What is the connection between a bear of very little brain and a honey pot? Usually it's the very sticky paw of Winnie-the-Pooh, as he takes a break between adventures for a little something. In these stories, Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place, Eeyore loses a tail, Piglet meets a Heffalump, Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents, and an expedition is mounted to the North Pole! As usual they are accompanied by Kanga, Roo, Rabbit and Owl - to say nothing of Pooh's very clever young human friend, Christopher Robin. Now with a musical introduction, Alan Bennett gives A. Milne's characters the voices you felt they were always meant to have in this collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Owl. 'Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place'. 'Pooh and Piglet Nearly Catch a Woozle and Eeyore Loses a Tail'.'Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents'.'Christopher Robin Leads an Expedition to the North Pole'.'A House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore'. 'Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast'.'A Search Is Organised and Piglet Nearly Meets the Heffalump Again'.'Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In'.'Piglet Does a Very Grand Thing and Owl Moves House'. Listen to this if you want a break from Peter Dennis 'Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded by Water'.'Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest'. In the past I listened to Peter Dennis read Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner every night (for several years). Som time ago, I discovered this version, read by Alan Bennett. His voice isn’t suitable for a “true” Pooh reader, and at first I dismissed it. But now I find myself listening to it as a novelty and when I need a break from the Peter Dennis version (evidently Christopher Robin Milne endorsed him as the best and most authentic Pooh reader). It has a quaint, charming appeal and is more subdued, for Bennett makes little or no attempt at varying the voices. His is higher pitched and has a rather nasally touch. The stories aren’t in order, and I can’t recall whether some are absent or abridged. In some sense it’s a welcome change for the veteran Pooh listener but not acceptable for those nes to the true Pooh stories. I do enjoy listening to it and appreciate novelties of this compilation. (I gave the story 4/5 stars because of the mixed up order and possible abridgments-though at the moment of this writing I can’t verify the latter).Christopher Milne also played with a stuffed piglet, a tiger, a pair of kangaroos and a downtrodden donkey (Owl and Rabbit were dreamt up solely for the books). And the Hundred Acre Wood closely resembles Ashdown Forest, where the Milnes had a nearby home. Today the original toys that inspired Milne (and his son) can still be seen at the New York Public Library. Milne wrote a lot more than 'Winnie-the-Pooh' (All except Roo, that is-he was lost in the 1930s.) 2. Though he went to Cambridge to study mathematics, Milne began to focus on writing while still a student. After getting his degree in 1903, he pursued a career as a writer and was soon producing humorous pieces for the magazine Punch. Milne took on the duties of assistant editor at Punch in 1906.įollowing his service in World War I, Milne became a successful playwright (along with original plays, he penned adaptations, such as turning The Wind in the Willows into the successful Toad at Toad Hall).
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