Pen drawing of a small donkey walking through snow toward a house of leaning sticks, tree stumps behind, in black ink on white.
Quote in black serif type: "Brains first and then Hard Work." A. A. Milne, 1928.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

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Brains First

Pictures by E. H. ShepardWords by A. A. Milne

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E. H. Shepard's pen drawing shows a little donkey trudging through the snowy Forest toward a house of leaning sticks, paired with A. A. Milne's line "Brains first and then Hard Work." It comes from Milne's 1928 book of stories from the Forest, which Shepard illustrated in pen and ink. For someone starting something new.

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Inside, it says

Brains first and then Hard Work. A. A. Milne, 1928

On the back

A. A. Milne's 1928 book of stories from the Forest, with E. H. Shepard's / pen drawings. / US ONLY

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