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=Cottleston Pie Summary =

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In today's chapter of //The Tao of Pooh//, we discuss about Inner Nature. The story begins with Rabbit's initial thoughts about their new inhabitants, Kanga and Roo. At first, Rabbit did not like them because they were Different. Rabbit's Cleverness fails to look deep into a person's Inner Nature, and thus he comes to realize that the new neighbors are actually quite nice after all. In order to get a grasp of Inner Nature (but not too much, since words cannot explain it), We take a look at Pooh's famous Cottleston Pie Poem.

//Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie, A fly can't bird but a bird can fly. Ask me a riddle and I reply __Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.__//

//Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie, A fish can't whistle and neither can I. Ask me a riddle and I reply// //__Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.__//

//Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie, Why does a chicken, I don't know why. Ask me a riddle and I reply __Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.__//

Using this poem as a metaphor, the narrator explains to us about the Inner Nature. "A fly can't bird but a bird can fly" translates into "everything has its own place and function." "A fish can't whistle and neither can I" turns into "Know your limitations!" And finally, "why does a chicken, I don't know why" would be "Everything has a purpose."

Using these metaphors coupled with examples of experiences, Hoff explains the Inner Nature of all things and does not fail to inform us how everything in this world has a purpose, a wise person knows his/her limitations, and what is not meant to be was not meant to be