Disobedience by Alan Alexander Milne

Disobedience, Alan Alexander Milne was the famous writer of the much-loved Winnie the Pooh stories and is more generally known as A. A. Milne.  Born in Kilburn, London in 1882 he spent his formative years living in a small independent school which his father, John Vine Milne ran.  A. A. was fortunate to have visionary novelist H. G. Wells as one of his teachers there.

 

Disobedience by Alan Alexander Milne

 

He went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge  after studying first at Westminster School.  Up at Cambridge his writing talents blossomed and was soon noticed by the humorous magazine “Punch”.  He was invited to contribute whimsical articles and poems at first and later was appointed assistant editor.

Disobedience by Alan Alexander Milne

Disobedience

James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
“Mother,” he said, said he;
“You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don’t go down with me.”James James
Morrison’s Mother
Put on a golden gown.
Disobedience by Alan Alexander Milne
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James James Morrison’s Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James Morrison’s Mother
Said to herself, said she:
“I can get right down
to the end of the town
and be back in time for tea.
“King John
Put up a notice,
“LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES MORRISON’S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN
TO THE END OF THE TOWN –
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!
“James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
“Mother,” he said, said he:
“You must never go down to the end of the town
without consulting me.”James James
Morrison’s mother
Hasn’t been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well,
what can anyone do?”(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/0 his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
“M*****,” he said, said he:
“You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-
if-you-don’t-go-down-with-ME!”
Disobedience by Alan Alexander Milne

 

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