Winnie The Pooh Phrases Novels & Stories

Clutching Frank's arm, Winry marveled, "Ms. Thompson and Mr. Matthews are so affectionate! I always thought Mr. Matthews was an ice-cold guy." "No, no, your judgment's spot on. Bro here is the epitome of the Ice Age, but he's got a soft spot for my big sis," Frank explained warmly. "There's a saying, 'Of a thousand waters, only one sip matters.' Of course, that's for you too." In the end, Frank stayed loyal. Diana rolled her eyes. What cheesy lines were these? Blushing, Winry looked at Frank. "Frank, you mentioned a surprise for me earlier. What is it?"

At that moment, Winnie pulled on Ace’s arm so he would look at her, “Daddy, can I go play with my toys?” “Of course, Bear, you go ahead and have fun.” He said, getting down to her level to talk to her. “Bear? My name isn’t bear silly!” She said, smiling at him like he had lost his mind. “Well, Winnie the Pooh was a bear, so you're my little Bear. Can I call you that?” He asked her just like that, and my heart melted. She nodded after a minute, “yep! I like it, daddy.” She hugged him tightly and then ran off to her room, slamming the door harder than I imagined she meant to. Before yelling, “SORRY! It slipped.”

I kind of needed his spray-painted words of encouragement right now. And when I read the message, I smiled. It was perfect. “Look.” I pointed before I quoted the phrase aloud. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this. You haven’t.” Under the words, a picture of a princess had been painted. She was trying to reach a sleeping knight in a high tower by lassoing the dragon guarding the entrance and throwing a saddle over its back so she could use it as a stepping stone instead of a blockade and ride the beast up to save her lover.

Despite myself, I peeked through the crack in the door beside me and snooped on them. Flinn was lying next to her on her floor-level princess bed, his elbow bent beneath her head, his fingers turning the page in their book. ".then Pooh said, 'But I love honey,'"—he did a mock German accent.—"and Eeyore said, 'Yes, we know.'" He pretended to pinch his nose dramatically as he read the donkey, and Gravity snorted with laughter. I leaned against the doorframe and grinned.

"It's a pun." Winnie muttered the phrase under her breath. Once it clicked, her face flushed bright red, then turned ashen. "Lisa, how could you say something so vulgar and obscene?" I let out a cold snort. "Winnie, drop the innocent act. You're anything but shy." Winnie was left speechless, choking on her words. Ethan finally realized what I meant, and a surge of rage flared up inside him. "Lisa, watch your mouth!" He pulled Winnie behind him, his face stone-hard as he snapped at me.

“You’ve barely touched your food. Usually, you’re the first one done.” “I’m fine,” I mumbled, pushing my eggs around with my fork. The lump in my throat was making it hard to speak. Winnie, who’d been quiet the whole time, set her glass down and tilted her head at me. “You don’t seem fine.” I forced a tiny smile. “Just tired.” “Phoebe…” she said, giving me that look, the one that meant she knew I was lying. “Tired doesn’t look like this. You look like someone ran over your heart and reversed twice.”

Words/phrases and their meaning: * Wahala: trouble/problem * I dey tell you: honestly * This girl no gree free me: she won't let me be * Person wey wan loss before, them never loss already: whoever that should've gotten lost, would already be lost * But you dey sha show up on Matriculation day: you're showing up on Matriculation day, right? * I no sure like that: I'm not so sure

“Ain’t she a bit young for you?” “She is. But she doesn’t seem to mind,” I replied. “I gotta say. You two are cuter than a puddle of puppies,” she said. Something niggled at the back of my mind. That was an odd phrase. “Thank you.” “Don’t thank me yet. We ain’t in Austin, yet.” She turned to concentrate on the road. Puddle of puppies. Puddle of puppies. It was such a weird saying. But I’d heard it before, which made it even more odd. Where had I heard it before?

"You're hilarious." Winnie knew Charlotte didn't really understand her family. In Charlotte's mind, even if she had been excluded by her family, she probably wouldn't have lacked food or basic needs. But Winnie had grown up that way. From childhood, she had learned not to chase after tasty food. If you don't chase, you don't go hungry. You never feel the pull of an empty craving… "Winnie," Charlotte said gently, noticing Winnie glance at her phone every so often, "is something going on this morning?"

“Will I – is this going to transform me into a guinea pig!?” “No,” I say, laughing and sitting down on the edge of his bed, reaching for his arm, which he pulls away from me in sudden anxiety. “Seriously!” I say, laughing still. “That’s just a common phrase – you don’t know it? Maybe it’s a human phrase. For like, a creature who gets experimented on first.”