Milne, A. A. -- When We Were Very Young, “Halfway Down,” st. 1 (1924)

Dave — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:31:34 +0000

Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn’t any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I’m not at the bottom,
I’m not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
When We Were Very Young, “Halfway Down,” st. 1 (1924)
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Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 1 “We Are Introduced” (1926)

Dave — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:37 +0000

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think about it.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 1 “We Are Introduced” (1926)
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Opening lines of the book. Art by E H Shepard.

WIST Quotations

Milne, A. A. -- When We Were Very Young, “Halfway Down,” st. 1 (1924)

Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 1 “We Are Introduced” (1926)