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