If Rabbit Was bigger And fatter And stronger, Or bigger Than Tigger, If Tigger was smaller, Then Tigger’s bad habit Of bouncing at Rabbit Would matter No longer, If Rabbit Was taller.

“What was Pooh saying?” asked Rabbit. “Any good?”

“No,” said Pooh sadly. “No good.”

“Well, I’ve got an idea,” said Rabbit, “and here it is. We take Tigger for a long explore, somewhere where he’s never been, and we lose him there, and next morning we find him again, and⁠—mark my words⁠—he’ll be a different Tigger altogether.”

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