There were Two Little Bears who lived in a Wood, <br />And one of them was Bad and the other was Good. <br />Good Bear learnt his Twice Times One - <br />But Bad Bear left all his buttons undone. <br /> <br />They lived in a Tree when the weather was hot, <br />And one of them was Good, and the other was Not. <br />Good Bear learnt his Twice Times Two - <br />But Bad Bear's thingummies were worn right through. <br /> <br />They lived in a Cave when the weather was cold, <br />And they Did, and they Didn't Do, what they were told. <br />Good Bear learnt his Twice Times Three - <br />But Bad Bear never had his hand-ker-chee. <br /> <br />They lived in the Wood with a Kind Old Aunt, <br />And one said 'Yes'm,' and the other said 'Shan't!' <br />Good Bear learnt his Twice Times Four - <br />But Bad Bear's knicketies were terrible tore. <br /> <br />And then quite suddenly (just like Us) <br />One got Better and the other got Wuss. <br />Good Bear muddled his Twice Times Three - <br />But Bad Bear coughed in his hand-ker-chee! <br /> <br />Good Bear muddled his Twice Times Two - <br />But Bad Bear's thingummies looked like new. <br />Good Bear muddled his Twice Times One - <br />But Bad Bear never left his buttons undone. <br /> <br />There may be a Moral, though some say not; <br />I think there's a moral, though I don't know what. <br />But if one gets better, as the other gets wuss, <br />These Two Little Bears are just like Us. <br />For Christopher remembers up to Twice Times Ten ... <br />But I keep forgetting where I put my pen.* <br /> <br />* So I have had to write this one in pencil.<br /><br />Alan Alexander Milne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/twice-times/
