“Well, you’ll see, Piglet, when you listen. Because this is how it begins. The more it snows, tiddely pom ⁠—”

“Tiddely what?” said Piglet.

“Pom,” said Pooh. “I put that in to make it more hummy. The more it goes, tiddely pom, the more ⁠—”

“Didn’t you say snows?”

“Yes, but that was before .”

“Before the tiddely pom?”

“It was a different tiddely pom,” said Pooh, feeling rather muddled now. “I’ll sing it to you properly and then you’ll see.”

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