John Hartley
2008-9-16
Planting a haycorn will grow a oak tree
From "House at Pooh Corner" by A.A.Milne.
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"What are you doing?"
"I'm planting a haycorn, Pooh, so that it can grow up
into an oak-tree, and have lots of haycorns just outside the
front door instead of having to walk miles and miles, do you
see, Pooh?"
"Supposing it doesn't?" said Pooh.
"It will, because Christopher Robin says it will, so
that's why I'm planting it."
"Well," said Pooh, "if I plant a honeycomb outside my
house, then it will grow up into a beehive."
Piglet wasn't quite sure about this.
"Or a piece of a honeycomb," said Pooh, "so as not to
waste too much. Only then I might only get a piece of a
beehive, and it might be the wrong piece, where the bees were
buzzing and not hunnying. Bother."
...
So Piglet can have lots of haycorns just outside the front door instead of having to walk miles and miles
Supposing it doesn't?
Said Pooh. More of a declaration of an objection than a reason for one.
if I plant a honeycomb outside my house, then it will grow up into a beehive
Or a piece of a honeycomb
so as not to waste too much
then I might only get a piece of a beehive
it might be the wrong piece
Where the bees were buzzing and not hunnying. Bother
Christopher Robin says it will
Expert - at least in the 100 Acre Wood.