# Quote — A.A. Milne, Now We Are Six

> When I was One,
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> I had just begun.
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> When I was Two,
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> I was nearly new.
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> When I was Three
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> I was hardly me.
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> When I was Four,
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> I was not much more.
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> When I was Five,
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> I was just alive.
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> But now I am Six,
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> I'm as clever as clever,
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> So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.

- Author: [A.A. Milne](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aa-milne.md)
- Book: [Now We Are Six](https://www.leafyquotes.com/aa-milne/now-we-are-six.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A._A._Milne#Now_We_Are_Six_(1927)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [childhood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/childhood.md)
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