Now We Are Six
1927
These are poems written from inside a six-year-old's head, and that distinction makes all the difference. A.A. Milne had the rare gift of thinking like a child: capturing the strange logic, the unexpected wisdom, and the exquisite seriousness with which a young mind encounters the world. Whether contemplating the mystery of grown-ups, the dignity of a teddy bear, or the vast importance of tea-time, each verse becomes a small window into how it feels to be small in a large world. The collection includes eleven poems featuring Pooh and friends, but even without them, the book would enchant. These are poems that understand how children see: not as cute smaller versions of adults, but as complete humans wrestling with existence in their own peculiar, profound way. Almost a century old, Now We Are Six remains the closest thing we have to climbing inside a child's mind and seeing the universe from there.
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“When I was One,I had just begun.When I was Two,I was nearly new.When I was ThreeI was hardly me.When I was Four,I was not much more.When I was Five, I was just alive.But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever,So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.””
— A. A. Milne
“But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.””
— 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?" says Pooh:"Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.Let's go together," says Pooh, says he."Let's go together," says Pooh.””
— A. A. Milne
“So - here I am in the dark alone,There's nobody here to see;I think to myself, I play to myself,And nobody knows what I say to myself;Here I am in the dark alone,What is it going to be?I can think whatever I like to think,I can play whatever I like to play,I can laugh whatever I like to laugh,There's nobody here but me.””
— A. A. Milne
“Walking with her man,Lost in a dream””
— A. A. Milne
“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 to me: "True,It isn't much fun for One, but TwoCan stick together," says Pooh, says he."That's how it is," says Pooh.””
— A. A. Milne
“I wasn’t afraid,” said Pooh, said he, “I’m never afraid with you.””
— A. A. Milne
“No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes.””
— A. A. Milne
“Whatever Fortune brings,Don’t be afraid of doing things.””
— A. A. Milne
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