Winnie The Pooh & You

It was my wife Jennifer’s birthday, and I just had to find a way to bring in the voice of her favorite pal Winnie the Pooh. I figured I could simply channel the silly ole bear. It was helpful that when I squeeze the belly on her stuffed animal “Pooh Bear,” he speaks the line: "A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now."

Well here we are, just me and you
Doing just what we two can do 
The gang is here in the Hundred-acre wood 
Doing the things that all of us should 
Piglet and Owl and Kanga and Roo
Eeyore and Rabbit, Christopher Robin too
All of us should simply take a bow
A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now
 
This is from Winnie, the one known as Pooh
Doing the things that I can do
Asking questions and remembering fun 
The loving embraces, the honey run
I hope I don’t get stuck when I go for food
“Oh bother” – that is the extent of my attitude 
I just want to walk with you in the spirit of “wow”
A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now
 
A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now
It’s what nice people and huggy people would come to allow
They are snuggly and wuggly and all of those things
It’s what nice people and huggy people like to bring
To get one of those hugs would make me so lucky 
Soft and warm, like the happiness of a warm puppy
So let’s make a promise, let us take a vow
And do one of those large pooh bear hugs right about now
 
In the end, we shall walk and we shall talk
In silence, in pondering, in picking up rocks
We’ll make our way around all of the blocks
Going and going … until we decide to stop
Even when it’s quiet we can hear each other speak
It’s in the clouds and in the steps that we will reach
Hoping for no more ouches and no more ow’s
A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now
A very large pooh bear hug would be nice about now