childhood endings

Pooh Corner - A Short History of Pooh and Winnie:
As Milne wrote at the end of In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place and We Leave Them There – 'wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on top of the Forest, a little boy and his bear will always be playing.'

or his penguin.
Binkley "A boy and his penguin!" Opus: "A penguin and his boy!"


or his tiger.
C&H : The last strip
calvin: Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful?
hobbes: Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new!
calvin: A new year, a fresh clean start!
hobbes: It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on!
calvin: A day full of possibilities! It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!

So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way,
in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.