“And if anyone knows anything about anything,” said Bear to himself, “it’s Owl who knows something about something,” he said, “or my name’s not Winnie-the-Pooh,” he said. “Which it is,” he added. “So there you are.”

Owl lived at The Chestnuts, an old-world residence of great charm, which was grander than anybody else’s, or seemed so to Bear, because it had both a knocker and a bellpull. Underneath the knocker there was a notice which said:

Ples ring if an rnser is reqird.

Ples ring if an rnser is reqird.

Underneath the bellpull there was a notice which said:

Plez cnoke if an rnsr is not reqid.