Additionally, I spent much time ruminating on the reattachment of Eeyore’s tail. It didn’t seem like it hurt. There was no description of the pain of the reattachment. Eeyore wasn’t more depressed after that event (could one become more depressed when already at the Eeyore level of depression?). Yet, nailing his tail back on had to hurt, and the bleeding…wouldn’t there be a lot of bleeding?

Clearly Eeyore was a Christ figure… Yes, I’m sure that the nail hurt with the bleeding and so forth. But in his heart he knew that he was “taking one for the team” in the same way that Christ “died for our sins”.