+==-----------------==+ | LINES AND SQUARES | +==-----------------==+ a poem by A. A. Milne ########################################################## # # # Whenever I walk in a London street, # # I'm ever so careful to watch my feet; # # And I keep in the squares, # # And the masses of bears. # # Who wait at the comers all ready to eat # # The sillies who tread on the lines of the street. # # Go back to their lairs. # # And I say to them, "Bears, # # Just look how I'm walking in all of the squares!" # # # # And the little bears growl to each other, "He's mine, # # As soon as he's silly and steps on a line." # # And some of the bigger bears try to pretend # # That they came round tile corner to look for a friend; # # And they try to pretend that nobody cares # # Whether you walk on the lines or squares. # # But only the sillies believe their talk; # # It's ever so portent how you walk. # # And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears, # # Just watch me walking in all the squares!" # # # ##########################################################