Poems ✍️

Wol’s nephew had found a piece of torn paper in the Wood, which said ‘Truth is…’
and took it back, rather wet and smudgy, to Wol.

Word got around that Wol’s nephew, who was learning to read, had asked Wol
what came next… However, most of the Animals were not very interested, as
they went about their busy lives.

But Pooh Bear, who’d heard CR use the word about A Certain Incident, was
walking paw in hand with CR through the wood one crispy day, and because
there weren’t any other Big Thoughts floating around saying ‘Look at me! ’, said
‘CR, what is truth? ’

Christopher Robin looked down lovingly at Beloved Bear, like you do when you
admire someone for asking a Big Question, but aren’t sure quite what to say
next…

‘Well, Pooh, ’ he said at last, ‘there’s truth with a small t – like when somehow a
plate has jumped out of your hands onto the floor and broken itself, and grownups don’t quite believe this, and say, tell me the truth…’

Pooh recognised this. Hunny jars did the same thing sometimes, when you reach
for them on the shelf and wonder why they wanted to fall like that…

‘And there’s Truth with a capital T, that grown-ups put on their best clothes and
sit around, with a cup or glass of something, and talk about... but without
dropping their cup or glass or anything…’

Pooh had never sat around when this happened. That was the time for being with
CR upstairs.

‘It’s difficult to follow what they say, so I watch their faces, Pooh..

‘There’s Nodding Their Heads Truth. There’s Smiling But Only a Bit and Not for
Long Truth. There’s Eyes Open Wide Truth. There’s Being Very Still For a Time
Truth. And there’s Nodding And Smiling With the Eyes Too And Remembering,
Truth…There seem to be diff’rent kinds of Truth, Pooh…’

Pooh suddenly felt very five-to-fourish after so much about grown-ups and their
complicated lives, so he and CR turned and walked back in silence.

Later after a Little Something, Pooh stood in front of the big mirror in CR’s
nursery, and tried on all these Faces of Truth.. feeling, well maybe, and yes
possibly, and wait until tomorrow, by turns.. and then, he felt really quite tired…

Christopher Robin picked him up; saying fondly, 'Silly old Bear...'