What happened to the real prototypes of children's fairy tales? The truth behind the book about Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin

Ask your friend:
1) what color is his favorite
2) what color are most of the houses on his street?
3) what color is the spring sky
4) what color are the first spring flowers?
7) what color is his/her favorite sweater?
8) what color is the planet Mars
9) what color are his/her best friend's eyes?

These are the characters of several popular children's books. Choose one of them or any other character you can remember and describe him or her.

Get into groups of 4-6 students and find out the following things about each other:
1. who can eat more chocolates than others
2. who sleeps more hours
3. which of you has tried more exotic food?
4. which of you finds English the most difficult school subject?
5. who spends more time outside
6. which of you is the tallest?
7. which of you lives farthest/closest from school?
8. who spends their holidays in the most interesting way?
9. Which of you has the most unusual pets?

Read the text carefully and say like Christopher
Milne is associated with A.A. Milne.
A.A. Milne
(1882-1956)
Alan Alexander Milne was born in London on January 18, 1882. His father was the head teacher of a small preparatory school. One of the school's teachers was the famous writer H.G. Wales.
Milne, the youngest of three sons, went to Westminster School at age eleven and then went to Cambridge to become a mathematician. But he never became one. Instead, he became editor of the university magazine Granta, in which he published some of his light humorous poetry. Then he went to London, hoping to make a living as a writer. One by one, London magazines began publishing his witty works, and in 1905 he published his first book, a paper-bound collection of humorous essays that cost a shilling. At the age of 24, he received the post of assistant to the publisher of the famous Punch magazine with a salary of 5 pounds a week - a lot of money at that time.
In 1913 he married Dorothy De Selincourt. And the next year, when the war began, he joined the army. He fell ill at the front and returned home to London.
Milne's only child was born on August 21, 1920. Mrs.
Milne wanted a girl, wanted to name her Rosemary... instead she gave her husband a beautiful blond and adored son, Christopher Robin. The Milnes bought him a teddy bear for his first birthday. Soon the bear cub was named Winnie, after a real bear who lived in the London Zoo.
A.A. Milne wrote many poems to and about Christopher Robin.
Some of the poems became very popular songs.
One rainy summer, Milne rented a house in the village. He took a pencil and a notebook with him, and in eleven days he wrote so many children's poems that they made up a book. It was published in 1924 under the title “When We Were Very Little” and sold half a million copies!
In 1925 the Milnes bought a farm in Sussex, to which they left London at weekends. From this old house it was a short walk across the bridge to Ashdown Forest, where Christopher Robin and his little bear, now known as Winnie the Pooh, or Pooh Bear, used to play. Each daily adventure in the forest gave A.A. Milne has more and more material for his now famous book “Winnie the Pooh,” published in 1926. The illustrations were done by Ernest Shepard, who visited the Milne family on their farm, and drew very few sketches of Christopher Robin with his bear, the bridge next to which the two played Pooh-Sticks, and all the favorite characters and places.
The secret of success A.A. Milne's point was that he could get into the mind of a child. He used his literary talents to describe how one little boy loved his bear so much
- that for him, in the end, the toy animal became alive. After the book “Winnie the Pooh” by A.A. Milne wrote other books of children's fiction - Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner - which sold millions of copies to a waiting public. The four Winnie the Pooh books and the hilarious play Toad of Toad Hall are as popular now as they were years ago when they were written.
Christopher Milne (he no longer uses the name Robin) spent six years in the army during the war. He then ran a bookshop in Dartmouth until he left it to live in the country.
What happened to Winnie the Pooh? Well, the bear was placed in a glass box along with other toy animals, like Eeyore and little Piglet, at Milne's house in London when Christopher went to school in 1930. Then, when the war broke out, the toys were "evacuated" to America. Now they belong to some American publishers.

Answer the questions:
1. Where was A.A. born? Milne? In what century was he born? Alan Alexander Milne was born in London in the nineteenth century.
2. When did he publish his first book? Where did he publish it? He published his first book in 1905 in London
3. How much did Milne’s first book cost? It cost one shilling.
4. What famous magazine did Milne work for? He worked for the famous magazine “Punch”.
5. Why did Milne have to return home from the front? He had to return home because he got ill at the frontline.
6. Whose bear was Winnie the Pooh? Winnie-the-Pooh was Christopher Robin's teddy bear.
7. Which of Milne's books is his first book for children? “When We Were Very Young” was the first book by A.A. Milne wrote for children.
8. What did Milne write about in his book “Winnie the Pooh”? A.A. Milne wrote about adventures of Christopher Robin and his teddy bear in the Ashdown Forest.
9. Why did Ernest Shepard draw sketches of Christopher Robin with a bear? Ernest Shepard drew sketches of Christopher Robin and his teddy bear because those pictures were going to become illustrations to the new Milne’s book.
10. What was Milne's secret to success? His secret for success was that he could get inside the mind of a child.
11. How much do you know about Christopher Milne? I know just that Christopher Milne, no longer using the name Robin, spent six years in the Army during the war, after what he ran a bookshop in Dartmouth until he retired to countryside.
12. What happened to Winnie the Pooh and the other toy animals when Christopher Robin went to school? The animals were put into a glass case when Christopher went off to school in 1930, and when the war came, they were “evacuated” to America, and now they belong to some American publishing houses.

A.
Read and guess what the words in bold mean.
Rachel was wearing a new striped blouse. The stripes on her blouse were black and white.
Condensed milk is sweet milk that is condensed by extracting a certain amount of water from it. It is usually sold in cans.
IN.
Look up the meanings of the words in a dictionary to make sure you guessed correctly.

Read the words, see what they mean, and then study the phrases and sentences so you know how they are used.
gloomy - gloomy, gloomy: cloudy weather, gloomy day, gloomy sky. Gloomy man, gloomy face. No one wanted to leave the house on a gloomy day like this. If you say the sky is gloomy, you mean it is covered with clouds. That day John looked gloomier than usual.
particular - special, special: A special thing, a special person, a special place; in particular, nothing special, no one special. This particular story is very difficult to read. Let me ask you about one particular student in your class. Are you looking for something special? - What's happened? - Oh, nothing special.
kindly - kind, benevolent, amiable: kind woman, kind smile. Benevolent - someone who is kind and caring. She smiled at us with a kind smile. A kind old woman allowed the boy to stay in her house.
anxious - preoccupied, worried, worried: worried face, anxious look, worried person, worry about something. Let's go home: mom will worry. Why do you look so worried? Is there anything wrong? Do you know that Martin is worried about his job?
fuzzy - fussy, nervous: nervous woman, nervous parents, fussing about something. Nervous people are difficult to please. I hope the little girl is not a picky eater. - Tea or coffee? - I'm not picky.
to promise - promise: promise someone a gift, promise to come home early. Did dad promise to take us to the circus on Sunday? The child promised to behave well. - Tell me what you promise. - Ok, I promise.
a promise - promise: make a promise, break a promise, keep a promise. He always makes promises and breaks them. - Shall we go to the stadium to watch a football match on Friday? - Yes I promise.
solemn - solemn, serious: solemn words, solemn speech, solemn music, solemn promise. His words sounded so serious that I believed him. I give you a solemn promise that I will return and help you.
solemnly - solemnly: speak solemnly, nod solemnly, move solemnly.
tremendous - amazing, huge: amazing idea, amazing scene, amazing party. We walked through a forest in which huge old trees grew. What amazing news! Have you ever seen such a stunning view before?
to wave - wave, flutter, sway: wave a hand, wave to someone, flutter in the wind. We waved to our friends from the train. Mom waved goodbye to us from the window.
to seem - to seem, to look: to look nice, to seem important, to seem like a good idea. Mary, do you think she's a friendly girl? The medicine appears to be very useful. The story seems interesting, doesn't it?
to murmur - to mumble: to mutter something. If you mumble something, you say it very quietly, so that few people can hear what you say. The frightened boy could only mutter his name to the teacher.
to mumble - mumble, mumble: mumble something. If you mumble, you say something very quietly and in a way that makes your words difficult to understand. Stop mumbling, please. He muttered something in response to my question.
to bend - to bend, bend: to bend down, bend over something, bow your head. She tried to warm her hands by bending over the fire. The boy bowed his head but didn't say anything.
a paw - paw: cat's paw, dog's paw. They named their cat Stocking because it was a black cat with white paws. Tigers have paws.
weight - weight: roof weight, 20 kg weight, be the same weight. I would like to know the weight of vegetables. Bananas are usually sold by weight. Gain weight, lose weight. If you want to lose weight, you need to eat less.
to weigh - weigh: How much do you weigh? Do you weigh 60 kilos? He weighed the stone in his hand.

B.
Use these phrases in your own sentences or situations.
1. The dog looked at me gloomily.
2. The pupil said something gloomily.
3. This is particularly good that he has finished his work this morning.
4. This is particularly difficult to learn this subject now.
5. Parents waited anxiously for him.
6. She was looking for her watch anxiously.
7. The president spoke solemnly.
8. The soldier promised solemnly to protect his Motherland.
9. I missed my friend tremendously.
10. His parents work extremely hard.
11. A tourist checked his baggage fussily.
12. The announcer spoke fussily.

Read the text, listen carefully to the first part, and say what Tigers like and don’t like.
Tigger comes to the forest and has breakfast
This story began when Winnie the Pooh woke up in the middle of the night due to a strange noise. The noise continued and Pooh decided to find out who it was. That's how he met Tigger. Tigger was a stranger in the forest, but he was friendly and welcoming. In the morning, Pooh offered Tigger honey for breakfast. Tigger tried the honey and said that he didn't like it. Piglet's acorns weren't to his taste either. Therefore, Pooh and Piglet decided to take Tigger to Eeyore.
“Hello, Eeyore!” - said Pooh. “This is Tigger.”
“What is Tigger?” - said Eeyore.
“This,” Pooh and Piglet explained together, and Tigger smiled his happiest smile and said nothing.
“He just arrived,” explained Piglet.
Eeyore thought for a long time and then said:
“When does he leave?”
Pooh explained to Eeyore that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin, and Piglet explained to Tigger that he shouldn't pay attention to what Eeyore said because he was always so gloomy; and Eeyore explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he felt especially cheerful this morning; and Tigger explained to anyone who would listen that he had not yet had breakfast.
“Tigers always eat thistles,” said Pooh. “That’s why we came to visit you, Eeyore.”
“Don't mention it, Pooh.”
“Oh, Eeyore, I didn’t mean that I didn’t want to see you.”
“Nothing, nothing. But your new striped friend - naturally, he wants his breakfast. What did you say his name was?”
"Tiger".
“Let's go down this road, Tigger.”
Eeyore led the way to the most thistle-looking patch of ground with thistles, and waved his hoof at it.
“A little piece of land that I kept for my birthday,” he said; “but, after all, what are birthdays? Today it is there, but tomorrow it is not. Help yourself, Tigger.”
Tigger thanked him and looked a little concerned at Pooh.
“Is this actually a thistle?” he whispered.
“Yes,” said Pooh.
“Which do tigers like best?”
“Exactly,” said Pooh.
“I understand,” said Tigger.
And he took a mouthful.
"Oh!" said Tigger.
He sat up and put his paw in his mouth.
"What's happened?" asked Pooh.
"Hot!" Tigger muttered.
“Your friend,” Eeyore whispered, “seems to have gotten into his mouth with a bee.”
Pooh's friend stopped shaking his head and explained that Tigers don't like thistles.
“Then why spoil such a good thistle?” said Eeyore.
“But you said,” began Pooh, “you said that Tigers like everything except honey and acorns.”
“And thistles,” said Tigger, who was now running in circles. With tongue hanging out.
Pooh looked at him sadly.
“What are we going to do now?” he asked Piglet.
Piglet knew the answer to this, and he immediately said that they should go and see Christopher Robin.
“You will find it at Kanga’s,” said Eeyore. He came close to Pooh and said in a loud whisper:
“Can you ask your friend to do his exercises somewhere else? I'm about to have lunch and I don't want to get jumped on it right before I start. I’m nervous, but we all have little weaknesses.”
Pooh nodded seriously and called out to Tigger:
“Let's go and find Kanga. She definitely has a lot to give you for breakfast.”
Tigger finished the last lap and approached Pooh and Piglet.
"Hot!" he explained with a big and friendly smile.
"Let's go to!" and he rushed away.
Pooh and Piglet slowly followed him. While they were walking, Piglet didn’t say anything because he couldn’t think of anything, and Pooh didn’t say anything because he was coming up with poems. Tigger was jumping in front of them all this time, each time turning to them and asking. “Should we go here?”
And so they finally came to Kanga's house, and there was Christopher Robin. In the house they told Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga said very kindly: “Well, look in my cupboard, Tigger dear, and see what you like.” Because she immediately realized that no matter how big Tigger was, he wanted as much good as Roo.
“Can I watch it too?” said Pooh, who was a little hungry. And he found a little can of condensed milk, and something seemed to tell him that the Tigers didn't like it, and he took it to a corner where no one would stop him.
But the more Tigger stuck his nose into this, and his paw into that, the more he found things that Tigers didn't like. And when he looked through everything in the buffet and could not eat any of it, he said to Kanga,
"Now what?"
But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing around Roo, watching him drink his fish oil. And Roo would say, “Do I have to?” and Kanga would say, “Roo, darling, remember what you promised.”
"What is this?" Tigger whispered to Piglet.
“His Strengthening Medicine,” said Piglet. “It helps him gain weight, but he hates it.”
And Tigger came closer, leaned over the back of Roo's chair, and suddenly stuck out his tongue, and Fish Oil disappeared. Kanga said “Oh!” and pulled the spoon out of Tigger's mouth as she disappeared there.
“Tiger, dear,” said Kanga.
“He took my medicine, he took my medicine, he took my medicine!” Roo sang happily, thinking it was a great joke.
Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and his tongue licked his mouth, in case there was anything left outside, and a peaceful smile spread across his face as he said, “So that's what Tiggers like!”

Explain why:
1) Pooh began to apologize, saying: “Eeyore, I didn’t mean that I didn’t want to see you.”
He didn’t want to offend Eeyore when he said that they had come to see him ecause of thesetles.
2) Eeyore kept a plot of land with thistles for his birthday. Because it was his favorite food.
3) Tigger looked puzzled when he saw the thistle. Because he didn’t know if he liked it.
4) Tigger started running in circles with his tongue hanging out. Because Tiggers didn't like thesetles.
5) Eeyore said “...we all have little weaknesses” when he asked Tigger to stop running around. Because he should be having lunch soon, and didn’t want it bounced on just before he begin.
6) Tigger rushed out of the house where Eeyore lived. Maybe because he wanted to eat.
7) Eeyore thought that Tigger had been bitten by a bee. Because Tigger sat down and put his paw in his mouth.
8) Pooh and Piglet didn’t talk on the way to Kanga. As they walked Piglet said nothing, because he couldn’t think of anything, and Pooh said nothing, because he was thinking of a poem.
9) The author mentioned that Pooh began to feel hungry. Because he thought he might find something he liked in Kanga’s cupboard.

Tell me everything you can about this plan. Use past tenses.
a) Tigger meets Eeyore.
b) Eeyore treats Tigger to his breakfast. c) Tiger doesn't like thistles.
d) Pooh and Piglet take Tigger to Kanga.
e) Roo doesn’t want to take his medicine.
f) Tigger finds something he really likes.

Use indirect speech and talk about how Tigger came to a) Eeyore and b) Kanga on behalf of:
a) narrator
Pooh offered Tigger honey for breakfast. Tigger tasted honey and said he didn’t like it. Piglet's haycorns were not to his taste either. That’s why Pooh and Piglet decided to take Tigger to Eeyore’s place.
When they came to Eeyore, Pooh greeted him and introduced Tigger to him.
Eeyore asked him what Tigger was. Pooh and Piglet showed the Tigger to Eeyore, and Tigger smiled the happiest smile and said nothing. Piglet explained that he’d just come. Eeyore thought for a long time, and then asked, when Tigger was going.
Pooh explained to Eeyore that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin, and Piglet explained to Tigger that he mustn’t mind what Eeyore had said because he was always gloomy; and Eeyore explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful that morning; and Tigger explained to anyone who was listening that he hadn’t had any breakfast yet.
Pooh told Eeyore that Tiggers always ate thesetles, and that that was the reason they had come to see him. Eeyore told Pooh not to mention it. Pooh began apologizing, saying that he hadn’t meant that he didn’t want to see Eeyore. Eeyore led them to a little patch he was keeping for his birthday and offered Tigger to help himself. Tigger thanked him and looked a little anxiously at Pooh. He asked Pooh if that were real thesetles that Tiggers liked best. Pooh told they were, and Tigger took a large mouthful, after what he sat down and put his paw in his mouth. Pooh asked him what the matter was. Tigger mumbled that it was hot. Eeyore thought that Tigger had bitten on a bee, after what Tigger explained that Tiggers didn’t like thesetles. Pooh asked Piglet what they were going to do. Piglet said that they must go and see Christopher Robin. Eeyore told them they would find him with Kanga, and asked Pooh if he could ask his friend to do his exercises somewhere else, because Eeyore was going to have lunch soon and didn’t want it to be bounced on just before he began. Pooh called Tigger, telling him they would go and see Kanga, who had lots of breakfast for him. Then Tigger rushed off.
b) Pooh
I offered Tigger honey for breakfast. Tigger tasted honey and said hedidn’t like it. Piglet's haycorns were not to his taste either. That’s why we decided to take Tigger to Eeyore’s place.
When we came to Eeyore, I greeted him and introduced Tigger to him. Eeyore asked us what Tigger was. We showed the Tigger to Eeyore, and
Tigger smiled the happiest smile and said nothing. Piglet explained that he’d just come. Eeyore thought for a long time, and then asked, when Tigger was going.
I explained that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin, and Piglet explained to Tigger that he mustn’t mind what Eeyore had said because he was always gloomy; and Eeyore explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful that morning; and Tigger explained to anyone who was listening that he hadn’t had any breakfast yet.
I told Eeyore that Tiggers always ate thesetles, and that that was the reason they had come to see him. Eeyore told me not to mention it. I began apologizing, saying that I hadn’t meant that he didn’t want to see Eeyore. Eeyore led us to a little patch he was keeping for his birthday and offered Tigger to help himself. Tigger thanked him and looked a little anxiously at me. He asked me if that were real thesetles that Tiggers liked best. I told him they were, and Tigger took a large mouthful, after what he sat down and put his paw in his mouth. I asked him what was the matter. Tigger mumbled that it was hot.
Eeyore thought that Tigger had bitten on a bee, after what Tigger explained that Tiggers didn’t like thesetles. I asked Piglet what we were going to do. Piglet said that we must go and see Christopher Robin. Eeyore told us we would find him with Kanga, and asked me if he could ask my friend to do his exercises somewhere else, because Eeyore was going to have lunch soon, and didn’t want it to be bounced on just before he began. I called Tigger, telling him we would go and see Kanga, who had lots of breakfast for him. Then Tigger rushed off.
c) Tigers
Pooh offered me some honey for breakfast. I tasted honey and said I didn’t like it. Piglet's haycorns were not to my taste either. That’s why Pooh and Piglet decided to take me to Eeyore’s place.
When we came to Eeyore, Pooh greeted him and introduced me to him.
Eeyore asked him what I was. Pooh and Piglet showed me to Eeyore, and I smiled the happiest smile and said nothing. Piglet explained that I had just come. Eeyore thought for a long time, and then asked, when I was going.
Pooh explained to Eeyore that I was a great friend of Christopher Robin, and Piglet explained to me that I mustn’t mind what Eeyore had said because he was always gloomy; and Eeyore explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful that morning; and I explained to anyone who was listening that I hadn’t had any breakfast yet.
Pooh told Eeyore that Tiggers always ate thesetles, and that that was the reason they had come to see him. Eeyore told Pooh not to mention it. Pooh began apologizing, saying that he hadn’t meant that he didn’t want to see Eeyore. Eeyore led us to a little patch he was keeping for his birthday and offered me to help myself. I thanked him and looked a little anxiously at Pooh. I asked Pooh if that were real thesetles that Tiggers liked best. Pooh told they were, and I took a large mouthful, after what I sat down and put my paw in my mouth. Pooh asked me what the matter was. I mumbled that it was hot. Eeyore thought that I had bitten on a bee, after what I explained that Tiggers didn’t like thesetles. Pooh asked Piglet what they were going to do. Piglet said that we must go and see Christopher Robin. Eeyore told us we would find him with Kanga, and asked Pooh if he could ask me to do my exercises somewhere else, because Eeyore was going to have lunch soon, and didn’t want it to be bounced on just before he began. Pooh called me, telling me we would go and see Kanga, who had lots of breakfast for me. Then I rushed off.
d) Ia
Pooh offered Tigger honey for breakfast. Tigger tasted honey and said he didn’t like it.
Piglet's haycorns were not to his taste either. That’s why Pooh and Piglet decided to take Tigger to my place.
When they came to me, Pooh greeted me and introduced Tigger to me.
I asked him what Tigger was. Pooh and Piglet showed the Tigger to me, and Tigger smiled the happiest smile and said nothing. Piglet explained that he’d just come. I thought for a long time, and then asked, when Tigger was going.
Pooh explained to me that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin, and Piglet explained to Tigger that he mustn't mind what I had said because I was always gloomy, and I explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, I was feeling particularly cheerful that morning, and Tigger explained to anybody who was listening that he hadn't had any breakfast yet.
Pooh told me that Tiggers always ate thesetles, and that that was the reason they had come to see me. I told Pooh not to mention it. Pooh began apologizing, saying that he hadn’t meant that he didn’t want to see me. I led them to a little patch I was keeping for my birthday and offered Tigger to help himself. Tigger thanked me and looked a little anxiously at Pooh. He asked Pooh if that were real thesetles that Tiggers liked best. Pooh told they were, and Tigger took a large mouthful, after what he sat down and he put his paw in his mouth. Pooh asked him what the matter was. Tigger mumbled that it was hot. I thought that Tigger had bitten on a bee, after what Tigger explained that Tiggers didn’t like thesetles. Pooh asked Piglet what they were going to do. Piglet said that they must go and see Christopher Robin. I told them they would find him with Kanga, and asked Pooh if he could ask his friend to do his exercises somewhere else, because I was going to have lunch soon, and didn’t want it to be bounced on just before I began. Pooh called to Tigger, telling him they would go and see Kanga, who had lots of breakfast for him. Then Tigger rushed off.
e) Piglet
Pooh offered Tigger honey for breakfast. Tigger tasted honey and said he didn’t like it. My haycorns were not to his taste either. That’s why we decided to take Tigger to Eeyore’s place.
When we came to Eeyore, Pooh greeted him and introduced Tigger to him.
Eeyore asked him what Tigger was. We showed the Tigger to Eeyore, and
Tigger smiled the happiest smile and said nothing. I explained that he’d just come. Eeyore thought for a long time, and then asked, when Tigger was going.
Pooh explained to Eeyore that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher
Robin, and I explained to Tigger that he mustn’t mind what Eeyore had said because he was always gloomy; and Eeyore explained to me that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful that morning; and Tigger explained to anyone who was listening that he hadn’t had any breakfast yet.
Pooh told Eeyore that Tiggers always ate thesetles, and that that was the reason they had come to see him. Eeyore told Pooh not to mention it. Pooh began apologizing, saying that he hadn’t meant that he didn’t want to see Eeyore. Eeyore led us to a little patch he was keeping for his birthday and offered Tigger to help himself. Tigger thanked him and looked a little anxiously at Pooh. He asked Pooh if that were real thesetles that Tiggers liked best. Pooh told they were, and Tigger took a large mouthful, after what he sat down and put his paw in his mouth. Pooh asked him what the matter was. Tigger mumbled that it was hot. Eeyore thought that Tigger had bitten on a bee, after what Tigger explained that Tiggers didn’t like thesetles. Pooh asked me what we were going to do. I told him we must go and see Christopher Robin. Eeyore told us they would find him with Kanga, and asked Pooh if he could ask his friend to do his exercises somewhere else, because Eeyore was going to have a lunch soon, and didn't want it to be bounced on just before he began . Pooh called Tigger, telling him we would go and see Kanga, who had lots of breakfast for him. Then Tigger rushed off.
f), g) –
b)
a) Narrator
Tigger rushed off. Pooh and Piglet walked slowly after him. As they walked Piglet said nothing, because he couldn’t think of anything, and Pooh said nothing, because he was thinking of a poem. Tigger had been bouncing in front of them all that time, turning round and asking if that way was.
They came to Kanga’s house, and there was Christopher Robin. They told Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga told Tigger to look in her cupboard.




b) Pooh
Tigger rushed off. We walked slowly after him. Tigger had been bouncing in front of us all that time, turning round and asking if that way was.

Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga told Tigger to look in her cupboard.
I asked her if he should look too. And I found a small tin of condensed milk, and thought that Tiggers didn’t like that, so I took it into a corner where nobody stopped me.
In the cupboard Tigger found a lot of things that Tiggers didn’t like. And when he had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn’t eat any of it, he asked Kanga what happened then.
But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. Tigger asked Piglet what it was. Piglet said it was his Strengthening Medicine, which helped him to put on weight. So Tigger came closer, and he leaned over the back of Roo’s chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue, and the Extract of Malt was gone. Kanga pulled the spoon safely back out of Tigger’s mouth just as it was disappearing in it.
Roo was happy that Tiger had taken his medicine. Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said that he’d found what Tiggers liked.
c) Tiger
I rushed off. Pooh and Piglet walked slowly after me. As they walked Piglet said nothing, because he couldn’t think of anything, and Pooh said nothing, because he was thinking of a poem. I had been bouncing in front of them all that time, turning round and asking if that way was.
We came to Kanga’s house, and there was Christopher Robin. We told
Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga told me to look in her cupboard.
Pooh asked her if he should look too. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and thought that Tiggers didn’t like that, so he took it into a corner where nobody would stop him.
In the cupboard I found a lot of things that Tiggers didn’t like. And when I had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn’t eat any of it, I asked Kanga what happened then.
But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. I asked Piglet what it was. Piglet said it was his Strengthening Medicine, which helped him to put on weight. So I came closer, and leaned over the back of Roo’s chair, and put out my tongue, and the Extract of Malt was gone. Kanga pulled the spoon safely back out of my mouth just as it was disappearing in it.
Roo was happy that I had taken his medicine. Then I looked up at the ceiling, and closed my eyes, and a peaceful smile came over my face as I said that I’d found what Tiggers liked.
d) —
e) Piglet
Tigger rushed off. We walked slowly after him. As we walked I said nothing, because I couldn’t think of anything, and Pooh said nothing, too. Tigger had been bouncing in front of us all that time, turning round and asking if that way was.
We came to Kanga’s house, and there was Christopher Robin. We told Kanga what we wanted, and Kanga told Tigger to look in her cupboard.
Pooh asked her if he should look too. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and thought that Tiggers didn’t like that, so he took it into a corner where nobody would stop him.
In the cupboard Tigger found a lot of things that Tiggers didn’t like. And when he had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn’t eat any of it, he asked Kanga what happened then.
But Kanga and Christopher Robin and me were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. Tigger asked me what it was. I told him that it was his Strengthening Medicine, which helped him to put on weight. So Tigger came closer, and he leaned over the back of Roo’s chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue, and the Extract of Malt was gone. Kanga pulled the spoon safely back out of Tigger’s mouth just as it was disappearing in it.
Roo was happy that Tiger had taken his medicine. Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said that he’d found what Tiggers liked.
f) Kanga
When they came to my house, they saw Christopher Robin was there.
They told me what they wanted, and I told Tigger to look in my cupboard.

In the cupboard Tigger found a lot of things that Tiggers didn’t like. And when he had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn’t eat any of it, he asked me what happened then.
But we were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. Tigger asked Piglet what it was. Piglet said it was his Strengthening Medicine, which helped him to put on weight. So Tigger came closer, and he leaned over the back of Roo’s chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue, and the Extract of Malt was gone. I pulled the spoon safely back out of Tigger’s mouth just as it was disappearing in it.
Roo was happy that Tiger had taken his medicine. Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said that he’d found what Tiggers liked.
g) Christopher Robin
When they came to Kanga’s house, they saw I was there. They told Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga told Tigger to look in my cupboard.
Pooh asked me if he should look too. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and thought that Tiggers didn’t like that, so he took it into a corner where nobody would stop him.
In the cupboard Tigger found a lot of things that Tiggers didn’t like. And when he had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn’t eat any of it, he asked Kanga what happened then.
But Kanga and me and Piglet were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. Tigger asked Piglet what it was. Piglet said it was his Strengthening Medicine, which helped him to put on weight. So Tigger came closer, and he leaned over the back of Roo’s chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue, and the Extract of Malt was gone. Kanga pulled the spoon safely back out of Tigger’s mouth just as it was disappearing in it.
Roo was happy that Tiger had taken his medicine. Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said that he’d found what Tiggers liked.

Divide into small groups and act out dialogues based on two parts of the text: a) from Eeyore b) from Kanga. One of the students should read the words of the narrator.
DISCUSSION OF THE TOPIC
People say “The world is made of many different things,” meaning that all people are different. People can be different:
I.
- in appearance
– in personal qualities
- in beliefs and opinions
– in education
- in tastes
– in language and culture
- in behavior and manners
– in skills and experience
– in dreams and plans for the future
Some people are nice and attractive, others are unpleasant and difficult to get along with. These lists contain qualities that can help you describe people:
II
Good qualities
- delicate
– well-mannered
- caring
- With a good sense of humor
- responsive
– intellectual
– independent
- cheerful
- patient
– …
Bad qualities
– sarcastic
– ill-mannered
- strict
- gloomy
- sad
– wayward, nasty
- nervous
- curious
- greedy
– …
People's appearance and their clothing preferences can also vary:
III
– We wear our hair long, short, shoulder length, cropped, in a ponytail, in braids or braids, flowing over our shoulders.
– Our hair can be straight, curly, wavy, thick, thin, smooth, light, dark, red, etc. People who have no hair are called bald.
– Our noses can be short, long, straight, upturned, pointed
– Our eyebrows can be wide or thin, sometimes thick.
– Our eyes can be narrow, round, with long or short eyelashes, large and small, bright, shining, expressive.
– Our mouths can be small or large, with thin or plump lips.
– Our teeth can be white, straight, uneven, large or small.
– Our chins can be round, square, pointed or dimpled.
– Our figures can be tall, short, heavy, dense, thin, slender, skinny, thin, graceful.
– Some people wear a beard and mustache.

Remember the colloquial formulas for expressing agreement and disagreement and agree or disagree with the following:
1. People are both different and similar at the same time.
That's just what I think.
2. Living in the same place, reading the same books makes us similar.
I quite agree here.
3. Good looking people are always kind and friendly.
Certainly not.
4. Our character traits, tastes, likes and dislikes change over the years.
Exactly.
5. Character traits come mainly from within, not from without.
Just the other way round.
6. Teachers and parents are never good friends to children.
On the contrary.
7. It doesn't matter what people think about you. The only one whose opinion matters is you.
Don't be so silly.
8. Only people who like and dislike the same things can understand each other.
I quite agree here.

Comment on this:
1. Everyone is special because everyone is different.
2. Everyone is different, but we are all equal.
3. Different people often get along well.
4. The world creates many different things.

Work in small groups and continue with the list of good and bad qualities from the dictionary (Pages 119-120). See which group managed to make the longest list.

A.
Describe the characters in the text “The Tiger Comes to the Forest and Eats Breakfast.” Tell me what they were like and what they looked like.

A.
Make a list of qualities that you consider important. Rank them in order of importance.
– kind
– intellectual
– patient
– having a good sense of humor
– reliable
– caring
– consider
– well-mannered
– reliable
– independent
– cheerful
– patient
IN.
Make a similar list of qualities that you don't like in people. Discuss your lists.
– greedy
– egoistic
– strict
– nasty
– fussy
– spiteful
– ill-mannered

Talk about someone you admire (either a real person or a character from a movie/book) and explain why you admire him or her.

Look at these portraits of famous people and describe their appearance.
Pavel Bure: The man in this picture is middle-aged. He's got short hair. His eyes are shiny and smiling. He has a straight nose and a big mouth with white teeth. He is smiling in the picture. I suppose he is a wise man with a good sense of humor.
Mark Twain: The man in this picture a person, getting on in years. He's got white curly hair. His eyes are very serious. He has a big nose and he wears bushy mustache. He is frowning in the picture. I think that he is a wise and serious man.
Mother Teresa: In this picture we can see an old woman. Her hair is hidden under the shawl. Her face is wrinkled. She has got little smiling eyes. She has a big nose and a little mouth with thin lips. I think she is a wise woman with the big life experience.
Irina Rodnina: The woman in this picture is middle-aged. She has short hair. Her eyes are kind and lively. She has a straight nose and a big mouth. I think she is a kind woman.

Almost every child in this country knows Winnie the Pooh and other wonderful characters from the book by A.A. Milne, but few know anything about Milne himself. Imagine that your teacher asked you to tell younger students about the author of Winnie the Pooh. How will you do this? (See exercise 23 of this part.)
Alan Alexander Milne was born in London on January 18th, 1882. His father was the headmaster of a small preparatory school. One of the teachers at the school was the famous writer H. G. Wells.
Milne, the youngest of the family’s three sons, went to Westminster School at the age of 11 and then went on to Cambridge to become a mathematician. But he never did. Instead he became editor of the university’s journal “Granta” in which he published some of his light humorous poems. Then he went to London hoping to earn his living as a writer. By and by London magazines began to publish his witty works, and in 1905 he published his first book, a shilling paper-back collection of humorous essays. Aged only 24 he was given a post of assistant editor of the famous magazine
“Punch”, at the salary of 5 pounds a week - a lot of money at that time.
In 1913 he married Dorothy De Selincourt (Daphne to her friends) and the following year when the war broke out he joined the Army. At the front line he got ill and had to return home, to London.
The Milnes’ only child was born on August 21st, 1920. Mrs Milne had hoped for a girl, to be called Rosemary … instead she presented her husband with a lovely, fair-haired and adorable son, Christopher Robin. The Milnes bought him a teddy bear for his first birthday. The teddy bear was soon named Winnie, after a real-life bear that lived at London Zoo.
A. A. Milne wrote a lot of poems for Christopher Robin and about him. Some of the poems became very popular songs.
One rainy summer Milne rented a house in the country. He took with him a pencil and an exercise book, and in eleven days wrote so many children’s poems that they filled a book. It was published in 1924 under the name” When We Were Very Young “and sold half a million copies!
In 1925 the Milnes bought a farm in Sussex, which they used for weekends away from London. From this old house it was a short walk over a bridge into the Ashdown ['se/daun] Forest where Christopher Robin and his teddy, now known by the name of “Winnie-the-Pooh” or “Pooh-bear”, used to play. Each daily adventure in the Forest gave A.
A. Milne more material for his now famous book “Winnle-the-Pooh” published in 1926. The illustrations to it were done by Ernest Shepard, who visited the Milne family in their farm house and drew quite a few sketches of Christopher Robin with his bear, the bridge nearby where the two played “Poohsticks”, and all the well-loved Pooh characters and places.
A. A. Milne’s secret for success was that he could get inside the mind of a child. He used his story-telling talents to describe how one little boy so loved his teddy bear that - for him at least - the toy animal came alive. After the book "Winnie-the-Pooh" A. A. Milne wrote another book of children’s verses - “Now We Are Six” and “The House at Pooh Corner” which sold to a waiting public in millions of copies. The four Pooh books and Milne’s enjoyable play “Toad of Toad Hall” are still as popular today as they were many years ago when they were written.

Write a paragraph about what makes people different or similar.

Write 10 sentences about your favorite toy when you were a little child. Describe what she looked like and explain why you liked her. You can also provide a drawing of it.

The poem “Waiting at the Window” describes a game that Christopher Robin came up with on a rainy morning while looking through the window. Have you ever played a game like this? Have you ever invented games yourself? Describe them.

Christopher Robin Milne(English: Christopher Robin Milne; August 21, 1920 - April 20, 1996) - memoirist, son of the English writer Alan Milne, who became the prototype for Christopher Robin in the collection of stories about Winnie the Pooh.

Biography

Childhood

Christopher Robin was born on Mallord Street, Chelsea, at 8 a.m. to the writer Alan Milne and his wife Dorothy. The parents thought that a girl would be born, and in advance came up with her name Rosemary. “We really wanted Rosemary better, but I hope we can only be happy with this gentleman,” Alan told Biddy Warren a few days after the birth of his son. When it turned out that a boy was born, Alan and Dorothy decided to name him Billy, but then changed their minds, since this name, in their opinion, sounded unofficial. In the end, they decided to give the child two names, one from each parent. And although the boy was officially named Christopher Robin, his parents still often called him Billy. When the boy began to speak, he could not pronounce his surname Milne correctly and would say Moon instead, causing his parents to often call him "Billy Moon." As he grew older, the boy often introduced himself only by the first half of his name - Christopher.

On his first birthday, he received from his father a “Teddy Bear” from the London company Farnell (English Alpha Bear), which he named Edward. This toy bear not only became the boy's constant companion, but also, along with the real-life Winnie the bear that the Milnes saw at the London Zoo, ultimately served as inspiration for the creation of the main character of the Winnie the Pooh books. The toy bear was approximately two feet tall, light in color, and often had missing eyes.

Since the love of his parents was entirely one-sided, Christopher spent his entire childhood in the care of his nanny, Olivia Rand-Brockwell (in A. Milne’s poem “The Royal Palace” she is named Alice). Communication with parents was limited to only short moments after breakfast, during tea and in the evening, before bed. As he grew older, he sought to spend more time with his parents, but since Alan and Dorothy themselves spent their free time apart (Dorothy was not at all interested in her son, and Alan spent all his free time in his office), Christopher spent some time with his dad, which something - with mom. Although Alan had lost interest in orthodox Christianity by the time his son was born and Christopher was never baptized, he allowed Olivia to give the boy a religious upbringing.

His association with his father stimulated Christopher's interest in mathematics and cricket, as well as pacifism. Although Christopher was quite intelligent for a boy his age, he himself later spoke critically of his mental abilities. It was said that the boy could easily solve a complex mathematical problem, but fail when trying to solve a simple one. His natural shyness eventually meant that his interest in cricket waned over time, and his love for mathematics faded when he entered Cambridge. And although in his letters Christopher indicates that Alan did not know how to get along well with children and he himself was not close to his father as a child, in his teenage years Alan’s relationship with his son was very close and Christopher himself later recalled that period of his life with nostalgia (reason was that in 1931 Dorothy went to the USA for three years to join a certain American lover, which finally allowed Christopher and Alan to get closer). When communicating with his mother, he discovered an ability for manual work. The boy had a set of tools with which he was engaged in his favorite activity (at the age of 7) - disassembling and assembling the lock on the nursery door. By the age of ten, he had disassembled a large pendulum clock and rebuilt his toy blowgun, which could now fire “real” charges. In early childhood, Christopher's hair was brown, which is why his namesake is always depicted as a brunette in Disney film adaptations. As he grew older, Christopher's hair began to lighten, like Alan's.

Christopher's close childhood friend was Anna Darlington, who was eight months older than him. Anna and Christopher became the heroes of several poems in the collection Now We Are Six. Like Christopher, who had Edward the bear, Anna also had a favorite toy, Jumbo the monkey. It remains unknown whether Alan intended to introduce Jumbo as a character in the Winnie the Pooh books.

On October 14, 1926, Alan Milne's book Winnie the Pooh was published by Methuen & Co in London.

Children, as well as adults, love fairy tales; they allow you to be transported to a new world, embraced by kindness, and each fairy tale has a good ending. Everyone is well aware of the brightest characters of famous children's fairy tales, such as Christopher Robin from the fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh, Alice from Wonderland and Peter Pan, but few people know that all these heroes were not just fictitious, but created based on the personalities of real children.

We invite you to see these little-known children, who were the real prototypes of the heroes of three famous fairy tales, and find out how their fate turned out, from childhood to death.

Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin, son of the English writer Alan Milne, the prototype of Christopher Robin in the collection of stories about Winnie the Pooh. He would later write: “There were two things that darkened my life and from which I had to escape: the fame of my father and “Christopher Robin.”

The Miln family was expecting a girl, but a boy was born, who was still raised as a girl. Relations with parents did not work out - the mother was busy only with herself, the father with his creativity.

The child grew up very kind, nervous and shy, spending most of his time, alas, with the nanny. “The prototype of both Christopher Robin and Piglet,” as psychologists would later say about him.

The boy's favorite toy was a Teddy bear from London's Farnell company, which his father gave him for his first birthday.

He became the only friend, interlocutor, and a little later the main character of Alan Milne's books about Winnie the Pooh.

Christopher was not particularly close to his father and became friends with him only when his mother left them, going to her lover for three years. Christopher will remember this time as his happiest.

He fought during World War II and was wounded. He did not communicate with his mother, or rather, she did not communicate with him: Dorothy Milne did not want to say goodbye to her son, even when she was dying. After the war, against the wishes of their father, who feared for their future offspring. And, in general, not in vain: Christopher’s daughter was born with cerebral palsy. Although Alan Milne no longer found his granddaughter, he died three years before her birth.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice Liddell is the prototype of "" from the book by Lewis Carroll. Daughter of the rector of Oxford University. She, perhaps, has a calmer biography. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (who worked under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) was a close friend of their family, often walking with Alice and her sisters, entertaining the girls with a fairy tale he made up as he went along. Later, at Alice's request, Lewis wrote it down and two years later gave her the manuscript with the inscription "A Christmas gift to a dear girl in memory of a summer day." Attached to the manuscript was a photograph of Alice taken by himself.

Alice Liddell at age 7, photo by Lewis Carroll, 1859.

The friendship with the girl was innocent, although Alice's parents told how Carroll once approached them with a request to allow him to ask for her hand when she grew up.

She lived a long life. She married successfully and gave birth to three sons, two of whom died during the First World War.

After her husband's death in 1926, Alice, in order to pay her utility bills, auctioned off a handwritten copy of "Alice" given to her by Dodgson, which was sold at Sotheby's for £15,400.

Peter Pan

Peter Pan from the tale of Scotsman James Barrie. He is Michael Davis, the son of the writer's friends Sylvia and Arthur Davis. In general, Barry dedicated this magical story about an eternal child who does not want to grow old to his older brother, who died while skating the day before his 9th birthday.

And he had known the Davises for a long time, was friends with all their five sons, but it was four-year-old Michael (a brilliant boy, as they said about him) who became the prototype of Peter Pan. Or rather, his age, character traits and nightmares.

Years later, the storyteller became so close to the boy’s mother that after the death of her husband, he divorced his wife and moved to live with the Davises. True, they never got married - in 1910, Sylvia Davis died of inoperable breast cancer. After which Barry became the guardian of her five sons.

Well, what about Michael? The boy grew up and, shortly before his 21st birthday, drowned with his lover in a pond a few miles from Oxford.