![]() ![]() Milne noticed that cows always went down to the lake where Pooh lived, that cows say "moo" and that "moo" rhymes with "Pooh". According to the introduction, Milne first got the idea to write some poems when he went with his son to feed a swan that Christopher Robin had named Pooh. In an introduction, called "Just Before We Begin", Milne says that Christopher Robin was the inspiration for all of the poems in the book. The book is dedicated to Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne, who is referred to by name in four poems in the book. Shepard's illustrations have been colorized in some more recent editions. Shepard, who would later go on to illustrate Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. ![]() The first edition is illustrated with black and white line drawings by E.H. ![]() When We Were Very Young is a collection of children's poems by A.A. A first edition of When We Were Very Young. ![]()
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