So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
Think it over, think it under.
I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't anymore.
That's what Tiggers do best!
Did I miss?" you asked. "You didn't exactly miss," said Pooh, "But you missed the balloon." "I'm so sorry," you said, and you fired again, and this time you hit the balloon and the air came slowly out, and Winnie-the-Pooh floated down to the ground.
There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said "Nobody.