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From Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne

"Handsome bell-rope, isn't it?" said Owl.
Pooh nodded.
"It reminds me of something," he said, "but I can't think what.
Where did you get it?"
"I just came across it in the Forest.  It was hanging over a bush,
and I thought at first somebody lived there, so I rang it, and
nothing happened, and then I rang it again very loudly, and it came
off in my hand, and as nobody seemed to want it, I took it home and
---"
"Owl," said Pooh solemnly, "you made a mistake.  Somebody did want
it."
		-- Pooh finds Eeyore's tail
		   Winnie-the-Pooh, p. 47

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