Alan Alexander Milne

“ Besides being good poetry, it explains everything. You see, Belinda's Aunt Rotunda had given her the beautiful cap, and when Belinda went to dig castles in the sand, she decided to wear the cap to keep the sun off her head, but to wear the bathing-dress, too, so as not to mind if she got wet, which was her own idea and none of the other children had thought of it. So her Mother said, "Then we'd better dye the dress mauve," to which her Father replied, "Wouldn't it be easier to dye the cap brown?" And Belinda's Mother said, "I think, dear, it might hurt Aunt Rotunda's feelings." ”

“ Belinda wore.
I think it looks nicer spread out like that. I will tell you a secret now. When people pay you to write poetry for them (as they often do) , they pay you so much for every line you write, so sometimes you feel that a verse looks nice spread out, and sometimes the man who is paying you feels that it doesn't. It's just a matter of taste. ”