When we were very young

by A. A. Milne

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[CORNER-OF-THE-STREET]	[1]
[BUCKINGHAM PALACE]	[2]
[HAPPINESS]	[4]
[THE CHRISTENING]	[5]
[PUPPY AND I]	[6]
[TWINKLETOES]	[9]
[THE FOUR FRIENDS]	[10]
[LINES AND SQUARES]	[12]
[BROWNIE]	[14]
[INDEPENDENCE]	[15]
[NURSERY CHAIRS]	[16]
[MARKET SQUARE]	[21]
[DAFFODOWNDILLY]	[28]
[WATER-LILIES]	[29]
[DISOBEDIENCE]	[30]
[SPRING MORNING]	[34]
[THE ISLAND]	[36]
[THE THREE FOXES]	[38]
[POLITENESS]	[41]
[JONATHAN JO]	[43]
[AT THE ZOO]	[46]
[RICE PUDDING]	[48]
[THE WRONG HOUSE]	[49]
[MISSING]	[52]
[THE KING’S BREAKFAST]	[55]
[HOPPITY]	[60]
[xii] ][AT HOME]	[62]
[SUMMER AFTERNOON]	[65]
[THE DORMOUSE AND THE DOCTOR]	[66]
[SHOES AND STOCKINGS]	[71]
[SAND-BETWEEN-THE-TOES]	[73]
[KNIGHTS AND LADIES]	[75]
[LITTLE BO-PEEP AND LITTLE BOY-BLUE]	[76]
[THE MIRROR]	[79]
[HALFWAY DOWN]	[81]
[THE INVADERS]	[82]
[BEFORE TEA]	[83]
[TEDDY BEAR]	[85]
[BAD SIR BRIAN BOTANY]	[92]
[IN THE FASHION]	[95]
[THE ALCHEMIST]	[96]
[GROWING UP]	[97]
[IF I WERE KING]	[98]
[VESPERS][*]	[99]

* This poem being in the Library of the Queen’s Dolls’ House, is printed here by special permission.

[xiii]
]WHEN WE WERE
VERY YOUNG

[1]
]

CORNER-OF-THE-STREET

Down by the corner of the street,

Where the three roads meet,

And the feet

Of the people as they pass go “Tweet-tweet-tweet—”