The old grey donkey, eeyore, stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "why? " and sometimes he thought, "wherefore? " and sometimes he thought, "inasmuch as which? "—and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about. so when winnie-the-pooh came stumping along, eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little, in order to say "how do you do? " in a gloomy manner to him. which statement describes eeyore's character based on the characterization in the excerpt? eeyore is sad and doesn't know why. eeyore has been waiting for winnie-the-pooh. eeyore is the smartest donkey in the forrest. eeyore is irritated when his thinking is interrupted.