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- WINNIE-THE-POOH
- CHAPTERI
- In
- Which
- We
- Are
- Introduced
- to
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- and
- Some
- Bees,
- and
- the
- Stories
- Begin
- HERE
- IS
- EdwardBear,
- coming
- downstairs
- now,
- bump,
- bump,
- bump,
- on
- the
- back
- of
- his
- head,
- behind
- Christopher
- Robin.
- It
- is,
- as
- far
- as
- he
- knows,
- the
- only
- way
- of
- coming
- downstairs,
- but
- sometimes
- he
- feels
- that
- there
- really
- is
- another
- way,
- if
- only
- he
- could
- stop
- bumping
- for
- a
- moment
- and
- think
- of
- it.
- And
- then
- he
- feels
- that
- perhaps
- there
- isn't.
- Anyhow,
- herehe
- is
- at
- the
- bottom,
- and
- ready
- to
- be
- introduced
- to
- you.
- Winnie-the-Pooh.
- When
- I
- first
- heard
- his
- name,
- I
- said,
- just
- as
- you
- are
- going
- to
- say,
- "But
- I
- thought
- he
- was
- a
- boy?"
- "So
- did
- I,"
- said
- Christopher
- Robin.
- 'Then
- you
- can't
- call
- him
- Winnie."
- "I
- don't."
- "But
- you
- said"
- "He's
- Winnie-ther-Pooh.
- Don't
- you
- know
- what
- 'ther'
- means?"
- "Ah,
- yes,
- now
- I
- do,"
- I
- said
- quickly;
- and
- I
- hope
- you
- do
- too,
- because
- it
- is
- all
- the
- explanation
- you
- are
- going
- to
- get.
-
- Sometimes
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- likes
- a
- game
- of
- some
- sort
- when
- he
- comes
- downstairs,
- and
- sometimes
- he
- likes
- to
- sit
- quietly
- in
- front
- of
- the
- fire
- and
- listen
- to
- a
- story.
- This
- evening
- "What
- about
- a
- story?"
- said
- Christopher
- Robin.
- ''What
- about
- a
- story?"
- I
- said.
- "Could
- you
- very
- sweetly
- tellWinnie-the-Pooh
- one?"
- "I
- suppose
- I
- could,"
- I
- said.
- "What
- sort
- of
- stories
- does
- he
- like?"
- "About
- himself.
- Because
- he's
- that
- sort
- of
- Bear."
- "Oh,
- I
- see."
- "So
- could
- you
- very
- sweetly?"
- "I'll
- try,"
- I
- said.
- So
- I
- tried.
- Once
- upon
- a
- time,
- a
- very
- long
- time
- ago
- now,
- about
- last
- Friday,
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- lived
- in
- a
- forest
- all
- by
- himself
- under
- the
- name
- of
- Sanders.
- ("What
- does
- 'underthename'
- mean?"
- asked
- Christopher
- Robin.
- "It
- means
- he
- had
- the
- name
- over
- the
- door
- in
- gold
- letters,
- and
- lived
- under
- it."
- "Winnie-the-Pooh
- wasn't
- quite
- sure,"
- said
- Christopher
- Robin.
- "Now
- I
- am,"
- said
- a
- growly
- voice.
- "Then
- I
- will
- go
- on,"
- said
- I.)
- One
- day
- when
- he
- was
- out
- walking,
- he
- came
- to
- an
- open
- place
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- the
- forest,
- and
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- this
- place
- was
- a
- large
- oak-tree,
- and,
- from
- the
- top
- of
- the
- tree,
- there
- came
- a
- loud
- buzzing-
- noise.
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- sat
- down
- at
- the
- foot
- of
- the
- tree,
- put
- his
- head
- between
- his
- paws
- and
- began
- to
- think.
- First
- of
- all
- he
- said
- to
- himself:
- "That
- buzzing-noise
- means
- something.
- You
- don't
- get
- a
- buzzing-noise
- like
- that,
- just
- buzzing
- and
- buzzing,
- without
- its
- meaning
- something.
- If
- there's
- a
- buzzing-noise,
- somebody's
- making
- a
- buzzing-noise,
- and
- the
- only
- reason
- for
- making
- a
- buzzing-noise
- that
- I
- know
- of
- is
- because
- you're
- a
- bee."
- Then
- he
- thought
- another
- long
- time,
- and
- said:
- "And
- the
- only
- reason
- for
- being
- a
- bee
- that
- I
- know
- of
- is
- making
- honey."
- And
- then
- he
- got
- up,
- and
- said:
- "And
- the
- only
- reason
- for
- making
- honey
- is
- so
- as
- I
- can
- eat
- it."
- So
- he
- began
- to
- climb
- the
- tree.
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