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Stick it to him

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Sir, When I spoke to the late Christopher Robin Milne for a BBC anniversary programme about the celebrated stories of his father A A Milne (report, Aug 26, and letter, Aug 27), he confessed to having little enthusiasm for poohsticks as a child: his father won by dint of releasing two or three sticks to his every one.

Roger Macdonald

Producer of Now We Are Sixty, Richmond, Surrey