A. A. Milne set. Milne lived on the northern edge of the forest at Cotchford Farm, , and took his son walking there. E. H. Shepard drew on the landscapes of Ashdown Forest as inspiration for many of the illustrations he provided for the Pooh books. The adult Christopher Robin commented: "Pooh's Forest and Ashdown Forest are identical." Popular tourist locations at Ashdown Forest include: "Galleon's Lap", "The Enchanted Place", the "Heffalump Trap" and "Lone Pine", "Eeyore’s Sad and Gloomy Place", and the wooden "Pooh Bridge" where Pooh and Piglet invented Poohsticks. Not yet known as Pooh, he made his first appearance in
English As She Is Spoke it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect." Stephen Pile mentions this work in "The Book of Heroic Failures" and comments: "Is there anything in conventional English which could equal the vividness of "to craunch a marmoset"?" The original has "to craunch the marmoset", an entry under the book's "Idiotisms and Proverbs". This is the author's attempt to translate the French slang idiomatic expression ', used to indicate "waiting patiently for someone to open a door", with ' referring to the "knocking" or "rapping" sound, and "marmot", a term for the grotesque door knockers in vogue