No one remembered poor E. Orr's birthday, and Puber and Piglet are determined to do something about it.

A. A. Milne, today on the Classic Tales Podcast.

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In today's story, we discover one of the great things about Winnie the Pooh.

E. Orr has depression. It's quite clear. But he is never shamed or left out or shunned because of it.

He's never told he's broken or deficient. His friends just pitch in and do what they can to make his life a little better.

They don't expect him to act any certain way after they help him either. He's one of them, period.

The way E. Orr is depicted clearly shows that Milne knew what he was talking about and is a magnificent way for those suffering with depression to be represented.

If you know someone who really loves this book or E. Orr in particular, there's probably a lot more going on there. Please tread lightly.

And now Winnie the Pooh, Part 3 of 4 by A. A. Milne.

Chapter 6 in which E. Orr has a birthday and gets two presents.

E. Orr, the old grey donkey, stood by the side of the stream and looked at himself in the water.

Pathetic, he said. So that's what it is, Pathetic. He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side.

And he looked at himself in the water again.

As I thought, he said. No better from this side. Bird nobody minds, nobody cares. Pathetic, that's all it is.

There was a crackling noise in the bracken behind him and out came Pooh.

Good morning E. Orr, said Pooh. Good morning Pooh Bear, said E. Orr gloomily. If it is a good morning, he said. Which I doubt, said he.

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