He was one hundred and seventy days dying and not yet dead. He fought for survival with the passion of a beast in a trap. He was delirious and rotting, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin.

From the Alfred Bester/A.A. Milne collaboration, Tigger! Tigger! (US edition titled The Stairs My Destination) as reported ten years ago by Dave Langford.