was a bit of fun imagining a conversation betweent the two very different bears! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Finding this Wintry weather unbearable? Read Rhiannon's wonderful poem to cheer yourself up! It is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. Very glad you enjoyed and felt it cheering and fun for others! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by marandina on

Oh completely wonderful. I'm a fan of Winnie the Pooh and absolutely loved reading that. This poem could appear in a collection for children. One of your best, Rhiannon!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Oh, thank you! It was fun to have some fun with the two bears! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This is such a charming poem Rhiannon. I could just imagine Paddington bear meeting Winnie- the- Pooh at Paddington station and having this conversation. 

Very well written and a tribute to those two lovable characters.

I actually wore my Winnie-the-Pooh dressing gown in hospital. Lots of the nurses complimented me on it, and wanted to know where I got it. I got the dressing gown in a Walt Disney shop way back in the late 1990s and it still looks like new.

Thanks for sharing this professional poem.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny for your commendation. Very glad you enjoyed. And glad to hear from you. I had been wondering how the convalescence was going, as it can be a time of ups and downs and some frustrations. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thanks for asking about my convalescence Rhiannon. I'm doing fine, though I do get tired quickly and don't know where the time goes. It is frustrating at times, but at least I know things will improve now, which is the best Christmas present I could wish for.

By the way thank you for your prayers which were so welcome.

Jenny.