Rabbit proposed that every inhabitant of the Hundred Acre Wood should receive an equal share of its riches. He explained his idea: “Everyone will get one spoonful of honey” - Pooh whispered to Piglet, “One spoonful? That’s not even a smackerel!” - “One thistle, and so on.” “Hah!” said Eeyore. “One thistle? I can’t live on that! Of course”, he said, looking pointedly at Pooh, “it’s all very well for some. They don’t even eat thistles, and they have jars and jars of honey stored away. But I don’t suppose anyone will notice when I die of starvation.” “Oh, Eeyore, of course they will!” cried Christopher Robin. “Or rather, what I meant was -” “Ahem!” coughed Owl. “I believe I have the solution.” Borrowing a pencil and a piece of paper from Christopher Robin, he laboriously wrote down his thought, and held it up for everyone to see:
“TO ECH AKAUDING TO HIS NEDES”.
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