“I don’t see much sense in that,” said Rabbit.
“No,” said Pooh humbly, “there isn’t. But there was going to be when I began it. It’s just that something happened to it on the way.”

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]

House at Pooh Corner, ch. 7 “Tigger Is Unbounced” (1928)
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