In the Winnie-The-Pooh universe, are Heffalumps real?
In the Winnie-The-Pooh universe, are Heffalumps real?
Or are they merely a product of Pooh's imagination?
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In the Winnie-The-Pooh universe, are Heffalumps real?
Or are they merely a product of Pooh's imagination?
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asked Dec 5 '17 at 20:45
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I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
4
Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
2
there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
6
The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
1
@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32
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In the Winnie-The-Pooh universe, are Heffalumps real?
Or are they merely a product of Pooh's imagination?
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In the Winnie-The-Pooh universe, are Heffalumps real?
Or are they merely a product of Pooh's imagination?
winnie-the-pooh
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asked Dec 5 '17 at 20:45
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TheAshTheAsh
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asked Dec 5 '17 at 20:45
TheAshTheAsh
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asked Dec 5 '17 at 20:45
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I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
4
Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
2
there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
6
The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
1
@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32
|
show 2 more comments
5
I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
4
Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
2
there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
6
The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
1
@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32
5
5
I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
4
4
Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
2
2
there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
6
6
The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
1
1
@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32
@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32
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Originally (A.A. Milne), they were not real.
In the first book Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter 5 is titled "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". However it turns out that this is all in Piglet's imagination, and while they set traps no Heffalump is ever caught. Pooh imagines a Heffalump while trying to fall asleep, marking their only "appearance" which again is in the imagination
"He tried counting Heffalumps but every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey ... and when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, 'Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better', Pooh could bear it no longer."
Original illustration of a Heffalump in Winnie-the Pooh
In later works (Disney) they were real. (Which include...)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Heffalumps as depicted in Pooh's Heffalump Movie
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
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answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
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They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
add a comment |
Yes, of course they are real.
"Heffalump" is simply how a very young Chistopher Robin pronounced the word "elephant." As his father A. A. Milne famously pointed out, when Christopher Robin went to the zoo, he would go straight to see his favorite animal (Winnipeg the bear) and stay there. However, the lad did see enough of the other animals to have observed first hand the existence of elephants--or heffalumps, as he put it.
While by the time he was in school, Christopher Robin had come to loathe the books his father published about the events of and stories told during Christopher Robin's early childhood. (He was mocked at school with quotes from Now We Are Six and never fully forgave his father for violating the privacy of his childhood.) However, the stories were outgrowths of the time father and son spent together; Christopher Robin was creative force, contributing characters and names to the world of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Since Christopher Robin knew heffalumps were real (and enjoyed hearing about them in the stories), Pooh knew they were real as well; even if, being a bear of very little brain, Pooh did not really know where he might expect to find them.
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
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answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
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But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
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And there you have it folks...HEFFALUMPS are real! Just ELEPHANTS in disguise!
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Originally (A.A. Milne), they were not real.
In the first book Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter 5 is titled "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". However it turns out that this is all in Piglet's imagination, and while they set traps no Heffalump is ever caught. Pooh imagines a Heffalump while trying to fall asleep, marking their only "appearance" which again is in the imagination
"He tried counting Heffalumps but every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey ... and when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, 'Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better', Pooh could bear it no longer."
Original illustration of a Heffalump in Winnie-the Pooh
In later works (Disney) they were real. (Which include...)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Heffalumps as depicted in Pooh's Heffalump Movie
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
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They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
add a comment |
Originally (A.A. Milne), they were not real.
In the first book Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter 5 is titled "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". However it turns out that this is all in Piglet's imagination, and while they set traps no Heffalump is ever caught. Pooh imagines a Heffalump while trying to fall asleep, marking their only "appearance" which again is in the imagination
"He tried counting Heffalumps but every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey ... and when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, 'Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better', Pooh could bear it no longer."
Original illustration of a Heffalump in Winnie-the Pooh
In later works (Disney) they were real. (Which include...)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Heffalumps as depicted in Pooh's Heffalump Movie
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
1
They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
add a comment |
Originally (A.A. Milne), they were not real.
In the first book Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter 5 is titled "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". However it turns out that this is all in Piglet's imagination, and while they set traps no Heffalump is ever caught. Pooh imagines a Heffalump while trying to fall asleep, marking their only "appearance" which again is in the imagination
"He tried counting Heffalumps but every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey ... and when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, 'Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better', Pooh could bear it no longer."
Original illustration of a Heffalump in Winnie-the Pooh
In later works (Disney) they were real. (Which include...)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Heffalumps as depicted in Pooh's Heffalump Movie
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
Originally (A.A. Milne), they were not real.
In the first book Winnie-the-Pooh, Chapter 5 is titled "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". However it turns out that this is all in Piglet's imagination, and while they set traps no Heffalump is ever caught. Pooh imagines a Heffalump while trying to fall asleep, marking their only "appearance" which again is in the imagination
"He tried counting Heffalumps but every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey ... and when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, 'Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better', Pooh could bear it no longer."
Original illustration of a Heffalump in Winnie-the Pooh
In later works (Disney) they were real. (Which include...)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh's Heffalump Movie
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Heffalumps as depicted in Pooh's Heffalump Movie
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
33
edited Dec 7 '17 at 4:23
J. Wingate
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33
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
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answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
answered Dec 5 '17 at 20:59
SkoobaSkooba
39.3k14201261
39.3k14201261
1
They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
add a comment |
1
They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
1
1
They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
They were within the imagination of an imagined character.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:37
6
6
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
So, real in the Disney Cinematic Poohniverse, but not in the original Milniverse.
– Peter
Dec 7 '17 at 10:34
add a comment |
Yes, of course they are real.
"Heffalump" is simply how a very young Chistopher Robin pronounced the word "elephant." As his father A. A. Milne famously pointed out, when Christopher Robin went to the zoo, he would go straight to see his favorite animal (Winnipeg the bear) and stay there. However, the lad did see enough of the other animals to have observed first hand the existence of elephants--or heffalumps, as he put it.
While by the time he was in school, Christopher Robin had come to loathe the books his father published about the events of and stories told during Christopher Robin's early childhood. (He was mocked at school with quotes from Now We Are Six and never fully forgave his father for violating the privacy of his childhood.) However, the stories were outgrowths of the time father and son spent together; Christopher Robin was creative force, contributing characters and names to the world of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Since Christopher Robin knew heffalumps were real (and enjoyed hearing about them in the stories), Pooh knew they were real as well; even if, being a bear of very little brain, Pooh did not really know where he might expect to find them.
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
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answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
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But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
add a comment |
Yes, of course they are real.
"Heffalump" is simply how a very young Chistopher Robin pronounced the word "elephant." As his father A. A. Milne famously pointed out, when Christopher Robin went to the zoo, he would go straight to see his favorite animal (Winnipeg the bear) and stay there. However, the lad did see enough of the other animals to have observed first hand the existence of elephants--or heffalumps, as he put it.
While by the time he was in school, Christopher Robin had come to loathe the books his father published about the events of and stories told during Christopher Robin's early childhood. (He was mocked at school with quotes from Now We Are Six and never fully forgave his father for violating the privacy of his childhood.) However, the stories were outgrowths of the time father and son spent together; Christopher Robin was creative force, contributing characters and names to the world of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Since Christopher Robin knew heffalumps were real (and enjoyed hearing about them in the stories), Pooh knew they were real as well; even if, being a bear of very little brain, Pooh did not really know where he might expect to find them.
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
12
But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
add a comment |
Yes, of course they are real.
"Heffalump" is simply how a very young Chistopher Robin pronounced the word "elephant." As his father A. A. Milne famously pointed out, when Christopher Robin went to the zoo, he would go straight to see his favorite animal (Winnipeg the bear) and stay there. However, the lad did see enough of the other animals to have observed first hand the existence of elephants--or heffalumps, as he put it.
While by the time he was in school, Christopher Robin had come to loathe the books his father published about the events of and stories told during Christopher Robin's early childhood. (He was mocked at school with quotes from Now We Are Six and never fully forgave his father for violating the privacy of his childhood.) However, the stories were outgrowths of the time father and son spent together; Christopher Robin was creative force, contributing characters and names to the world of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Since Christopher Robin knew heffalumps were real (and enjoyed hearing about them in the stories), Pooh knew they were real as well; even if, being a bear of very little brain, Pooh did not really know where he might expect to find them.
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
Yes, of course they are real.
"Heffalump" is simply how a very young Chistopher Robin pronounced the word "elephant." As his father A. A. Milne famously pointed out, when Christopher Robin went to the zoo, he would go straight to see his favorite animal (Winnipeg the bear) and stay there. However, the lad did see enough of the other animals to have observed first hand the existence of elephants--or heffalumps, as he put it.
While by the time he was in school, Christopher Robin had come to loathe the books his father published about the events of and stories told during Christopher Robin's early childhood. (He was mocked at school with quotes from Now We Are Six and never fully forgave his father for violating the privacy of his childhood.) However, the stories were outgrowths of the time father and son spent together; Christopher Robin was creative force, contributing characters and names to the world of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Since Christopher Robin knew heffalumps were real (and enjoyed hearing about them in the stories), Pooh knew they were real as well; even if, being a bear of very little brain, Pooh did not really know where he might expect to find them.
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
edited Dec 6 '17 at 14:56
T.J.L.
3,93031742
3,93031742
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
answered Dec 6 '17 at 2:33
BuzzBuzz
35.9k6125196
35.9k6125196
12
But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
add a comment |
12
But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
12
12
But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
But this question asks for an in-universe answer. You've provided a good out-of-universe answer.
– Matt Gutting
Dec 6 '17 at 11:52
5
5
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
do you have sources for any of this information?
– Skooba
Dec 6 '17 at 13:56
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
The poem about Chris saying his prayers was even worse. The boys at school really got to him with that one. Poor guy...
– witchy
Dec 6 '17 at 16:42
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
@MattGutting This answer confirms that heffalumps are real (as elephants) within the context of the story, but does not reference their usage within the story "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump", in which the ones they think they see signs of are imaginary. In other words: an imaginary sighting of a real animal with a garbled name. If that helps clarify.
– keithcurtis
Dec 7 '17 at 2:44
add a comment |
And there you have it folks...HEFFALUMPS are real! Just ELEPHANTS in disguise!
answered 15 mins ago
Lisa L HendrenLisa L Hendren
1
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And there you have it folks...HEFFALUMPS are real! Just ELEPHANTS in disguise!
answered 15 mins ago
Lisa L HendrenLisa L Hendren
1
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And there you have it folks...HEFFALUMPS are real! Just ELEPHANTS in disguise!
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And there you have it folks...HEFFALUMPS are real! Just ELEPHANTS in disguise!
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I think it depends on if you are talking about only Milne's books or all the Disney media that came after, too. Wikipedia
– eshier
Dec 5 '17 at 20:49
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Pooh, and all the other characters of the hundred-acre wood are figments of Christopher Robin's schizophrenic imagination, and each represents a mental deficiency. fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
– Korthalion
Dec 6 '17 at 9:35
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there's a Winnie-The-Pooh universe?
– Quasi_Stomach
Dec 6 '17 at 16:48
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The Pooh-niverse
– SeanR
Dec 6 '17 at 23:31
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@Korthalion, that's speculatory and there is no heffalump in the list there.
– Octopus
Dec 7 '17 at 6:32