I

Quo in capite nobis ostentantur

Winnie ille Pu atque apes nonnullae
et incipiunt fabulae
Ecce Eduardus Ursus scalis nunc tump-
tump-tump occipite gradus pulsante post
Christophorum Robinum descendens. Est
quod sciat unus et solus modus gradibus
descendendi, nonnunquam autem sentit,
etiam alterum modum exstare, dummodo
pulsationibus desinere et de eo modo
meditari possit. Deinde censet alios modos
non esse. En, nunc ipse in imo est, vobis
ostentari paratus. Winnie ille Pu.
omen audiens primum, sicut vos dicturi
estis, etiam ego dixi!
"Credidi eum puerum esse#"
"Ego quoque," dixit Christophorus Robinus.
"$t non potes eum %Winnie% vocare#"
"&inime vero."
"Dixisti autem. . . ."
"Est Wirrnie ille Pu. um nescis, quid %ille%
signi'icet("
")cilicet nunc scio," cito sub*unxi+ et spero
vos etiam scire, quia nullam nisi hanc
explicationem accipietis.
&odo Winnie ille Pu apud imos gradus
ludum diligit,
modo autem ante ignem considens 'abulam
audire amat. Eo vesperi. . . .
",uid de 'abula quadam opinaris(" rogavit
Christophorus Robinus.
",uali de 'abula(" dixi.
"$mabo te, potesne Winnie ille Puo
'abulam narrare("
"Censeo me posse," dixi. ",uales 'abulas
diligit("
"De seipso. am talis ursus est."
")ane, teneo."
"onne potes("
"Conabor," dixi.
-taque conatus sum.
.lim, iamdudum, 'ere die /eneris proximo,
Winnie ille Pu sub nomine )andersi solus
in silva habitabat.
I
In Which We Are Introduced To Winnie-
the-Pooh and Some Bees, And The Stories
Begin
0ERE is Ed1ard 2ear, coming do1nstairs
no1, bump, bump, bump, on the bac3 o' his
head, behind Christopher Robin. -t is, as 'ar as
he 3no1s, the onl4 1a4 o' coming do1nstairs,
but sometimes he 'eels that there reall4 is
another 1a4, i' onl4 he could stop bumping
'or a moment and thin3 o' it.
$nd then he 'eels that perhaps there isn"t.
$n4ho1, here he is at the bottom, and read4
to be introduced to 4ou. Winnie-the-Pooh.
When - 'irst heard his name, - said, *ust as 4ou
are going to sa4, %2ut - thought he 1as a
bo4(%
%)o did -,% said Christopher Robin.
%5hen 4ou can"t call him Winnie(%
%- don"t.%
%2ut 4ou said--%
%0e"s Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don"t 4ou 3no1 1hat
"ther" means(%
%$h, 4es, no1 - do,% - said quic3l4+ and - hope
4ou do too, because it is all the explanation
4ou are going to get.
)ometimes Winnie-the-Pooh li3es a game o'
some sort 1hen he comes do1nstairs,
and sometimes he li3es to sit quietl4 in 'ront
o' the 'ire and listen to a stor4. 5his evening--
%What about a stor4(% said Christopher Robin.
%What about a stor4(% - said.
%Could 4ou ver4 s1eetl4 tell Winnie-the-Pooh
one(%
%- suppose - could,% - said. %What sort o'
stories does he li3e(%
%$bout himsel'. 2ecause he"s that sort o'
2ear.%
%.h, - see.%
%)o could 4ou ver4 s1eetl4(%
%-"ll tr4,% - said.
)o - tried.
.nce upon a time, a ver4 long time ago no1,
about last 6rida4, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a
'orest all b4 himsel' under the name o'
7
8",uid signi'icat %sub nomine%("
Christophorus Robinus rogavit.
")igni'icat nomen eius aureis litteris super
porticulam inscriptum 'uisse et eum illo
sub nomine habitavisse."
"Winnie ille Pu non habuit pro certo," dixit
Christophorus Robinus.
"$t nunc habeo," dixit vox grunnica.
"5um pergo," dixi.9
Die quodam inter ambulandum media in
silva ad rariorem silvae locum pervenit et
medio in loco quercus permagna stabat et
de sublimi quercu rumor magnus apium
consonantium prodibat. Winnie ille Pu ad
imam quercum sedens manus mento
subposuit et secum reputare coepit.
Primum secum dixit! "-ste bombus aliquid
signi'icat.
ullus exstat bombus bombans atque
rebombans signi'icatu carens. )i est
bombus, est etiam bombans aliquis, et
unica causa bombi bombantis, quod
equidem sciam est haec! apis esse."
Postea iterum per longum cogitavit deinde
dixit! "et unicus 'inis apium existentiae,
quod equidem sciam, est melli'icium."
Deinde exsurrexit et "unicus 'inis mellis
con'iciendi," dixit, "est a me sumi." -taque ad
summam arboris niti coepit.
Et nisus est
et
nisus est
et
nisus est
et
nisus est
et nitens carmen sic coepit canere!
Cur ursus clamat(
Cur adeo mel amat(
2urr, burr, burr
,uid est causae cur(
Deinde paulo protinus nisus est . . . et
protinus . . . et paulo protinus. -nterea aliud
carmen composuerat!
Cur calleo cantare
Dum nequeo volare(
)anders.
8%What does "under the name" mean(% as3ed
Christopher Robin. %-t means he had the name
over the door in gold letters, and lived under
it.%
%Winnie-the-Pooh 1asn"t quite sure,% said
Christopher Robin.
%o1 - am,% said a gro1l4 voice.
%5hen - 1ill go on,% said -.9
.ne da4 1hen he 1as out 1al3ing, he came to
an open place in the middle o' the 'orest, and
in the middle o' this place 1as a large oa3-
tree, and, 'rom the top o' the tree, there came
a loud bu::ing-noise. Winnie-the-Pooh sat
do1n at the 'oot o' the tree, put his head
bet1een his pa1s and began to thin3.
6irst o' all he said to himsel'! %5hat bu::ing-
noise means something. ;ou don"t get a
bu::ing-noise li3e that, *ust bu::ing and
bu::ing, 1ithout its meaning something. -'
there"s a bu::ing-noise, somebod4"s ma3ing a
bu::ing-noise, and the onl4 reason 'or ma3ing
a bu::ing-noise that - 3no1 o' is because
4ou"re a bee.%
5hen he thought another long time, and said!
%$nd the onl4 reason 'or being a bee that -
3no1 o' is ma3ing hone4.%
$nd then he got up, and said! %$nd the onl4
reason 'or ma3ing hone4 is so as - can eat it.%
)o he began to climb the tree 0e climbed and
he climbed and he climbed and as he climbed
he sang a little song to himsel'. -t 1ent li3e
this!
-sn"t it 'unn4
0o1 a bear li3es hone4(
2u::# 2u::# 2u::#
- 1onder 1h4 he does(
5hen he climbed a little 'urther. . . and a little
'urther . . . and then *ust a little 'urther. 24
that time he had thought o' another song.
-t"s a ver4 'unn4 thought that, i' 2ears 1ere
2ees, 5he4"d build their nests at the bottom o'
trees. $nd that being so 8i' the 2ees 1ere
2ears9,
We shouldn"t have to climb up all these stairs.
0e 1as getting rather tired b4 this time, so
<
Egeo dulcis mellis
)ed mel stat in stellis#
-am propemodo de'atigatus erat et ea de
causa carmen quasi neniam cantitavit. 5unc
'ere in cacumine arboris erat, et si ramuni
illum attig. . . .
Crac#
"$ge, succurrite#" dixit Pu, per decem pedes
usque ad ramum in'ra se cadens.
"Utinam ne . . ." dixit, per viginti pedes ad
proximum ramum praecipitans.
"5enes, quod in animo habui . . ." explicavit,
se revolvens et ad ramum triginta pedibus
in'eriorem praeceps desiliens, "in animo
habui. . . ."
")cilicet, erat valde . . ." 'assus est, velocius
inter sex ramos proximos delabens.
"5otum in eo est, existimo . . ." decrevit
ultimo ramo valedicens, se ter circum axem
vertens et venuste in vepres volans, "ut mel
adeo diligam. $ge, succurrite#"
E vepribus prorepsit et spinis e naso evulsis
denuo cogitare coepit. Principis autem ex
omnibus Christophori Robini in mentem ei
venit.
8"&ei venit(" rogavit Christophorus
Robinus reverenter, quia hoc vix credere
ausus est.
")ane, tui venit#"
Christophorus Robinus ne uno quidem
verbo silentium rupit, sed oculi eius magis
magisque ampli'icati sunt et vultus eius
mais magisque erubuit.9
Winnie ille Pu ad amicim suum
Christophorum Robinum ivit, qui in altera
parte silvae post portam viridem habitabat.
")alve Christophore Robine," dixit.
")alve Winnie ille Pu," dixisti.
")cire velim, an rem 'olliculo-similem
habeas("
"6olliculum("
")ane. Praetergrediens mecum dixi! %scire
velim, an Christophorus Robinus 'olliculo-
simile quid habeat.%
&ecum dixi 'ollicula atque talia mente
agitans et scire avens."
that is 1h4 he sang a Complaining
)ong. 0e 1as nearl4 there no1, and i' he *ust
s t o o d o n t h a t branch . . .
Crac3 #
%.h, help#% said Pooh, as he dropped ten 'eet
on the branch belo1 him.
%-' onl4 - hadn"t--% he said, as he bounced
t1ent4 'eet on to the next branch.
%;ou see, 1hat - meant to do,% he explained,
as he turned head-over-heels, and
crashed on to another branch thirt4 'eet belo1,
%1hat - meant to do--%
%.' course, it 1as rather--% he admitted, as he
slithered ver4 quic3l4 through the next six
branches.
%-t all comes, - suppose,% he decided, as he
said good-b4e to the last branch, spun round
three times, and 'le1 grace'ull4 into a gorse-
bush, %it all comes o' li3ing hone4 so much.
.h, help#%
0e cra1led out o' the gorse-bush, brushed the
pric3les 'rom his nose, and began
to thin3 again. $nd the 'irst person he thought
o' 1as Christopher Robin.
8%Was that me(% said Christopher Robin in an
a1ed voice, hardl4 daring to believe it.
%5hat 1as 4ou.%
Christopher Robin said nothing, but his e4es
got larger and larger, and his 'ace got pin3er
and pin3er.9
)o Winnie-the-Pooh 1ent round to his 'riend
Christopher Robin, 1ho lived behind a green
door in another part o' the 6orest.
%=ood morning, Christopher Robin,% he said.
%=ood morning, Winnie-ther-Pooh,% said 4ou.
%- 1onder i' 4ou"ve got such a thing as a
balloon about 4ou(%
%$ balloon(%
%;es, - *ust said to m4sel' coming along! "-
1onder i' Christopher Robin has such a thing
as a balloon about him(" - *ust said it to
m4sel', thin3ing o' balloons, and 1ondering.%
%What do 4ou 1ant a balloon 'or(% 4ou said.
Winnie-the-Pooh loo3ed round to see that
nobod4 1as listening, put his pa1 to his
mouth, and said in a deep 1hisper! %0one4#%
>
",uorsum tibi opus est 'olliculo(" dixisti.
Winnie ille Pu circumspexit, ne quis audiret
ungulun ad os suum retulit, et voce demissa
susurravit! "& E ? #"
")ed mel cum 'olliculis non au'ers#"
"$u'ero," diait Pu.
Casu autem evenit, ut tu pridie in domo
Porcelli, amici esses et eo in convivio
'olliculos haberetis. &agnum quidem
'olliculum viridem acceperas et unus ex
?eporis cognatis caeruleum quendam
magnum acceperat et reliquerat, quia
pusillior erat quam ut convivii particeps
esset. /iridem igitur atque caeruleum
tecum domum tuleras.
"Utrum mavis(" Pum interrogavisti.
Pu caput ungulis sublevans diligentissime
secum meditatus est.
"unc se res sic habet," dixit. "&el cum
'olliculo querenti omnium est primum apes
de adventu suo certiores non 'acere. Ergo si
'olliculum viridem habes, 'ortasse cogitare
poterunt te partem modo arboris esse nec te
animadvertent+ si autem caeruleum habes
cogitare poterunt te partem coeli esse,
neque te animadvertent. ,uaeritur! quid est
veri similius("
"onne te sub 'olliculo animadvertent("
rogavisti.
"6ortasse animadvertent me, 'ortasse autem
minime," dixit Winnie ille Pu.
"De apibus semper dubitandum est." $c
paulisper meditatus sub*unxit! "Conabor
nubecula parva et nigra videri. -d eos
decipiet."
",uod cum ita sit, tibi 'olliculus caeruleus
est prae'erendus," respondisti et ita res
statuta est.
$mbo igitur cum 'olliculo caeruleo abistis
et tu sclopetum ad omnem eventum
adtulisti, sicut tuus est mos. Winnie ille Pu
autem ad conceptaculum aquae lutulentae,
quam noverat iit ibique sese volvit et
revolvit dum totus nigro colore in'ectus
'uit. Deinde, cum 'olliculus ad
magnitudinem maximam in'latus esset, et
%2ut 4ou don"t get hone4 1ith balloons#%
%- do,% said Pooh.
Well, it *ust happened that 4ou had been to a
part4 the da4 be'ore at the house o' 4our
'riend Piglet, and 4ou had balloons at the
part4. ;ou had had a big green balloon+ and
one o' Rabbit"s relations had had a big blue
one, and had le't it behind, being reall4 too
4oung to go to a part4 at all+ and so 4ou had
brought the green one and the blue one home
1ith 4ou.
%Which one 1ould 4ou li3e(% 4ou as3ed
Pooh. 0e put his head bet1een his pa1s and
thought ver4 care'ull4.
%-t"s li3e this,% he said. %When 4ou go a'ter
hone4 1ith a balloon, the great thing is not to
let the bees 3no1 4ou"re coming. o1, i' 4ou
have a green balloon, the4 might thin3 4ou
1ere onl4 part o' the tree, and not notice
4ou, and i' 4ou have a blue balloon, the4
might thin3 4ou 1ere onl4 part o' the s34, and
not notice 4ou, and the question is! Which is
most li3el4(%
%Wouldn"t the4 notice 4ou underneath the
balloon(% 4ou as3ed.
%5he4 might or the4 might not,% said Winnie-
the-Pooh. %;ou never can tell 1ith bees.% 0e
thought 'or a moment and said! %- shall tr4 to
loo3 li3e a small blac3 cloud. 5hat 1ill
deceive them.%
%5hen 4ou had better have the blue balloon,%
4ou said+ and so it 1as decided. Well, 4ou
both 1ent out 1ith the blue balloon, and 4ou
too3 4our gun 1ith 4ou, *ust in case, as 4ou
al1a4s did, and Winnie-the-Pooh 1ent to a
ver4 mudd4 place that he 3ne1 o', and rolled
and rolled until he 1as blac3 all over+ and
then, 1hen the balloon 1as blo1n up as big as
big, and 4ou and Pooh 1ere both holding
on to the string, 4ou let go suddenl4, and Pooh
2ear 'loated grace'ull4 up into the s34, and
sta4ed there--level 1ith the top o' the tree and
about t1ent4 'eet a1a4 'rom it.
%0oora4#% 4ou shouted.
%-sn"t that 'ine(% shouted Winnie-the-Pooh
do1n to 4ou. %What do - loo3 li3e(%
@
tu cum Puo 'olliculi 'uniculum tenuisses et
repente dimisisses, Pu eleganter
sublimis abiit et cum cacumine quercus
pari linea sed viginti pedibus intermissis
constitit.
"-o, triumphe#" clamavisti.
".ptime, nonne(" Pu clamavit. ",ualem
speciem praebeo("
")peciem ursi 'olliculum tenentis,"
respondisti.
"onne," Pu timide rogavit, "nonne videor
nubecula nigra et parvula in coelo
caeruleo("
"on admodum."
"Esto, 'orsitan hic in excelso aliter appareat.
Et - inquam - de apibus semper dubitandum
est."
/enti a''latus vero, quo ad arborem
admoveretur cessavit, constitit igitur.
Poterat mel prospicere, poterat mel odorari,
nequivit autem mel attingere.
Parumper commoratus te superne vocavit!
"Christophore Robine#" susurravit magna
voce.
"0em("
"Credo apes suspicionem haberel"
",uid habent("
"escio. )ed aliquid mihi dicit!
suspicionem."
"6ortasse suspiciunt te mel eorum petere("
"6ieri potest. De apibus semper dubitandum
est.
"Parumper iterum silentium 'uit, postea
autem denuo deorsum vocavit!
"Christophore Robine#"
",uid ergo est("
"0abesne domi umbellam("
"Credo me unam habere."
"/elim umbellam ad'eras, teneas et ultro
citroque commans intentis in coelum oculis
dictites %5ut-tut, pluviae impendent.%
Credo te hoc modo mihi in deceptione
apium ad*uturum esse."
?icet tecum riseris! "/etule, stultule urse#"
nihil aperte dixisti quia eum admodum
dilexisti et umbellam petitum domum isti.
%;ou loo3 li3e a 2ear holding on to a
balloon,% 4ou said.
%ot,% said Pooh anxiousl4, %--not li3e a small
blac3 cloud in a blue s34(%
%ot ver4 much.%
%$h, 1ell, perhaps 'rom up here it loo3s
di''erent. $nd, as - sa4, 4ou never can tell
1ith bees.%
5here 1as no 1ind to blo1 him nearer to the
tree, so there he sta4ed. 0e could see the
hone4, he could smell the hone4, but he
couldn"t quite reach the hone4.
$'ter a little 1hile he called do1n to 4ou.
%Christopher Robin#% he said in a loud
1hisper.
%0allo#%
%- thin3 the bees suspect something#%
%What sort o' thing(%
%- don"t 3no1. 2ut something tells me that
the4"re suspicious#%
%Perhaps the4 thin3 that 4ou"re a'ter their
hone4(%
%-t ma4 be that. ;ou never can tell 1ith bees.%
5here 1as another little silence, and then he
called do1n to 4ou again.
%Christopher Robin#%
%;es(%
%0ave 4ou an umbrella in 4our house(%
%- thin3 so.%
%- 1ish 4ou 1ould bring it out here, and 1al3
up and do1n 1ith it, and loo3 up at me ever4
no1 and then, and sa4 "5ut-tut, it loo3s li3e
rain." - thin3, i' 4ou did that, it 1ould help the
deception 1hich 1e are practising on these
bees.%
Well, 4ou laughed to 4oursel', %)ill4 old
2ear #% but 4ou didn"t sa4 it aloud because
4ou 1ere so 'ond o' him, and 4ou 1ent home
'or 4our umbrella.
%.h, there 4ou are#% called do1n Winnie-the-
Pooh, as soon as 4ou got bac3 to the tree. %-
1as beginning to get anxious. - have
discovered that the bees are no1 de'initel4
)uspicious.%
%)hall - put m4 umbrella up(% 4ou said.
%;es, but 1ait a moment. We must be
A
"5e ecce," Winnie ille Pu deorsum clamavit
simul ac ad arborem redisti. "-am trepidavi#
Certe reperi apes nunc suspicionem
habere#"
"/is me umbellam expandere("
"/olo, sed exspecta momentum temporis.
E''icaciter agendum est. $pis praesertim
'allenda est regina apium. Potesne ab imo
reginam ipsam videre("
"on possum."
"Dolendum est. unc si umbellam tenens
citro ultroque commees et dicas! %0eu,
eheu, aliquid imbrem praemonet,% ego
quoque quantum plurimum potero,
praestabo et carmen quoddam nebulosum
canam, sicut nubeculis parvulis canere
datum est . . . age, perge#"
Dum ultro citroque commeabas num nubes
minaturae essent scire avens Winnie ille Pu
carmen istud cantitavit!
,uis vult in terra stare
Cum possit volitare(
Parva nubecula
Cantitat carmina.
,uis vult in terra stare
Cum possit volitare(
/ita nubeculae
Est 'ons superbiae.
$pes sicut antea magna cum suspicione
bombilabant. onnullae ex apiario
egressae, reapse, nubeculam alteram
stropham carminis cantantem
circumvolabant et una ex illis per punctum
temporis in naso nubeculae se posuit
deinde autem alis se sustulit.
"Christophore - heus - Robine," clamavit
nubecula.
",uid est("
"&ecum cogitavi et consilium magni
momenti cepi. -stud est genus 'alsum
apium#"
")erion" dicis tu("
")ane, est genus 'alsum. Credo igitur eas
mel 'alsum con'icere, annon("
"$in" tu("
")ane. Censeo igitur mihi descendendum
practical. 5he important bee to deceive is
the ,ueen 2ee. Can 4ou see 1hich is the
,ueen 2ee 'rom do1n there(%
%o.%
%$ pit4. Well, no1, i' 4ou 1al3 up and do1n
1ith 4our umbrella, sa4ing,
"5ut-tut, it loo3s li3e rain," - shall do 1hat -
can b4 singing a little Cloud )ong, such as a
cloud might sing. . . . =o#%
)o, 1hile 4ou 1al3ed up and do1n and
1ondered i' it 1ould rain, Winnie-the-Pooh
sang this song!
0o1 s1eet to be a Cloud
6loating in the 2lue#
Ever4 little cloud
$l1a4s sings aloud.
%0o1 s1eet to be a Cloud
6loating in the 2lue#%
-t ma3es him ver4 proud
5o be a little cloud.
5he bees 1ere still bu::ing as suspiciousl4 as
ever. )ome o' them, indeed, le't their nests
and 'le1 all round the cloud as it began the
second verse o' this song, and one bee sat
do1n on the nose o' the cloud 'or a moment,
and then got up again.
%Christopher--o1#--Robin,% called out the
cloud.
%;es(%
%- have *ust been thin3ing, and - have come to
a ver4 important decision. 5hese
are the 1rong sort o' bees.%
%$re the4(%
%,uite the 1rong sort. )o - should thin3 the4
1ould ma3e the 1rong sort o'
hone4, shouldn"t 4ou(%
%Would the4(%
%;es. )o - thin3 - shall come do1n.%
%0o1(% as3ed 4ou.
Winnie-the-Pooh hadn"t thought about this. -'
he let go o' the string, he 1ould
'all--bump--and he didn"t li3e the idea o' that.
)o he thought 'or a long time,
and then he said!
%Christopher Robin, 4ou must shoot the
balloon 1ith 4our gun. 0ave 4ou got 4our
B
esse."
",uomodo(" rogavisti.
,ua de re Winnie ille Pu nondum secum
meditatus erat. 6uniculo repente e manibus
misso - bump - praecipitaret et imaginem
eam in animo abhorrebat. -taque diutissime
meditatus dixit!
"Christophore Robine, 'olliculum ictu
sclopeti per'orare debes. $dtulisti
sclopetum.("
")cilicet, adtuli," dixisti. ")ed ita 'olliculum,
diruo," dixisti.
"$t ni id 'it," dixit Pu, "me 'olliculum
dimittere oportet et egomet diruor#"
,uibus ursi verbis auditis vidisti quomodo
res se haberet et sclopetum 'olliculo caute
collineans globum e 'istula emisisti.
"/ae#" exclamavit Pu.
"Procul aberravi(" rogavisti.
"&inime aberrasti," dixit Pu, "sed aberrasti a
'olliculo."
-ctum iterans "me paenitet," dixisti et tunc
demum 'olliculum attigisti+ aer lente
e''lavit et Winnie ille Pu 'luctuans per
auras delapsus est.
)ed quia bracchia eius totum per tempus
'uniculum 'olliculi tenuerant, adeo
riguerant, ut hebdomade amplius erecta
permanserint, et quotienscumque musca
quaedam in rostro eius consederat eam
'latu abigere cogebatur. Existimo - sed non
habeo pro certo - inde urso nomen Pu
inditum esse.
"Est hic 'inis 'abulae(" rogavit
Christophorus Robinus.
"Est 'inis unius. )unt multae."
"De Puo et de me("
"De Porcello et de ?epore et de omnibus
vobis. onne recordaris("
"Recordor, sed cum recordari conor, mihi
excidit."
". . . diem cum Pu ac Porcellus
he''alumpum capere conati sunt. . . ."
"on ceperunt, ceperuntne("
"&inime vero."
"Pu nequivit, quia omnis cerebri expers est.
gun(%
%.' course - have,% 4ou said. %2ut i' - do that,
it 1ill spoil the balloon,% 4ou said. 2ut i' 4ou
don"t% said Pooh, %- shall have to let go, and
that 1ould spoil me.%
When he put it li3e this, 4ou sa1 ho1 it 1as,
and 4ou aimed ver4 care'ull4 at the balloon,
and 'ired.
%.1#% said Pooh.
%Did - miss(% 4ou as3ed.
%;ou didn"t exactl4 miss,% said Pooh, %but 4ou
missed the balloon.%
%-"m so sorr4,% 4ou said, and 4ou 'ired again,
and this time 4ou hit the balloon and the air
came slo1l4 out, and Winnie-the-Pooh 'loated
do1n to the ground.
2ut his arms 1ere so sti'' 'rom holding on to
the string o' the balloon all that time that the4
sta4ed up straight in the air 'or more than a
1ee3, and 1henever a 'l4 came and settled on
his nose he had to blo1 it o''. $nd - thin3--but
- am not sure--that that is 1h4 he 1as al1a4s
called Pooh.
%-s that the end o' the stor4(% as3ed
Christopher Robin.
%5hat"s the end o' that one. 5here are others.%
%$bout Pooh and &e(%
%$nd Piglet and Rabbit and all o' 4ou. Don"t
4ou remember(%
%- do remember, and then 1hen - tr4 to
remember, - 'orget.%
%5hat da4 1hen Pooh and Piglet tried to catch
the 0e''alump--%
%5he4 didn"t catch it, did the4(%
%o.%
%Pooh couldn"t, because he hasn"t an4 brain.
Did - catch it(%
%Well, that comes into the stor4.%
Christopher Robin nodded.
%- do remember,% he said, %onl4 Pooh doesn"t
ver4 1ell, so that"s 1h4 he li3es
having it told to him again. 2ecause then it"s a
real stor4 and not *ust a remembering.%
%5hat"s *ust ho1 - 'eel,% - said.
Christopher Robin gave a deep sigh, pic3ed
his 2ear up b4 the leg, and 1al3ed o'' to the
C
Ego autem he''alumpum cepi("
"/ere, istud pars 'abulae est."
Christophorus Robinus adnuit!
"Egomet reminiscor," dixit. ")ed eae res
'ugiunt Pui memoriam, qua de causa
'abulas bis narratas diligit. 5um tamen
'abula vera est, non solum opus memoriae."
"Equidem non secus sentio," dixi.
Christophorus Robinus suspirium ab imo
duxit, ursum pede apprehendit et Pum post
se trahens ad ostium iit.
$pud ostium se convertens dixit!
"/enisne ut me in balneo videas("
"Possum," dixi.
"um eum ictu laesi("
"&inime vero."
$dnuit et exiit et interposito deinde brevi
tempore audivi Winnie ille Pum 2U&P-
2U&P-2U&P gradibus post eum
ascendere.
II
Quo in capite Pu visitatum it et in
angustias incurrit
Eduardus Ursus, amicis suis agnomine
"Winnie ille Pu" - aut breviter "Pu" - notus,
die quodam canticum semihiantibus labellis
superbe eliquans silvam perambulabat.
2ene mane ante speculum in graciliscenda
corpus exercitia incumbens susurrulum
quendam excogitaverat. 5ra-la-la, tra-la-la,
se quam maxime erigens, tra-la-la, tra-la -
succurrite - la-la-bracchiis de'lexis
hallucem tangere conans. Post *entaculum
susurrum repetiit reiteravitque donec
memoria tenuit et nunc ab initio usque ad
'inem sine ullo errore cantitabat!
5ra-la-la, tra-la-la
5ra-la-la, tra-la-la
Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum
5iddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle
Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um.
)usurrum istum susurrabat et alacriter per
silvam ambulabat scire avens, quid alii
door, trailing Pooh behind him. $t the door he
turned and said,
%Coming to see me have m4 bath(% %- didn"t
hurt him 1hen - shot him, did -(%
%ot a bit.%
0e nodded and 1ent out, and in a moment -
heard Winnie-the-Pooh--bump, bump, bump--
going up the stairs behind him.
II
In Which Pooh oes !isiting and ets Into
a Tight Place
EDW$RD 2E$R, 3no1n to his 'riends as
Winnie-the-Pooh, or Pooh 'or short, 1as
1al3ing through the 'orest one da4, humming
proudl4 to himsel'. 0e had made up a little
hum that ver4 morning, as he 1as doing his
)toutness Exercises in 'ront o' the glass! 5ra-
la-la, tra-la-la, as he stretched up as high as he
could go, and then 5ra-la-la, tra-la--oh, help#--
la, as he tried to reach his toes. $'ter
brea3'ast he had said it over and over to
himsel' until he had learnt it o'' b4 heart, and
no1 he 1as humming it right through,
properl4. -t 1ent li3e this!
5ra-la-la, tra-la-la,
5ra-la-la, tra-la-la,
Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.
5iddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle,
Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um.
Well, he 1as humming this hum to himsel',
and 1al3ing along gail4, 1ondering 1hat
ever4bod4 else 1as doing, and 1hat it 'elt
D
agerent, et quid ipse, si alius quis esset,
sentiret, cum repente ad locum arenosum
pervenit, ubi magnum 'oramen erat.
"0eus#" dixit Pu 8Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum9.
")i de aliqua re quid sciam, 'oramen istud
leporern signi'icat," dixit, "et lepus
convictum signi'icat," dixit, "convictus
autem signi'icat aliquid esculenti, aliquem
me-susurrantem-auscultantem, cetera.
Rum-tum-tiddle-um."
-taque se inclinans caput in 'oramen
introduxit et clamavit!
"0eus, ecquis domi est("
6uit intus rumor quidam sternutamenti
similis et deinde denuo silentium.
"Dixi equidem et dico! ecquis domi est("
clamavit Pu magna voce.
"&inime," respondit vox+ deinde subiunxit!
"oli tam magna voce clamare. Eam in
primo te clarissime audivi."
"&alum#" dixit Pu. "emo prorsus adest("
"emo#"
Winnie ille Pu caput 'oramine extraxit,
aliquamdiu cogitabat et secum cogitabat!
"$liquis adesse debet quia aliquem %nemo%
dixisse oportuit. "Caput ergo iterum in
'oramen inseruit et dixit!
"0eus, ?epus, esne tu("
"on sum," dixit ?epus nunc mutata voce.
"onne haec vox ?eporem sonat("
"on puto," dixit ?epus. "ollem sonaret."
F.F dixit Pu.
Caput e 'oramine extraxit, aliquamdiu
meditatus est, deinde caput iterum immisit
et dixit!
",uaeso bona venia, dic mihi! ubi est
?epus("
"$biit ad amicum suum Ursum Pum
visendum, quia ille ei ex animo amicus est."
")ed egomet sum ille#" exclamavit Pu
obstupe'actus.
"5une ille ursus("
"Ursus Pu."
"5ibi persuasum est(" dixit ?epus magis
etiam obstupe'actus.
"Credo hercle esse," dixit Pu.
li3e, being somebod4 else, 1hen suddenl4 he
came to a sand4 ban3, and in the ban3 1as a
large hole.
%$ha #% said Pooh. 8Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.9
%-' - 3no1 an4thing about an4thing, that hole
means Rabbit,% he said, %and Rabbit means
Compan4,% he said, %and Compan4 means
6ood and ?istening-to-&e-0umming and
such li3e.
Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um.
)o he bent do1n, put his head into the hole,
and called out!
%-s an4bod4 at home(%
5here 1as a sudden scu''ling noise 'rom
inside the hole, and then silence.
%What - said 1as, "-s an4bod4 at home("%
called out Pooh ver4 loudl4.
%o#% said a voice+ and then added, %;ou
needn"t shout so loud. - heard 4ou quite 1ell
the 'irst time.%
%2other#% said Pooh. %-sn"t there an4bod4 here
at all(%
%obod4.%
Winnie-the-Pooh too3 his head out o' the
hole, and thought 'or a little, and he thought to
himsel', %5here must be somebod4 there,
because somebod4 must have said "obod4."%
)o he put his head bac3 in the hole, and said!
%0allo, Rabbit, isn"t that 4ou(%
%o,% said Rabbit, in a di''erent sort o' voice
this time.
%2ut isn"t that Rabbit"s voice(%
%- don"t thin3 so,% said Rabbit. %-t isn"t meant
to be.%
%.h#% said Pooh.
0e too3 his head out o' the hole, and had
another thin3, and then he put it bac3, and
said!
%Well, could 4ou ver4 3indl4 tell me 1here
Rabbit is(%
%0e has gone to see his 'riend Pooh 2ear, 1ho
is a great 'riend o' his.%
%2ut this is &e#% said 2ear, ver4 much
surprised.
%What sort o' &e(%
%Pooh 2ear.%
G
"$ge igitur, veni intro#"
Pu sese pressit, pressit, pressit et tandem
per 'oramen se intulit.
"Eure dixisti," inquit ?epus eum ab omni
parte conspiciens. "Certe, es. =ratus mihi
venis."
",uid cogitavisti quis essem("
"Pro certo non habui. on ignoras,
quomodo res in silva se habeat. Domus
omnibus patere nequit. Circumspicere
oportet. ,uid de buccella quadam
opinaris("
Pu hora matutina undecima buccellam
parvulam sempre diligebat et gaudio
exsultavit cum ?epus patinas et cantharos
in mensa apponeret. Et cum ?epus
interrogaret! "&avis mel vel lac
condensatum cum pane tuo(" tanta
alacritate a''ectus est, ut "Utrumque"
diceret, sed deinde, ne avidus videretur,
addidit! ")ed, amabo te, mitte panem#"
Postea aliquamdiu nihil dixit . . . donec
postremo, voce satis viscosa secum
murmurans exsurrexit, ungulam ?eporis
amabiliter ungula iunxit et dixit, sibi
abeundum esse.
"5empus abire tibi est(" dixit ?epus urbane.
")ane," dixit Pu. "Paulisper manere possum,
si tu . . . si quid . . ." et mani'este versus
cellam penariam prospicere conatus est.
"Pro'ecto," dixit ?epus, "ego quoque
exiturus eram."
"2ene, denique exeo. /ale#"
"/ale, si certum habes te nil amplius
quaerere."
"Estne aliquid amplius(" rogavit Pu
velociter.
?epus opercula patinarum sublevavit et
dixit! "6uit."
"&ente 'ingebam," dixit Pu capite nutans et
secum murmuravit! "/ale# )ed nunc
propero."
Per 'oramen igitur ire 'oras tendebat rursus.
)ese primoribus ungulis traxit, postremis
propulit et aliquanto post nasus iterum in
aperto erat . . . postea auriculae . . . postea
%$re 4ou sure(% said Rabbit, still more
surprised.
%,uite, quite sure,% said Pooh.
%.h, 1ell, then, come in.%
)o Pooh pushed and pushed and pushed his
1a4 through the hole, and at last he got in.
%;ou 1ere quite right,% said Rabbit, loo3ing at
him all over. %-t is 4ou. =lad to see 4ou.%
%Who did 4ou thin3 it 1as(%
%Well, - 1asn"t sure. ;ou 3no1 ho1 it is in the
6orest. .ne can"t have an4bod4 coming into
one"s house. .ne has to be care'ul. What
about a mouth'ul o' something(%
Pooh al1a4s li3ed a little something at eleven
o"cloc3 in the morning, and he 1as ver4 glad
to see Rabbit getting out the plates and mugs+
and 1hen Rabbit said, %0one4 or condensed
mil3 1ith 4our bread(% he 1as so excited that
he said, %2oth,% and then, so as not to seem
greed4, he added, %2ut don"t bother about
the bread, please.% $nd 'or a long time a'ter
that he said nothing . . . until at last, humming
to himsel' in a rather stic34 voice, he got up,
shoo3 Rabbit lovingl4 b4 the pa1, and said
that he must be going on.
%&ust 4ou(% said Rabbit politel4
%Well,% said Pooh, %- could sta4 a little longer
i' it--i' 4ou----% and he tried ver4 hard to loo3
in the direction o' the larder.
%$s a matter o' 'act,% said Rabbit, %- 1as
going out m4sel' directl4.%
%.h 1ell, then, -"ll be going on. =ood-b4e.%
%Well, good-b4e, i' 4ou"re sure 4ou 1on"t have
an4 more.%
%-s there an4 more(% as3ed Pooh quic3l4.
Rabbit too3 the covers o'' the dishes, and
said, %o, there 1asn"t.%
%- thought not,% said Pooh, nodding to himsel'
%Well, good-b4e. - must be going on.%
)o he started to climb out o' the hole. 0e
pulled 1ith his 'ront pa1s, and pushed 1ith
his bac3 pa1s, and in a little 1hile his nose
1as out in the open again . . . and then his ears
. . . and then his 'ront pa1s . . . and then his
shoulders . . . and then--
%.h, help#% said Pooh. %-"d better go bac3.%
7H
ungulae primores . . . postea humeri . . . et
postea. . . .
")uccurrite#" dixit Pu. "Potius retrorsus me
recipio."
"&alum#" dixit Pu. "&ihi procedendum est."
"ulla hinc exire potestas," dixit Pu. ".,
malum et succurrite#"
-bi tum etiam ?epus ambulatum volebat ire
et ostio antico obturato extra posticum
procuccurrit, ad Pum venit et eum adspexit.
"Eheu# in'ixus es(" rogavit.
" - on sum," dixit Pu neglectim. "Paululum
interquiesco, meditor et mecum susurro."
"$ge, da mihi ungulam#"
Ursus Pu ungulam extendit, et ?epus traxit,
et traxit, et traxit. . . .
"Eheu#" clamavit Pu. "&ihi dolorem in'ers#"
")umma haec est," dixit -.epus! "-n'ixus es."
"-d accidit," dixit Pu iracundus, "portas
anticas non satis magnas habendo."
"-d accidit," dixit ?epus severus, "immodice
manducando. -amdudum cogitabam," dixit
?epus, "modo dicere nolebam," dixit ?epus,
"unum nostrum immodice manducare," dixit
?epus, "et unus ille, quod sciam, ipse non
'ui. $ge, age, iam abeo et Christophorum
Robinum arcesso."
Christophorus Robinus in contraria parte
silvae habitabat et cum comite ?epore
reverteretur et partem anteriorem Pui
conspiceret, ")tulte urse vetule" dixit et
tanta suavitas erat sermonis eius ut omnia
corda in novam spem sublata essent.
"&ente 'ingere coepi," dixit Pu singultim,
"quod 'ortasse ?epus ostio antico nunquam
posthac uti poterit. 0uius 'acti me
vehementer pigebit."
"&e quoque," dixit ?epus.
".stio antico nunquam posthac uti(" dixit
Christophorus Robinus. ")ane ostio antico
uti poterit."
"2ene#" dixit ?epus.
")i te, Pu, extrahere nequimus, te 'orsitan
retrudimus#"
?epus pensitans barbulam malis demissam
per'ricuit et meminit Pum retrusum intus
%.h, bother#% said Pooh. %- shall have to go
on.%
%- can"t do either#% said Pooh. %.h, help and
bother#%
o1, b4 this time Rabbit 1anted to go 'or a
1al3 too, and 'inding the 'ront door 'ull, he
1ent out b4 the bac3 door, and came round to
Pooh, and loo3ed at him.
%0allo, are 4ou stuc3(% he as3ed.
%-no,% said Pooh carelessl4. %Eust resting and
thin3ing and humming to m4sel'.%
%0ere, give us a pa1.%
Pooh 2ear stretched out a pa1, and Rabbit
pulled and pulled and pulled....
%H1#% cried Pooh. %;ou"re hurting#%
%5he 'act is,% said Rabbit, %4ou"re stuc3.%
%-t all comes,% said Pooh crossl4, %o' not
having 'ront doors big enough.%
%-t all comes,% said Rabbit sternl4, %o' eating
too much. - thought at the time,% said Rabbit,
%onl4 - didn"t li3e to sa4 an4thing,% said
Rabbit, %that one o' us has eating too much,%
said Rabbit, %and - 3ne1 it 1asn"t me,% he
said.
%Well, 1ell, - shall go and 'etch Christopher
Robin.%
Christopher Robin lived at the other end o'
the 6orest, and 1hen he came bac3 1ith
Rabbit, and sa1 the 'ront hal' o' Pooh, he
said, %)ill4 old 2ear,% in such a loving voice
that ever4bod4 'elt quite hope'ul again.
%- 1as *ust beginning to thin3,% said 2ear,
sni''ing slightl4, %that Rabbit might never be
able to use his 'ront door again. $nd - should
hate that,% he said.
%)o should -,% said Rabbit.
%Use his 'ront door again(% said Christopher
Robin. %.' course he"ll use his 'ront door
again. %=ood,% said Rabbit.
%-' 1e can"t pull 4ou out, Pooh, 1e might push
4ou bac3.%
Rabbit scratched his 1his3ers thought'ull4,
and pointed out that, 1hen once Pooh 1as
pushed bac3, he 1as bac3, and o' course
nobod4 1as more glad to see Pooh than he
1as, still there it 1as, some lived in trees and
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esse, at quamvis nemo seipso magis
delectaretur Pum tecto recipere, res ita se
habere, ut essent, qui sursum, essent qui
sub terra colerent. . . .
"&e nunquam in lucem emergere censes("
dixit Pu.
"Censeo," dixit ?epus, "te longius
progressum esse, quam ut sine damno
regredi posses."
Christophorus Robinus adnuit.
"ihil superest agendum," dixit, "nisi
exspectare te iterum ad maciem reductum
esse."
",uamdiu durat macescere(" rogavit Pu
timidus.
"Dies 'ortasse septem, nisi quid me 'allit."
")ed non possum in septimum diem hic
manere#"
"&anere potes, vetule urse stulte# ,uod
di''icilius est, est te extrahere#"
"Praelegemus tibi," dixit ?epus adhortandi
causa, "et spero propediem non 'ore, ut
ningat," sub*unxit. "Et quoniam tu, vetule
amice, partem non minimam spatii domus
meae occupas! ob*ectasne, si ungulis tuis
postremis pro sustentaculis
mantelium utar( Existimo enim eas adesse
et vacare, et mihi peropportune eveniet, si
mantelia in iis siccare possim."
")eptem dies#" dixit Pu tristis. "Et quid, quod
ad re'ectiones attinet("
"/ereor, ne absint," dixit Christophorus
Robinus. ",uippe ita ocius macescis. $t
certe tibi praelegemus."
Ursus suspirium trahere coepit, sed statim
animadvertit se non posse, quia reapse
artissime in'ixus erat. ?acrimas emisit
obortas, cum diceret!
"/isne ergo mihi librum sustinentem
praelegere, ad ursum inter angusta arte
in'ixum consolandum idoneum("
-taque per hebdomadem Christophorus
Robinus librum talem apud extremitatem
septentrionalem Pui praelegit, et ?epus
lintea in extremitate meridiana
suspendit . . . et inter eas Pu se ipsum
some lived underground, and--
%;ou mean -"d never get out(% said Pooh.
%- mean,% said Rabbit, %that having got so 'ar,
it seems a pit4 to 1aste it.%
Christopher Robin nodded.
%5hen there"s onl4 one thing to be done,% he
said. %We shall have to 1ait 'or 4ou to get thin
again.%
%0o1 long does getting thin ta3e(% as3ed
Pooh anxiousl4.
%$bout a 1ee3, - should thin3.%
%2ut - can"t sta4 here 'or a 1ee3#%
%;ou can sta4 here all right, sill4 old 2ear. -t"s
getting 4ou out 1hich is so di''icult.%
%We"ll read to 4ou,% said Rabbit cheer'ull4.
%$nd - hope it 1on"t sno1,% he added. %$nd -
sa4, old 'ello1, 4ou"re ta3ing up a good deal
o' room in m4 house--do 4ou mind i' - use
4our bac3 legs as a to1el-horse( 2ecause, -
mean, there the4 are--doing nothing--and it
1ould be ver4 convenient *ust to hang the
to1els on them.%
%$ 1ee3#% said Pooh gloomil4. %What about
meals(%
%-"m a'raid no meals,% said Christopher Robin,
%because o' getting thin quic3er. 2ut 1e 1ill
read to 4ou.%
2ear began to sigh, and then 'ound he couldn"t
because he 1as so tightl4 stuc3+ and a tear
rolled do1n his e4e, as he said!
%5hen 1ould 4ou read a )ustaining 2oo3,
such as 1ould help and com'ort a Wedged
2ear in =reat 5ightness(% )o 'or a 1ee3
Christopher Robin read that sort o' boo3 at
the orth end o' Pooh, and Rabbit hung his
1ashing on the )outh end . . . and in bet1een
2ear 'elt himsel' getting slenderer and
slenderer. $nd at the end o' the 1ee3
Christopher Robin said,
%o1#% )o he too3 hold o' Pooh"s 'ront pa1s
and Rabbit too3 hold o' Christopher Robin,
and all Rabbit"s 'riends and relations too3
hold o' Rabbit, and the4 all pulled together....
$nd 'or a long time Pooh onl4 said %.1#% . . .
$nd %.h#% . . .
$nd then, all o' a sudden, he said %Pop#% *ust
7<
magis magisque graciliscere sensit.
Extremo hebdomadis Christophorus
Robinus dixit! "UC#"
Ungulas denique primores Pui prehendit,
?epus autem Christophorum, omnes amici
et cognati ?eporis ?eporem et cuncti
viribus unitis traxerunt. . . .
$liquamdiu Pu modo dixit . . . "0eu. . . ."
"Et heu. . . ."
$c repente, "Popp," dixit, sicut cortex ex
lagoenula saliens. Et Christophorus
Robinus, ?epus et omnes cognati et a''ines
?eporis perculsi humi prostrati sunt . . . et
supra omnes iacuit Winnie ille Pu -
liberatus#
-taque amicis gratiarum instar capite
adnuens perrexit silvam perambulare,
superbe secum susurrans. Christophorus
Robinus autem amanter eum contemplans
secum murmuravit!
"/etule, stulte urse#"
III
Quo in capite Pu ac Porcellus venatum
prodeunt et paene vusillum captant
Porcellus in domo magni'ica media in 'ago
habitabat, 'agus media in silva erat et
Porcellus media in domo vivebat. $pud
domum tabula quaedam 'racta erat, ita
inscripta! "5R$)-5U) /E". Cum
Christophorus Robinus Porcellum rogavit,
quid hoc signi'icaret, iste dixit, id nomen
avi esse et per longum tempus in 'amilia
'uisse. egavit Christophorus Robinus
aliquem "5ransitus /e" vocari posse, sed
Porcellus in sententia perseveravit, quia
scilicet avus suus ita vocabatur et erat
"5ransitus /ehi" breviter complexus, quod
erat "5ransitus /ehilius" breviter complexus.
$vo duo nomina 'uerant ne uno amisso
innominatus eveniret - 5ransitus post
patrem et /ehilius post 5ransitum.
"Etiam mihi," dixit neglectim Christophorus
Robinus, "duo sunt nomina."
as i' a cor3 1ere coming out o' bottle.
$nd Christopher Robin and Rabbit and all
Rabbit"s 'riends and relations 1ent head-over-
heels bac31ards . . . and on the top o' them
came Winnie-the-Pooh--'ree#
)o, 1ith a nod o' than3s to his 'riends, he
1ent on 1ith his 1al3 through the 'orest,
humming proudl4 to himsel'. 2ut, Christopher
Robin loo3ed a'ter him lovingl4, and said to
himsel', %)ill4 old 2ear#%
III
In Which Pooh And Piglet o "unting And
#earl$ %atch A Woo&le
50E Piglet lived in a ver4 grand house in the
middle o' a beech-tree, and the beech-tree 1as
in the middle o' the 'orest, and the Piglet lived
in the middle o' the house. ext to his house
1as a piece o' bro3en board 1hich had!
%5RE)P$))ER) W% on it. When Christopher
Robin as3ed the Piglet 1hat it meant, he
said it 1as his grand'ather"s name, and had
been in the 'amil4 'or a long time.
Christopher Robin said 4ou couldn"t be called
5respassers W, and Piglet said 4es, 4ou could,
because his grand'ather 1as, and it 1as short
'or 5respassers Will, 1hich 1as short 'or
5respassers William. $nd his grand'ather had
had t1o names in case he lost one--
5respassers a'ter an uncle, and William a'ter
5respassers.
%-"ve got t1o names,% said Christopher Robin
carelessl4.
%Well, there 4ou are, that proves it,% said
7>
"Ecce tibi, quod demonstrandum erat," dixit
Porcellus.
Die quodam hiberno sereno, cum Porcellus
nivem ante domum deverreret, casu
suspiciens Winnie ille Pum adspexit. Pu in
orbe termini circum'luentis reciproco
gressu ibat alia mente agitans, et cum
Porcellus eum vocavit, non desiit ambulare.
"0eu#" dixit Porcellus. ",uid tu istic("
"/enor," dixit Pu.
"/enaris quid("
"$liqnid vestigiis sector," dixit Winnie ille
Pu m4stice.
")ectaris quid(" dixit Porcellus
appropinquans.
"-nterrogo ipse me. -pse me interrogo!
quid("
",uid existimas te tibi responsurum esse("
"&e exspectare oportet, donec animal
assecutus ero," dixit Winnie ille Pu. "unc
age, vide#" Digito terram ante se
monstravit. ",uid hic vides("
"/estigia," dixit Porcellus. "/estigia
ungularum," /agitum brevem excitatumque
emisit. ". Pu# Credis ea vusillum
signi'icare("
")igni'icare possunt," dixit Pu. "&odo
signi'icant, modo autem minime. De
vestigiis semper dubitandum est."
0is paucis verbis vestigia persequi
pergebat et Porcellus uno aut duobus
punctis temporis interpositis eum propere
insecutus est. Winnie ille Pu enim repente
constiterat et con'uso quoddam modo supra
vestigia inclinatus erat.
",uid est rei(" rogavit Porcellus.
"/alde miri'icum est," dixit ursus. "unc
animalia duo esse apparent# -stud -
quodcumque 'uit - alterum quodcumque
'uit assecutum est et ambo nunc una
procedunt. /eni mecum Porcelle, quia 'ieri
potest ut animalia hostilia sint#"
Porcellus auriculum lepide adscalpens dixit
se usque ad diem /eneris vacare et
libentissime se esse comitem, si pro'ecto
vusillus esset.
Piglet.
.ne 'ine 1inter"s da4 1hen Piglet 1as
brushing a1a4 the sno1 in 'ront o' his house,
he happened to loo3 up, and there 1as
Winnie-the-Pooh. Pooh 1as 1al3ing round
and round in a circle, thin3ing o' something
else, and 1hen Piglet called to him, he *ust
1ent on 1al3ing.
%0allo#% said Piglet, %1hat are 4ou doing(%
%0unting,% said Pooh.
%0unting 1hat(%
%5rac3ing something,% said Winnie-the-Pooh
ver4 m4steriousl4.
%5rac3ing 1hat(% said Piglet, coming closer
%5hat"s *ust 1hat - as3 m4sel'. - as3 m4sel',
What(%
%What do 4ou thin3 4ou"ll ans1er(%
%- shall have to 1ait until - catch up 1ith it,%
said Winnie-the-Pooh. %o1, loo3 there.% 0e
pointed to the ground in 'ront o' him. %What
do 4ou see there(%
%5rac3s,% said Piglet. %Pa1-mar3s.% 0e gave a
little squea3 o' excitement. %.h, Pooh# Do
4ou thin3 it"s a--a--a Woo:le(%
%-t ma4 be,% said Pooh. %)ometimes it is, and
sometimes it isn"t. ;ou never can tell 1ith
pa1- mar3s.%
With these 'e1 1ords he 1ent on trac3ing,
and Piglet, a'ter 1atching him 'or a minute or
t1o, ran a'ter him. Winnie-the-Pooh had come
to a sudden stop, and 1as bending over the
trac3s in a pu::led sort o' 1a4.
%What"s the matter(% as3ed Piglet.
%-t"s a ver4 'unn4 thing,% said 2ear, %but there
seem to be t1o animals no1.
5his--1hatever-it-1as--has been *oined b4
another--1hatever-it-is--and the t1o o' them
are no1 proceeding in compan4. Would 4ou
mind coming 1ith me, Piglet, in case the4
turn out to be 0ostile $nimals(%
Piglet scratched his ear in a nice sort o' 1a4,
and said that he had nothing to do until
6rida4, and 1ould be delighted to come, in
case it reall4 1as a Woo:le.
%;ou mean, in case it reall4 is t1o Woo:les,%
said Winnie-the-Pooh, and Piglet said that
7@
"/is dicere, si duo vusilli essent," dixit Pu+
et Porcellus dixit, se utique usque diem
/eneris otio 'rui posse. -deo ambo in viam
se dederunt.
Erat illuc nemus parvulum laricum et
evidenter vusilli, si vusilli 'uerunt, g4ros
circum nemus duxerant. -taque nemus orbe
circumscribentes Pu et Porcellus eos secuti
sunt. Porcellus tempus ducebat Puo quid
avus suus 5R$)-5U) /E 'ecisset ad
rigorem post insectationem levandum, et
quomodo avus 5R$)-5U) /E supremis
suis in annis ex angustia respirationis
laboravisset atque alia magni momenti
argumenta narrans+ Pu autem scire cupivit
quid "avus" esset et si 'orsitan nunc geminos
avos sequerentur et si alterutrum domum
'erre posset ac sibi habere et quid
Christophorus Robinus dicturus esset.
/estigia autem ante eos nunquam
intermittebant.
Repente Winnie ille Pu constitit et digito
aliquid ante se monstravit!
"0eu, adspice#"
",uid(" dixit Porcellus subsultans. Deinde,
ne se time'actum monstraret, bis aut ter
exercitii instar subsultavit.
"/estigia#" dixit Pu. "$nimal tertium se aliis
duobus coniunxit#"
"Pu," exclamavit Porcellus, "credis hoc
insuper unum vusillum signi'icare("
"&inime," dixit Pu, "quia diversa reliquit
vestigia. )unt aut duo vusilli et unus, ut
videtur, visillus, aut duo visilli et unus, ut
patet, vusillus. Pergamus sequi#"
-taque pergebant, subtimentes ne animalia
ante se animum hostilem haberent.
Porcellus vehementer cupivit avum suum
"5ransitum /em" non alibi, sed praesentem
esse et Pu mente 'ingebat quomodo
exsultaret gaudio, si in Christophorum
Robinum repente at 'ortuito incideret, sed
solum quia Christophorum Robinum
tantopere diligebat. Postea autem ex
improviso Winnie ille Pu iterum constitit et
nasi primoris acumen re'rigerans lambit,
an4ho1 he had nothing to do until 6rida4. )o
o'' the4 1ent together.
5here 1as a small spinne4 o' larch trees *ust
here, and it seemed as i' the t1o Woo:les, i'
that is 1hat the4 1ere, had been going round
this spinne4+ so round this spinne4 1ent Pooh
and Piglet a'ter them+ Piglet passing the time
b4 telling Pooh 1hat his =rand'ather
5respassers W had done to Remove )ti''ness
a'ter 5rac3ing, and ho1 his =rand'ather
5respassers W had su''ered in his later 4ears
'rom )hortness o' 2reath, and other matters o'
interest, and Pooh 1ondering 1hat a
=rand'ather 1as li3e, and i' perhaps this 1as
51o =rand'athers the4 1ere a'ter no1, and, i'
so, 1hether he 1ould be allo1ed to ta3e one
home and 3eep it, and 1hat Christopher
Robin 1ould sa4. $nd still the trac3s 1ent on
in 'ront o' them....
)uddenl4 Winnie-the-Pooh stopped, and
pointed excitedl4 in 'ront o' him. %?oo3#%
%What(% said Piglet, 1ith a *ump. $nd then, to
sho1 that he hadn"t been 'rightened, he
*umped up and do1n once or t1ice more in an
exercising sort o' 1a4.
%5he trac3s#% said Pooh. %$ third animal has
*oined the other t1o#% %Pooh#%
cried Piglet %Do 4ou thin3 it is another
Woo:le(%
%o,% said Pooh, %because it ma3es di''erent
mar3s. -t is either 51o Woo:les and
one, as it might be, Wi::le, or 51o, as it
might be, Wi::les and one, i' so it is, Woo:le.
?et us continue to 'ollo1 them.%
)o the4 1ent on, 'eeling *ust a little anxious
no1, in case the three animals in 'ront o' them
1ere o' 0ostile -ntent. $nd Piglet 1ished ver4
much that his =rand'ather 5. W. 1ere there,
instead o' else1here, and Pooh thought ho1
nice it 1ould be i' the4 met Christopher
Robin suddenl4 but quite accidentall4, and
onl4 because he li3ed Christopher Robin so
much. $nd then, all o' a sudden, Winnie-the-
Pooh stopped again, and lic3ed the tip o' his
nose in a cooling manner, 'or he 1as 'eeling
more hot and anxious than ever in his li'e
7A
quia plus caloris et timoris sensit quam
unquam alias. ,uattuor animalia ante se
erant#
"/idesne Porcelle( $dspice vestigia eorum#
5res, evidenter vusilli et unus, evidenter
visillus. $lius etiam vusillus se iisdem
con*unxit#"
)ane ita apparebat. $derant vestigia, modo
inter se occursantia, modo intermixta, sed
distincte huc et illuc quattuor paria
ungularum concurrentium.
"Puto," dixit Porcellus, etiam nasi primoris
acumen lingens, quod ei parum solacii
ad'erre videbatur, "puto mihi alicuius
negotii in mentem venisse. &ihi alicuius
negotii in mentem incidit, cuius heri oblitus
eram, et quod cras per'ici nequit. -taque
existimo mihi revertendum esse et illud
statim per'icere."
"Post meridiem 'aciemus et ego te
comitabor," dixit Pu.
"on est negotium pomeridianum," dixit
cito Porcellus. "Est negotium peculiare
antemeridianum quod non nisi mane per'ici
potest, inter horas - quota, quaeso, hora
est("
"Circiter meridiem," dixit Winnie ille Pu,
solem contemplans.
"-nter, inquam, duodecimam horam ac
meridiem et quinque. -taque, reapse, Pu
vetule et carissime, habe me excusatum -
,uid est("
Pu oculos in coelum vertit, deinde sibilo
iterum audito oculis sursum intentis ramos
magnae quaercus scrutatus est et amicum
suum quendam conspexit.
"Est Christophorus Robinus," dixit.
"5um vero omne tibi bene evenit," dixit
Porcellus. "Cum eo tutus eris. /ale#" et
gaudens periculum e''ugere, citato cursu,
quam velocissime poterat domum iit.
Christophorus Robinus lente de arbore
descendit.
"Ursule stultule vetule," dixit, "quid 'ecisti(
Primum solus bis circuitum totius luculi
'ecisti, deinde Porcellus te secutus est et
be'ore.
5here 1ere 'our animals in 'ront o' them#
%Do 4ou see, Piglet( ?oo3 at their trac3s#
5hree, as it 1ere, Woo:les, and one,
as it 1as, Wi::le. $nother Woo:le has *oined
them#%
$nd so it seemed to be. 5here 1ere the trac3s+
crossing over each other here, getting
muddled up 1ith each other there+ but, quite
plainl4 ever4 no1 and then, the trac3s o' 'our
sets o' pa1s.
%- thin3,% said Piglet, 1hen he had lic3ed the
tip o' his nose too, and 'ound that it brought
ver4 little com'ort, %- thin3 that - have *ust
remembered something. - have *ust
remembered something that - 'orgot to do
4esterda4 and sha"n"t be able to do to-morro1.
)o - suppose - reall4 ought to go bac3 and do
it no1.%
%We"ll do it this a'ternoon, and -"ll come 1ith
4ou,% said Pooh.
%-t isn"t the sort o' thing 4ou can do in the
a'ternoon,% said Piglet quic3l4.
%-t"s a ver4 particular morning thing, that has
to be done in the morning, and, i' possible,
bet1een the hours o' What 1ould 4ou sa4 the
time 1as(%
%$bout t1elve,% said Winnie-the-Pooh,
loo3ing at the sun.
%2et1een, as - 1as sa4ing, the hours o'
t1elve and t1elve 'ive. )o, reall4, dear old
Pooh, i' 4ou"ll excuse me-- What"s that.%
Pooh loo3ed up at the s34, and then, as he
heard the 1histle again, he loo3ed up into the
branches o' a big oa3-tree, and then he sa1 a
'riend o' his.
%-t"s Christopher Robin,% he said.
%$h, then 4ou"ll be all right,% said Piglet.
%;ou"ll be quite sa'e 1ith him. =ood-b4e,%
and he trotted o'' home as quic3l4 as he
could, ver4 glad to be .ut o' $ll Danger
again.
Christopher Robin came slo1l4 do1n his tree.
%)ill4 old 2ear,% he said, %1hat 1ere 4ou
doing( 6irst 4ou 1ent round the spinne4 t1ice
b4 4oursel', and then Piglet ran a'ter 4ou and
7B
coniunctim circuitum 'ecistis, deinde autem
quarta vice. . . ."
"&ane paulisper," dixit, ungulam elevans
Winnie ille Pu.
Consedit et quam cogitabundissime potuit,
meditatus est. Deinde solea vestigium
ingressus est . . . deinde naso bis per'ricato
sese erexit.
"-ta est," dixit Winnie ille Pu.
"unc demum intellego," dixit Winnie ille
Pu. ")tultus et delusus 'ui," dixit, "et ursus
sine ullo cerebro sum."
".ptimus ursus mundi es," dixit
consolabunde Christophorus Robinus.
")erion" dicis tu(" dixit Pu in spem sublatus
et iam vultu renidens. "Utcumque tamen,"
dixit, "hora 'ere prandii est."
-taque pransuri domum ierunt.
I!
Quo in capite Ior caudam amittit et Pu
caudam quendam invenit
-or, auritulus cinereus ille annosus, so-us in
silvae angulo quodam carduoso stabat,
pedibus late divaricatis, capite de'lexo de
rerum natura meditans.
&odo tristis secum "Cur(" cogitabat, modo
"quemadmodum(" et modo "0audquaquam
huiusmodi," modo autem quid pensitaret,
omnino ignorabat. -taque Puo
appropinquante -or paulisper a meditatione
desistere gavisus est ut maeste "Ut vales(" ei
diceret.
"Et quomodo res tua agitur(" dixit Winnie
ille Pu.
-or capite abnuit.
"on valde quomodo," dixit. "?ongo iam ex
tempore evidenter non agitur quomodo."
"&alum, malum," dixit Pu. ")ane dolendum
est. )ine me te adspicere."
4ou 1ent round again together, and then 4ou
1ere *ust going round a 'ourth time%
%Wait a moment,% said Winnie-the-Pooh,
holding up his pa1.
0e sat do1n and thought, in the most
thought'ul 1a4 he could thin3. 5hen he 'itted
his pa1 into one o' the 5rac3s . . . and then he
scratched his nose t1ice, and stood up.
%;es,% said Winnie-the-Pooh.
%- see no1,% said Winnie-the-Pooh.
%- have been 6oolish and Deluded,% said he,
%and - am a 2ear o' o 2rain at $ll.%
%;ou"re the 2est 2ear in $ll the World,% said
Christopher Robin soothingl4.
%$m -(% said Pooh hope'ull4. $nd then he
brightened up suddenl4.
%$n4ho1,% he said, %it is nearl4 ?uncheon
5ime.%
)o he 1ent home 'or it.
I!
In Which 'e$ore (oses A Tail And Pooh
)inds *ne
50E .ld =re4 Don3e4, Ee4ore, stood b4
himsel' in a thistl4 corner o' the 'orest,
his 'ront 'eet 1ell apart, his head on one side,
and thought about things.
)ometimes he thought sadl4 to himsel',
%Wh4(% and sometimes he thought,
%Where'ore(% and sometimes he thought,
%-nasmuch as 1hich(%--and sometimes he
didn"t quite 3no1 1hat he 1as thin3ing about.
)o 1hen Winnie-the-Pooh came stumping
along, Ee4ore 1as ver4 glad to be able to stop
thin3ing 'or a little, in order to sa4 %0o1 do
4ou do(% in a gloom4 manner to him.
%$nd ho1 are 4ou(% said Winnie-the-Pooh.
Ee4ore shoo3 his head 'rom side to side.
%ot ver4 ho1,% he said. %- don"t seem to have
'elt at all ho1 'or a long time.%
%Dear, dear,% said Pooh, %-"m sorr4 about that.
7C
-or igitur sortem miseratus iniquam oculos
solo 'ixos tenens eo loco stabat et Winnie
ille Pu eum semel circumiit.
"Dic! quid caudae tuae accidit("
",uid ergo accidit("
"$best#"
"5ibi persuasum est("
"Cauda aut adest, aut abest. 5ertium nihil
est. Et cauda tua abest."
",uid ergo est("
"ihil."
")ine videam," dixit -or, lente se ad locum
convertens, ubi antea cauda 'uerat, deinde,
eam invenire nequiens in contrarium se
vertit usque ad pristinam positionem,
postea capite demisso intra crura primoria
spectavit et postremo suspirium alto
pectore et triste ducens! "Probe dixisti,"
inquit, "abest#"
")cilicet," dixit Pu.
"0oc mihi ad multa quadrat," dixit -or
maestus. "-d omnia explicat. 0aud mirum."
"$licubi caudam reliquisse debes."
"$liquem caudam sustulisse oportet," dixit
-or. ")ic agit vulgus," sub*unxit, longum
post silentium.
Pu sensit sibi aliquid auxiliare dicendum
esse, sed ignorabat quid. Decrevit igitur,
dicendi vice opi'erum quid 'acere.
"-or mi," dixit sollemniter, "egomet, Winnie
ille Pu, caudam tuam reperiam."
"=ratias tibi ago Pu," respondit -or. "6idelis
amicus es," dixit. "onnullis dissimilis,"
dixit.
-taque Winnie ille Pu caudam -oris
quaesitum abiit. Erat dies vernus iucundus
in silva, cum exiret. ubeculae tenerae
'eliciter in coelo caeruleo ludebant, modo
sese sub solem insinuantes, quasi si eum
extinguere vellent, modo repente
delabentes, ut aliarum partes venirent.
5rans eas et inter eas sol lucidum 'ulgebat.
/etus pinetum prope ornamentum viride et
novum sicut acu pictum quod 'agi tam
lepide induerant miserum et vetustum
apparebat. Per lucum et silvam ursus iter
?et"s have a loo3 at 4ou.% )o Ee4ore stood
there, ga:ing sadl4 at the ground, and Winnie-
the-Pooh 1al3ed all round him once.
%Wh4, 1hat"s happened to 4our tail(% he said
in surprise.
%What has happened to it(% said Ee4ore.
%-t isn"t there#%
%$re 4ou sure(%
%Well, either a tail is there or it isn"t there ;ou
can"t ma3e a mista3e about it. $nd 4ours isn"t
there#%
%5hen 1hat is(%
%othing.%
%?et"s have a loo3,% said Ee4ore, and he
turned slo1l4 round to the place 1here his tail
had been a little 1hile ago, and then, 'inding
that he couldn"t catch it up, he turned round
the other 1a4, until he came bac3 to 1here he
1as at 'irst, and then he put his head do1n
and loo3ed bet1een his 'ront legs, and at last
he said, 1ith a long, sad sigh, %- believe 4ou"re
right%
%.' course -"m right,% said Pooh
%5hat accounts 'or a =ood Deal,% said Ee4ore
gloomil4. %-t explains Ever4thing. o
Wonder.%
%;ou must have le't it some1here,% said
Winnie-the-Pooh.
%)omebod4 must have ta3en it,% said Ee4ore.
%0o1 ?i3e 5hem,% he added, a'ter a long
silence. Pooh 'elt that he ought to sa4
something help'ul about it, but didn"t quite
3no1 1hat. )o he decided to do something
help'ul instead.
%Ee4ore,% he said solemnl4, %-, Winnie-the-
Pooh, 1ill 'ind 4our tail 'or 4ou.%
%5han3 4ou, Pooh,% ans1ered Ee4ore. %;ou"re
a real 'riend,% said he. %ot li3e
)ome,% he said.
)o Winnie-the-Pooh 1ent o'' to 'ind Ee4ore"s
tail. -t 1as a 'ine spring morning in the 'orest
as he started out. ?ittle so't clouds pla4ed
happil4 in a blue s34, s3ipping 'rom time to
time in 'ront o' the sun as i' the4 had come to
put it out, and then sliding a1a4 suddenl4 so
that the next might have his turn. 5hrough
7D
'ecit. Descendit clivos erica et vepribus
indutos, transivit alveos saxosos rivulorum,
scandit ripas arduas et glareosas, et ad
extremum 'essus et 'ame con'ectus ad
silvam Centum Eugerum pervenit. -n silva
autem Centum Eugerum 2ubo habitabat.
")i quis quid de qua re scit," ursus secum
meditatus est, "2ubo est, qui aliquid de
aliqua re non ignorat," dixit. "isi 'orte
Winnie ille Pu non vocor. )ed vocor," dixit.
"Denique#"
2ubo "ad castaneas" venusta et vetusta
quadam domo habitabat, quae domibus
aliorum maior erat, aut saltem urso ita
apparebat, quia et pulsatorem ostii et
'uniculum tintinnabuli habebat. -n'ra
pulsatorem libellus erat cum hac
inscriptione 'ixus! CUE). ).$ $E) )-
R)P.)& /-).
-'ra 'uniculum tintinnabuli libellus autem
erat cum hac inscriptione 'ixus! CUE).
PU?)$ )- R)P.)& . /-).
0as inscriptiones Christophorus Robinus,
qui solus in silva ortographus erat, manu
scripserat. am 2uboni, quamvis multis
sub aspectibus sapiens esset, aptus ad
nomen suum legendum et emendate 22.
litteras 'aciendum, minus prospere
succedebat verba implicata sicut
"&.R2-??-F et FP$-)5.)5$5U) CU&
2U5;R.F scribere.
Winnie ille Pu ambas inscriptiones
diligenter et accurate primum a dextra ad
sinistram et postea, ne quid eum 'ugeret, a
sinistra ad dextram perlegit. Deinde, ut
omnia pro certo haberet, pulsavit et traxit
pulsatorem, traxit et pulsavit 'uniculum
tintinnabuli et magna voce! F2ubo#
Responsum quaero#F dixit. "Ursus 'atur#"
.stium apertum est et 2ubo 'oras
prospexit.
")alve Pu," dixit. ",uomodo omnia("
"5erribilia sunt et tristia," dixit Pu, "quia -or,
qui amicus meus est, caudam amisit.
6lebiter lamentatur. $mabo te, dic! ,uid mi
igitur suades( ,uomodo possum caudam
them and bet1een them the sun shone
bravel4, and a copse 1hich had 1orn its 'irs
all the 4ear round seemed old and do1d4 no1
beside the ne1 green lace 1hich the beeches
had put on so prettil4. 5hrough copse and
spinne4 marched 2ear+ do1n open slopes o'
gorse and heather, over roc34 beds o' streams,
up steep ban3s o' sandstone into the heather
again+ and so at last, tired and hungr4, to the
0undred $cre Wood. 6or it 1as in the
0undred $cre Wood that .1l lived.
%$nd i' an4one 3no1s an4thing about
an4thing,% said 2ear to himsel', %it"s .1l
1ho 3no1s something about something,% he
said, %or m4 name"s not Winnie-the-Pooh,% he
said. %Which it is,% he added. %)o there 4ou
are.%
.1l lived at 5he Chestnuts, and old-1orld
residence o' great charm, 1hich 1as
grander than an4bod4 else"s, or seemed so to
2ear, because it had both a 3noc3er and a
bell-pull. Underneath the 3noc3er there 1as a
notice 1hich said!
P?E) R-= -6 $ R)ER -) RE,-RD.
Underneath the bell-pull there 1as a notice
1hich said!
P?EI C.JE -6 $ R)R -) .5
RE,-D.
5hese notices had been 1ritten b4 Christopher
Robin, 1ho 1as the onl4 one in the 'orest
1ho could spell+ 'or .1l, 1ise though he 1as
in man4 1a4s, able to read and 1rite and spell
his o1n name W.?, 4et someho1 1ent all to
pieces over delicate 1ords li3e &E$)?E)
and 2U55ERED5.$)5.
Winnie-the-Pooh read the t1o notices ver4
care'ull4, 'irst 'rom le't to right, and
a'ter1ards, in case he had missed some o' it,
'rom right to le't. 5hen, to ma3e quite sure, he
3noc3ed and pulled the 3noc3er, and he pulled
and 3noc3ed the bell-rope, and he called out
in a ver4 loud voice, %.1l# - require an
ans1er# -t"s 2ear spea3ing.% $nd the door
opened, and .1l loo3ed out.
%0allo, Pooh,% he said. %0o1"s things(%
%5errible and )ad,% said Pooh, %because
7G
eius invenire("
"2ene," dixit 2ubo, "'ormula consueta rei
exsequendae est, quae sequitur."
",uid est! rei esse quendae(" dixit Pu. ",uia
ursus pusilli ingenii sum verba di''icilia
'astidio."
"-d est, quod 'ieri debet."
")i id est, nec hercle magnopere curo," dixit
Pu humillime.
"Res exsequenda id est! praemium
promittimus."
"Paulisper subsiste," dixit Pu ungulam
sublevans. ",uid 'aciamus( ,uid dixisti(
?oquendo enim sternuisti."
"&inime sternui."
"2ubo, sternuisti#"
"0abe me, Pu, excusatum, minime sternui.
equimus inscKs nobis sternuere."
".ptime audivi! prr - prr#"
"Dixi! praemium promittimus."
"-terum sternuisti#"
"Praemium#" dixit magna voce 2ubo.
"Denuntiationem scribimus ad indicandum
nos magnum quid illi, qui caudam -oris
invenerit, daturos esse."
"5eneo, teneo," dixit Pu adnuens. "Cum
ageretur de aliqua re," adiunxit
meditabundus, "ista diei hora aliquid
manducare soleo - ea matutina hora," et
avide cellularium in angulo cubiculi
2ubonis contemplabatur . . . "aliquantulum
lactis condensati, aut quantulumcumque
alicuius rei, vel 'orsitan lambitum mellis. . .
."
"Recte, bene," dixit 2ubo, "scribamus
denuntiationem et tota in silva
distribuemus."
"?ambitum mellis," murmuravit secum
ursus, "aut - aut nihil, pro temporibus."
)uspirium ab imo duxit et strenue conatus
est verba 2ubonis auscultare.
)ed 2ubo longis longioribusque verbis
utens latius se 'udit, donec quod initio
dixerat renovans explicavit, neminem nisi
Christophorum Robinum ad
denuntiationem scribendam idoneum esse.
Ee4ore, 1ho is a 'riend o' mine, has lost his
tail. $nd he"s &oping about it. )o could 4ou
ver4 3indl4 tell me ho1 to 'ind it 'or him(%
%Well,% said .1l, %the customar4 procedure in
such cases is as 'ollo1s.%
%What does Crustimone4 Proseedca3e mean(%
said Pooh. %6or - am a 2ear o' /er4
?ittle 2rain, and long 1ords 2other me.%
%-t means the 5hing to Do.%
%$s long as it means that, - don"t mind,% said
Pooh humbl4.
%5he thing to do is as 'ollo1s. 6irst, -ssue a
Re1ard. 5hen--%
%Eust a moment,% said Pooh, holding up his
pa1. %What do 1e do to this--1hat 4ou
1ere sa4ing( ;ou snee:ed *ust as 4ou 1ere
going to tell me.%
%- didn"t snee:e.%
%;es, 4ou did, .1l.%
%Excuse me, Pooh, - didn"t. ;ou can"t snee:e
1ithout 3no1ing it.%
%Well, 4ou can"t 3no1 it 1ithout something
having been snee:ed.%
%What - said 1as, "6irst -ssue a Re1ard".%
%;ou"re doing it again,% said Pooh sadl4.
%$ Re1ard#% said .1l ver4 loudl4. %We 1rite
a notice to sa4 that 1e 1ill give a large
something to an4bod4 1ho 'inds Ee4ore"s
tail.%
%- see, - see,% said Pooh, nodding his head.
%5al3ing about large somethings,%
he 1ent on dreamil4, %- generall4 have a small
something about no1--about this time in the
morning,% and he loo3ed 1ist'ull4 at the
cupboard in the corner o' .1l"s parlour+ %*ust
a mouth'ul o' condensed mil3 or 1hatnot,
1ith perhaps a lic3 o' hone4--%
%Well, then,% said .1l, %1e 1rite out this
notice, and 1e put it up all over the
6orest.%
%$ lic3 o' hone4,% murmured 2ear to himsel',
%or--or not, as the case ma4 be.%
$nd he gave a deep sigh, and tried ver4 hard
to listen to 1hat .1l 1as sa4ing.
2ut .1l 1ent on and on, using longer and
longer 1ords, until at last he came bac3 to
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F-pse libellos in ostio meo antico scripsit.
/idistine eos, Pu(F
2ubone iam per aliquid temporis loquente
Pu oculis clausis vicissim aiebat et negabat
et ad postremum "sic, sic" dicto nunc
"minime vero" dixit, qua de re 2ubo locutus
esset omnino nesciens.
"Eos non vidisti(" dixit 2ubo, admiratus.
"/eni et tandem adspice#"
-taque 'oras ierunt. Pu pulsatorem et in'ra
inscriptionem, 'uniculum tintinnabuli et
in'ra inscriptionem contemplatus est, et quo
magis 'uniculum tintinnabuli oculo
scrutatus est, eo magis sensit se rem
similem iam pridem, quondam, alicubi
vidisse.
"6uniculus pulcher est, annon(" dixit 2ubo.
Pu capite nutavit.
"0oc mihi memoriam alicuius rei renovat
sed cuius nescio," dixit. "Ubi reperisti
'uniculum("
"Caeco casu in silva inveni. Ex arbusto
quodam pendebat et in principio credidi
aliquem ibi habitare, itaque traxi, sed nihil
evenit, deinde iterum magva vi
tintinnabulum pulsare conatus sum, ad
postremum autem mihi in manu mansit, et
quia evidenter nemini utilis erat, domum
tuli."
"2ubo," dixit Pu sollemniter, "erravisti.
6uniculus bene'icium dabat alicui. $licui
necessarius erat."
"Cui("
"-ori. $mico meo carissimo -ori. 5enuit
eum."
"5enuit("
"Ei vinculis adstrictus erat," dixit Winnie ille
Pu maestus.
0is dictis 'uniculum ab uncino re'igens
eum -ori retulit+ et cum Christophorus
Robinus caudam suo loco con'ixisset, -or
tam laetus in silva caudam receptam
agitans circumsiliebat, ut Winnie ille Pu
sensu insolito et mirabili a''ectus domum
'estinare deberet, ut aliquid ad sese
sustinendum sumeret. Et postquam
1here he started, and he explained that the
person to 1rite out this notice 1as
Christopher Robin.
%-t 1as he 1ho 1rote the ones on m4 'ront
door 'or me. Did 4ou see them, Pooh(%
6or some time no1 Pooh had been sa4ing
%;es% and %o% in turn, 1ith his e4es shut, to
all that .1l 1as sa4ing, and having said,
%;es, 4es,% last time, he said %o, not at all,%
no1, 1ithout reall4 3no1ing 1hat .1l 1as
tal3ing about(
%Didn"t 4ou see them(% said .1l, a little
surprised. %Come and loo3 at them no1.%
)o the4 1ent outside. $nd Pooh loo3ed at the
3noc3er and the notice belo1 it, and he
loo3ed at the bell-rope and the notice belo1 it,
and the more he loo3ed at the bell-rope, the
more he 'elt that he had seen something li3e
it, some1here else, sometime be'ore.
%0andsome bell-rope, isn"t it(% said .1l.
Pooh nodded.
%-t reminds me o' something,% he said, %but -
can"t thin3 1hat. Where did 4ou get it(%
%- *ust came across it in the 6orest. -t 1as
hanging over a bush, and - thought at 'irst
somebod4 lived there, so - rang it, and
nothing happened, and then - rang it again
ver4 loudl4, and it came o'' in m4 hand, and
as nobod4 seemed to 1ant it, - too3 it home,
and%
%.1l,% said Pooh solemnl4, %4ou made a
mista3e. )omebod4 did 1ant it.%
%Who(%
%Ee4ore. &4 dear 'riend Ee4ore. 0e 1as--he
1as 'ond o' it.%
%6ond o' it(%
%$ttached to it,% said Winnie-the-Pooh sadl4.
)o 1ith these 1ords he unhoo3ed it, and
carried it bac3 to Ee4ore+ and 1hen
Christopher Robin had nailed it on its right
place again, Ee4ore 'ris3ed about the 'orest,
1aving his tail so happil4 that Winnie-the-
Pooh came over all 'unn4, and had to hurr4
home 'or a little snac3 o' something to sustain
him. $nd 1iping his mouth hal' an hour
a'ter1ards, he sang to himsel' proudl4!
<7
semihora amplius laete manducaverat, os
abstergens superbe ita secum cantitavit!
Dic! quis invenit caudam("
Ut illum plaudam#
"-lli," dicis tu(
Esto# )ed 'uit Pu.
!
Quo in capite Porcellus in heffalumpum
incidit
Die quodam, cum Christoporus Robinus,
Winnie ille Pu et Porcellus
con'abulabantur, Christophorus Robinus
buccellam, quam manducabat deglutivit et
neglegenter dixit! "0odie he''alumpum
vidi, o Porcelle."
",uid agebat(" rogavit Porcellus.
"0e''alumpabat," dixit Christophorus
Robinus. "Eum me vidisse non puto."
".lim etiam ego unum vidi," dixit Porcellus.
")altem credo unum vidisse," dixit. "6ortasse
autem he''alumpus non erat."
"Ego quoque," dixit Pu, qua 'acie
he''alumpus esset scire cupiens.
"Rari inventu sunt," Christophorus Robinus
obiter dixit.
"Rari ad praesens tempus," dixit Porcellus.
"Rari hoc tempore anni," dixit Pu.
Deinde omnes alio de argumento inter se
collocuti sunt quoad Pu et Porcellus
coniuncte domum ire debebant. Primum,
tramitem silvam Centum Eugerum
circumdantem carpentes haud multum
con'abulabantur. )ed postquam ad rivulum
pervenerunt, illum mutuis o''iciis de alio
saxo in alium saltantes transgressi sunt et
iterum una per ericam ire poterant, amanter
ab hoc et ab hac consermonari coeperunt et
Porcellus dixit! "eque tu is es, qui nescias,
nonne Pu(" et Pu dixit! "&ihi crede nihil
sentio nisi de sententia tua, o Porcelle" et
Porcellus dixit! ")ed contra nos recordari
Who 'ound the 5ail(
%-,% said Pooh,
%$t a quarter to t1o
8.nl4 it 1as quarter to eleven reall49,
- 'ound the 5ail#%
!
In Which Piglet +eets A "effalump
.E da4, 1hen Christopher Robin and
Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet 1ere all tal3ing
together, Christopher Robin 'inished the
mouth'ul he 1as eating and said carelessl4! %-
sa1 a 0e''alump to-da4, Piglet.%
%What 1as it doing(% as3ed Piglet.
%Eust lumping along,% said Christopher Robin.
%- don"t thin3 it sa1 me.%
%- sa1 one once,% said Piglet. %$t least, - thin3
- did,% he said. %.nl4 perhaps it 1asn"t.%
%)o did -,% said Pooh, 1ondering 1hat a
0e''alump 1as li3e.
%;ou don"t o'ten see them,% said Christopher
Robin carelessl4.
%ot no1,% said Piglet.
%ot at this time o' 4ear,% said Pooh.
5hen the4 all tal3ed about something else,
until it 1as time 'or Pooh and Piglet to go
home together. $t 'irst as the4 stumped along
the path 1hich edged the 0undred $cre
Wood, the4 didn"t sa4 much to each other+ but
1hen the4 came to the stream, and had helped
each other across the stepping stones, and
1ere able to 1al3 side b4 side again over the
heather, the4 began to tal3 in a 'riendl4 1a4
about this and that, and Piglet said, %-' 4ou see
1hat - mean, Pooh,% and Pooh said, %-t"s *ust
1hat - thin3 m4sel', Piglet,% and Piglet said,
%2ut, on the other hand, Pooh, 1e must
remember,% and Pooh said, %,uite true, Piglet,
although - had 'orgotten it 'or the moment.%
$nd then, *ust as the4 came to the )ix Pine
5rees, Pooh loo3ed round to see that nobod4
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oportet" et Pu dixit! "Recte me
admones Porcelle etiamsi id per punctum
temporis oblitus essem." Deinde autem,
cum ad )EL P-.) pervenissent Pu
collum, ne quisquam auscultaret,
retorquens valde sollemniter dixit!
"Porcelle mi, decrevi aliquid."
",uid, o Pu, decrevisti("
"Decrevi he''alumpum captare."
)ub haec dicta Pu saepius nutabat et
exspectabat Porcellum rogaturum esse!
",uomodo(" aut dicturum! "Pu, non potes#"
aut sententiam utilem huiusmodi+ sed
Porcellus nihil omnino dixit. Porcellus
enim desiderabat se primum propositum
excogitavisse.
"Pro certo, 'aciam," dixit Pu, paulisper
commoratus, Finsidiis. -nsidias astutas
debeo tendere et auxilium tuum quoque
necesse est, o Porcelle."
FPu," dixit Porcellus hoc sermone recreatus,
"tibi ad*utor accedo ac lubens." Deinde
sub*unxit! ",uo tandem modo(" et Pu dixit!
"-d est, quod quaeritur! quomodo(F Deinde
ambo ad deliberandum consederunt.
Prima sententia Pui erat 'oveam
pro'undissimam 'odere, quam in 'oveam
he''alumpus transeundo delapsurus
esset. . . .
",ua de causa(" dixit Porcellus.
",ua de causa quid(" dixit Pu.
",ua de causa delaberetur("
Pu nasum ungula per'ricans dixit,
he''alumpum 'orsitan cantiunculam
cantitantem ibi ambulaturum esse, coelum
num quid pluvias nuntiaret scrutantem, et
ea de causa eum 'oveam non
conspecturum, usque ad mediam viam
deorsum, cum iam sero esset.
Porcellus dixit, insidias astutas esse, quid
vero 'ieret aqua iam cadente(
Pu nasum iterum 'ricuit et dixit se de eo
nunquam secum reputavisse. Deinceps
relaxato in hilaritatem vultu dixit,
he''alumpum imbris iam in e''usione
oculos srcutantes in coelum sublaturum
else 1as listening, and said in a ver4 solemn
voice! %Piglet, - have decided something."
%What have 4ou decided, Pooh(%
%- have decided to catch a 0e''alump.%
Pooh nodded his head several times as he said
this, and 1aited 'or Piglet to sa4 %0o1(% or
%Pooh, 4ou couldn"t#% or something help'ul o'
that sort, but Piglet said nothing. 5he 'act 1as
Piglet 1as 1ishing that he had thought about
it 'irst.
%- shall do it,% said Pooh, a'ter 1aiting a little
longer, %b4 means o' a trap.
$nd it must be a Cunning 5rap, so 4ou 1ill
have to help me, Piglet.%
%Pooh,% said Piglet, 'eeling quite happ4 again
no1, %- 1ill.% $nd then he said,
%0o1 shall 1e do it(% and Pooh said, %5hat"s
*ust it. 0o1(% $nd then the4 sat do1n
together to thin3 it out.
Pooh"s 'irst idea 1as that the4 should dig a
/er4 Deep Pit, and then the 0e''alump 1ould
come along and 'all into the Pit, and--
%Wh4(% said Piglet.
%Wh4 1hat(% said Pooh.
%Wh4 1ould he 'all in(%
Pooh rubbed his nose 1ith his pa1, and said
that the 0e''alump might be 1al3ing along,
humming a little song, and loo3ing up at the
s34, 1ondering i' it 1ould rain, and so he
1ouldn"t see the /er4 Deep Pit until he 1as
hal'-1a4 do1n, 1hen it 1ould be too late.
Piglet said that this 1as a ver4 good 5rap, but
supposing it 1ere raining alread4(
Pooh rubbed his nose again, and said that he
hadn"t thought o' that. $nd then he brightened
up, and said that, i' it 1ere raining alread4, the
0e''alump 1ould be loo3ing at the s34
1ondering i' it 1ould clear up, and so he
1ouldn"t see the /er4 Deep Pit until he 1as
hal'-1a4 do1n.... When it 1ould be too late.
Piglet said that, no1 that this point had been
explained, he thought it 1as a Cunning 5rap.
Pooh 1as ver4 proud 1hen he heard this, and
he 'elt that the 0e''alump 1as as good as
caught alread4, but there 1as *ust one other
thing 1hich had to be thought about, and it
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esse, num disserenasceret scire cupientem,
quapropter 'oveam non conspecturum,
usque ad mediam viam deorsum, cum iam
sero esset.
Porcellus dixit se nunc, sublata dubitatione,
insidias astutas existimare.
,uibus verbis elatus Pu he''alumpum iam
quasi captum esse censebat, sed unica
disceptatio relicta erat, videlicet! ubi
6oveam Pro'undissimam 'odere deberent(
Porcellus dixit, optimum locum esse ubi
he''alumpus 'uisset, antequam in 'oveam
cecidisset unius autem pedis spatio
interposito.
"0oc vero loco nos 'odere videbit," dixit Pu.
"&inime, si oculos ad coelum tollit."
")uspicionem haberet," dixit Pu, "si 'orsitan
oculos demitteret." $liquamdiu cogitabat et
deinde maeste notavit! ".pinione asperius
est. Credo inde 'ieri, ut he''alumpi
nunquam 'ere capiantur."
")cilicet res ita se habet," dixit Porcellus.
)uspiria duxerunt et consurrexerunt+ deinde
spinis nonnullis vepris e natibus evulsis ad
mutua dicta reddenda consederunt. Per hoc
omne tempus Pu secum identidem
dictitabat! "Utinam modo mihi alicuius rei
in mentem veniat#" )ibi persuasum habebat,
CERE2RU& )$=$CE& he''alumpum
captare posse, dummodo modum rectum
agendi cognovisset.
"Eum te 'inge," dixit Porcello, "qui me
capere vellet+ quid tum 'acies("
")ane," dixit Porcellus, "egomet hoc modo
agam! 'oveam 'odam, vas mellarium in
'ovea collocem - tu ol'acies, odorem
secuturus intro. . . ."
"-ntrabo . . ." Pu trepidans dixit, "sed caute,
ne me laedam, vas mellis attingam, primum
labrum vasis lambam mente 'ingens vas
hoc tantum continere, scisne( Deinde
recedam et mecum cogitem et revertens
medio in vase mel lambere incipiam,
postea autem. . . ."
"-ta est, illud nihil tua re'ert. -bi esees et ego
te caperem. -mprimis nobis quaerendum
1as this. Where should the4 dig the /er4
Deep Pit(
Piglet said that the best place 1ould be
some1here 1here a 0e''alump 1as, *ust
be'ore he 'ell into it, onl4 about a 'oot 'arther
on.
%2ut then he 1ould see us digging it,% said
Pooh.
%ot i' he 1as loo3ing at the s34.%
%0e 1ould )uspect,% said Pooh, %i' he
happened to loo3 do1n.% 0e thought 'or a
long time and then added sadl4, %-t isn"t as
eas4 as - thought. - suppose that"s 1h4
0e''alumps hardl4 ever get caught.%
%5hat must be it,% said Piglet.
5he4 sighed and got up+ and 1hen the4 had
ta3en a 'e1 gorse pric3les out o' themselves
the4 sat do1n again+ and all the time Pooh
1as sa4ing to himsel', %-' onl4 - could thin3
o' something#% 6or he 'elt sure that a /er4
Clever 2rain could catch a 0e''alump i' onl4
he 3ne1 the right 1a4 to go about it.
%)uppose,%
he said to Piglet, %4ou 1anted to catch me,
ho1 1ould 4ou do it(%
%Well,% said Piglet, %- should do it li3e this. -
should ma3e a 5rap, and - should put a Ear o'
0one4 in the 5rap, and 4ou 1ould smell it,
and 4ou 1ould go in a'ter it, and--%
%$nd - 1ould go in a'ter it,% said Pooh
excitedl4, %onl4 ver4 care'ull4 so as not to
hurt m4sel', and - 1ould get to the Ear o'
0one4, and - should lic3 round the edges 'irst
o' all, pretending that there 1asn"t an4 more,
4ou 3no1, and then - should 1al3 a1a4 and
thin3 about it a little, and then - should come
bac3 and start lic3ing in the middle o' the *ar,
and then--%
%;es, 1ell never mind about that 1here 4ou
1ould be, and there - should catch 4ou. o1
the 'irst thing to thin3 o' is, What do
0e''alumps li3e( - should thin3 acorns,
shouldn"t 4ou( We"ll get a lot o'-- - sa4, 1a3e
up, Pooh#%
Pooh, 1ho had gone into a happ4 dream,
1o3e up 1ith a start, and said that 0one4
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est! quid appetitur a he''alumpis( Puto
glandes, nonne( Copiam glandium pro . . .
agendum expergiscere, inquam, Pu#"
Pu, qui somno beato 'ruebatur nunc illico
experrectus est et dixit mel multo
illecebrosius esse glandulis. Porcellus
dissentiebat+ iam disputaturi erant, cum in
mentem revocavit, quod si glandes
collocarent ipse glandes praebere deberet
cum si mel collocarent Pu mellis eius
aliquantum dare deberet, et ea de causa
dixit! "Esto, sit mel," neque alio tempore Pu
etiam recordatus est et dicturus erat! "Esto,
sint glandes#"
"&el," dixit secum Porcellus cogitabundus
quasi iam omnia decreta 'uissent, "egomet
'oveam 'odiam, interea dum tute mel petis."
")cilicet," dixit Pu et abiit.
Reversus domum ad cellularium iit, sellam
conscendit et amplum vas mellis summo de
tabulato sumpsit. "&E?" erat in vase
inscriptum, sed ut se ab insidiis muniret
pergamenam detraxit ac inspexit et mel
esse videbatur. ")emper autem dubitandum
est," dixit Pu. "$vunculum meum audivi
memorantem se olim caseum concolorem
vidisse."
-taque linguam introduxit et primoribus
labris sorbebat haud exiguum. "/ere," dixit,
"est. Est procul dubio mel. &el merum,
dico, usque ad imum vasis 'undum.
)cilicet, nisi quis ludibrio caseum in 'undo
collocaverit. 6ortasse praestaret procedere .
. . si 'orte . . . si 'orte he''alumpi caseum
non diligant . . . aeque ac ego ipse . . .
heus#" et suspirium ab imo pectore duxit,
"recte credidi. Est mel, usque ad 'undum."
,ua de re certior 'actus vas ad Porcellum
retulit, Porcellus autem ex imo 'oveae
pro'undissimae sursum conversis oculis!
"0abesne(" dixit, et Pu dixit! "0abeo, sed
non est vas omnino plenum," et his verbis
vas ad Porcellum pro*ecit, et Porcellus
dixit! "0audquaquam# 5antumne est(" et Pu
")ane" inquit. -ta enim res se habebat.
Porcellus igitur vas in solo 'oveae
1as a much more trapp4 thing than 0a4corns.
Piglet didn"t thin3 so+ and the4 1ere *ust going
to argue about it, 1hen Piglet remembered
that, i' the4 put acorns in the 5rap, he 1ould
have to 'ind the acorns, but i' the4 put hone4,
then Pooh 1ould have to give up some o' his
o1n hone4, so he said, %$ll right, hone4
then,% *ust as Pooh remembered it too, and
1as going to sa4, %$ll right,
ha4corns.% %0one4,% said Piglet to himsel' in a
thought'ul 1a4, as i' it 1ere no1 settled. %-"ll
dig the pit, 1hile 4ou go and get the hone4.%
%/er4 1ell,% said Pooh, and he stumped o''.
$s soon as he got home, he 1ent to the larder+
and he stood on a chair, and too3 do1n a ver4
large *ar o' hone4 'rom the top shel'. -t had
0U; 1ritten on it, but, *ust to ma3e sure,
he too3 o'' the paper cover and loo3ed at it,
and it loo3ed *ust li3e hone4. %2ut 4ou never
can tell,% said Pooh. %- remember m4 uncle
sa4ing once that he had seen cheese *ust this
colour.% )o he put his tongue in, and too3 a
large lic3. %;es,% he said, %it is. o doubt
about that. $nd hone4, - should sa4, right
do1n to the bottom o' the *ar. Unless, o'
course,% he said, %somebod4 put cheese in at
the bottom *ust 'or a *o3e. Perhaps - had better
go a little 'urther . . . *ust in case . . . in case
0e''alumps don"t li3e cheese . . . same as
me. . . . $h#% $nd he gave a deep sigh. %- 1as
right. -t is hone4, right the 1a4 do1n.%
0aving made certain o' this, he too3 the *ar
bac3 to Piglet, and Piglet loo3ed up 'rom the
bottom o' his /er4 Deep Pit, and said, %=ot
it(% and Pooh said,
%;es, but it isn"t quite a 'ull *ar,% and he thre1
it do1n to Piglet, and Piglet said, %o, it isn"t#
-s that all 4ou"ve got le't(% and Pooh said,
%;es.% 2ecause it 1as. )o Piglet put the *ar at
the bottom o' the Pit, and climbed out, and
the4 1ent o'' home together.
%Well, good night, Pooh,% said Piglet, 1hen
the4 had got to Pooh"s house. %$nd
1e meet at six o"cloc3 to-morro1 morning b4
the Pine 5rees, and see ho1 man4
0e''alumps 1e"ve got in our 5rap.%
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collocavit, in marginem scandit et ambo
con*uncte domum ierunt.
"/aleas," dixit Porcellus, cum tarde ad
domum Pui venerunt. "Et cras mane hora
diei sexta apud pinos convenerimus et
viderimus quot he''alumporum in 'ovea
'orent."
"0ora diei sexta, Porcelle. 0abesne
'uniculum quidem("
"on habeo. ,uorsum 'uniculo tibi opus
est("
"$d he''alumpos domum conducendos."
"0eus# . . . opinor eos sibilo advocari
posse#"
"$lii possunt, alii nequeunt. De he''alumpis
semper dubitandum est. Cura ut bene
valeas#"
"/ale."
Porcellus domum, "5ransitum /e"
inscriptam properavit dum Pu lectum
sternit.
onnullas horas post, ultimis noctis
tenebris Pu sensu vacui a''ectus
experrectus est. -am antea aliquoties isto
sensu praeditus 'uerat et quod signi'icaret,
sciebat! F6$&E)Ferat. -taque ad
cellularium iit, sellam conscendit, dextram
summum ad tabulatum tetendit et invenit
nihil#
"&irum," cogitavit, "certo scio me hic vas
mellis habuisse. /as plenum, plenum mellis
a summo, in vase hoc titulo inscripto!
%&E?%, ne 'orte essem nescius vas mel
continere. )ane mirum videtur#" Deinde
ultro citroque commeare coepit, ubi vas
esset scire avens et hanc
commurmurationem secum murmurans!
&axima calamitas#
$best pretiosum vas
/acat tabulatum,
. iniquum 'atum#
)ine lacte, sine cibo
on comedo neque bibo
-n'ectis rebus abeo
on lambo quod non habeo.
5er istud secum cantitans murmuravit cum
%)ix o"cloc3, Piglet. $nd have 4ou got an4
string(%
%o. Wh4 do 4ou 1ant string(%
%5o lead them home 1ith.%
%.h# . . . - thin3 0e''alumps come i' 4ou
1histle.%
%)ome do and some don"t. ;ou never can tell
1ith 0e''alumps. Well, good night#%
%=ood night#%
$nd o'' Piglet trotted to his house
5RE)P$))ER) W, 1hile Pooh made his
preparations 'or bed.
)ome hours later, *ust as the night 1as
beginning to steal a1a4, Pooh 1o3e up
suddenl4 1ith a sin3ing 'eeling. 0e had had
that sin3ing 'eeling be'ore, and he 3ne1 1hat
it meant. 0e 1as hungr4. )o he 1ent to the
larder, and he stood on a chair and reached up
to the top shel', and 'ound--nothing.
%5hat"s 'unn4,% he thought. %- 3no1 - had a *ar
o' hone4 there. $ 'ull *ar, 'ull o' hone4 right
up to the top, and it had 0U; 1ritten on
it, so that - should 3no1 it 1as hone4. 5hat"s
ver4 'unn4.% $nd then he began to 1ander up
and do1n, 1ondering 1here it 1as and
murmuring a murmur to himsel'. ?i3e this!
-t"s ver4, ver4 'unn4,
"Cos - 3no1 - had some hone4 !
"Cos it had a label on,
)a4ing 0U;,
$ goloptious 'ull-up pot too,
$nd - don"t 3no1 1here it"s got to,
o, - don"t 3no1 1here it"s gone--
Well, it"s 'unn4.
0e had murmured this to himsel' three times
in a singing sort o' 1a4, 1hen suddenl4 he
remembered. 0e had put it into the Cunning
5rap to catch the 0e''alump.
%2other#% said Pooh. %-t all comes o' tr4ing to
be 3ind to 0e''alumps.% $nd he got bac3 into
bed.
2ut he couldn"t sleep. 5he more he tried to
sleep, the more he couldn"t. 0e tried Counting
)heep, 1hich is sometimes a good 1a4 o'
getting to sleep, and, as that 1as no good, he
tried counting 0e''alumps. $nd that 1as
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repente recordatus est. -pse ad
he''alumpum captandum vas in 6ovea
-nsidiosa collocaverat#
"&alum#" dixit Pu. "Ecce e''ectus erga
he''alumpos benevolentiae." Et iterum
cubitum iit.
)ed nihil ei cessatum ducit somnum. ,uo
magis dormire tentabat, eo minus poterat.
Conatus est ovium gregis numerum
recensere, quod nonnunquam optimum
remedium insomniae est, et quia id haud
bene evenit conatus est he''alumpos
numerare. -d vero peius erat.
,uotienscumque enim he''alumpum
censuerat, iste recta via vas mellis Pui
agressus est et 6UD-5U) EL0$U)-5.
$liquamdiu in maerore ibi versabatur, sed
cum quingentesimus octogesimus septimus
he''alumpus labra detergens secum dixit!
"-stud est mel saporis praecipui, nego mihi
unquam dulcius 'uisse," Pu sese diutius
'renos imponere nequivit. Corripuit corpus
e stratis, extra domum cucurrit et recta ad
sex pinos properavit.
Phoebus adhuc dormitabat, supra silvam
autem Centum Eugerum quasi lumen
aliquod in coelo indicabat eum mox
experge'actum opertorium lecti ab*ecturum
esse. ?uce incerta pini solitariae et 'rigidae
videbantur, 'ovea pro'unda pro'undior
quam erat adparebat, vas autem mellarium
Pui imo in 'undo m4sticum aliquid erat,
mera 'orma neque aliud. )ed eo
appropinquante nares dixerunt id reapse
mel esse, ac lingua parata emersit et labra
perpolire coepit.
"&alum," dixit nasum in caccabum 'igens
Pu, "he''alumpus quidem omnia siccavit "
Deinde autem aliquamdiu meditatus dixit!
"ullo modo+ ipse 'ui. .blitus sum."
)ane, maximam partem manducaverat. )ed
aliquantulum imo in 'undo vasis relictum
erat itaque illico rostrum inseruit et lambere
coepit. . . .
)ub idem tempus Porcellus experrectus
erat. )imul, secum dixit! "0eu." Deinde
1orse. 2ecause ever4 0e''alump that he
counted 1as ma3ing straight 'or a pot o'
Pooh"s hone4, and eating it all. 6or some
minutes he la4 there miserabl4, but 1hen the
'ive hundred and eight4-seventh 0e''alump
1as lic3ing its *a1s, and sa4ing to itsel',
%/er4 good hone4 this, - don"t 3no1 1hen -"ve
asted better,% Pooh could bear it no longer. 0e
*umped out o' bed, he ran out o' the house,
and he ran straight to the )ix Pine 5rees.
5he )un 1as still in bed, but there 1as a
lightness in the s34 over the 0undred
$cre Wood 1hich seemed to sho1 that it 1as
1a3ing up and 1ould soon be 3ic3ing
o'' the clothes. -n the hal'-light the Pine 5rees
loo3ed cold and lonel4, and the /er4 Deep Pit
seemed deeper than it 1as, and Pooh"s *ar o'
hone4 at the bottom 1as something
m4sterious, a shape and no more. 2ut as he
got nearer lo it his nose told him that it 1as
indeed hone4, and his tongue came out and
began to polish up his mouth, read4 'or it.
%2other#% said Pooh, as he got his nose inside
the *ar. %$ 0e''alump has been eating it#% $nd
then he thought a little and said, %.h, no, -
did. - 'orgot.%
-ndeed, he had eaten most o' it. 2ut there 1as
a little le't at the ver4 bottom o' the *ar, and he
pushed his head right in, and began to lic3....
24 and b4 Piglet 1o3e up. $s soon as he
1o3e he said to himsel', %.h#% 5hen he said
bravel4, %;es,% and then, still more bravel4,
%,uite so.% 2ut he didn"t 'eel ver4 brave, 'or
the 1ord 1hich 1as reall4 *iggeting about in
his brain 1as
%0e''alumps.%
What 1as a 0e''alump li3e(
Was it 6ierce(
Did it come 1hen 4ou 1histled( $nd ho1 did
it come(
Was it 6ond o' Pigs at all(
-' it 1as 6ond o' Pigs, did it ma3e an4
di''erence 1hat sort o' Pig(
)upposing it 1as 6ierce 1ith Pigs, 1ould it
ma3e an4 di''erence i' the Pig had a
grand'ather called 5RE)P$))ER)
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'ortiter! ")ic#" postea etiam 'ortius! "-ta est,"
inquit. )ese autem manu 'ortem esse, non
sentiebat, quia verbum reapse in mente suo
subsultans erat! "0e''alumpus."
",ualis esset adspectus he''alumpi("
"$n 'erox esset("
")ibilo advocaretur( Et quomodo veniret("
"$maret porcos, necne("
"?icet porcos amaret, discerneretne genera("
")i 'orte casu contra porcos 'erox esset,
discerneretne porcos avum "5R$)-5U&
/E" vocatum habentes("
ullum harum interrogationum responsum
novit . . . et primum suum he''alumpum in
hora tandem adspecturus erat#
?icet Pu cum eo iturus esset et omnia
iucundiora viderentur comite aliquo - sed
putemus he''alumpos contra porcellos et
ursos 'eroces esse# "6ortasse praestiterit
dolorem sani capitis mentiri et praetendere
se ad sex pinos ire non posse(" ")ed si dies
pulcherrimus esset et nullus he''alumpus in
'ovea ipse iners in lectulo se continens
totum tempus antemeridianum perderet."
",uid 'aceret("
Deinde autem rationem prudentem
excogitavit. Decrevit secretissime ad sex
pinos adrepere, cautissime 'undum 'oveae
inspicere an he''alumpus intus esset,
speculatum. )i esset, cubitum rediret, sin
aliter autem, minime.
-taque in viam se dedit. Primum cogitabat
nullum he''alumpum in 'ovea 'ore, deinde
autem, unum esse, appropinquans tandem
certior 'actus est unum intus esse, quia
audiebat aliquem he''alumpare ut nil supra.
"Eheu, eheu, eheu#" Porcellus secum
murmuravit. $u'ugere voluit. )ed certe,
iam tam propinquus, putavit se 'ormam
he''alumpi oculis intueri oportere. $d
marginem igitur 'oveae repsit et
introspexit. . . .
Eo omni tempore Pu caput vase mellario
expedire tentaverat. ,uo vehementius vas
succussit, eo artius adhaerebat. "&alum,"
dixit in vase, et ")uccurrite" et saepissime!
W-??-$&(
0e didn"t 3no1 the ans1er to an4 o' these
questions . . . and he 1as going to see his 'irst
0e''alump in about an hour 'rom no1#
.' course Pooh 1ould be 1ith him, and it 1as
much more 6riendl4 1ith t1o. 2ut suppose
0e''alumps 1ere /er4 6ierce 1ith Pigs and
2ears(
Wouldn"t it be better to pretend that he had a
headache, and couldn"t go up to the )ix Pine
5rees this morning( 2ut then suppose that it
1as a ver4 'ine da4, and there 1as no
0e''alump in the trap, here he 1ould be, in
bed all the morning, simpl4 1asting his time
'or nothing. What should he do(
$nd then he had a Clever -dea. 0e 1ould go
up ver4 quietl4 to the )ix Pine 5rees no1,
peep ver4 cautiousl4 into the 5rap, and see i'
there 1as a 0e''alump there. $nd i' there 1as,
he 1ould go bac3 to bed, and i' there 1asn"t,
he 1ouldn"t. )o o'' he 1ent. $t 'irst he
thought that there 1ouldn"t be a 0e''alump in
the 5rap, and then he thought that there
1ould, and as he got nearer he 1as sure that
there 1ould, because he could hear it
he''alumping about it li3e an4thing.
%.h, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear#% said Piglet to
himsel'. $nd he 1anted to run a1a4. 2ut
someho1, having got so near, he 'elt that he
must *ust see 1hat a 0e''alump 1as li3e. )o
he crept to the side o' the 5rap and loo3ed in.
$nd all the time Winnie-the-Pooh had been
tr4ing to get the hone4-*ar o'' his head. 5he
more he shoo3 it, the more tightl4 it stuc3.
%2other#% he said, inside the *ar, and %.h,
help#% and, mostl4, %.1#% $nd he tried
bumping it against things, but as he couldn"t
see 1hat he 1as bumping it against, it didn"t
help him+ and he tried to climb out o' the
5rap, but as he could see nothing but *ar,
and not much o' that, he couldn"t 'ind his 1a4.
)o at last he li'ted up his head, *ar and all, and
made a loud, roaring noise o' )adness and
Despair . . .and it 1as at that moment that
Piglet loo3ed do1n.
%0elp, help#% cried Piglet, %a 0e''alump, a
<D
"/ae." 5entabat vas contra aliquid tundere,
sed contra quid videre nequiens id nihil
pro'ecit+ tentabat in marginem scandere,
sed nil nisi vas et vasis dum taxat
pauxillum videns viam invenire nequivit.
-taque postremo caput, vas et omnia
sustulit, rumorem magnum et lugubrem
tristitiae et desperationis emisit. . . ibi vero
Porcellus deorsum spectavit.
")uccurrite, succurrite#" Porcellus clamavit.
"0e''alumpus, horribilis he''alumpus#" et
quam ocissime au'ugit, clamitans!
")uccurrite, succurrite, horribilis
he''alumpus# 0o'', ho'', hellibilis
horralumpus# 0oll, holl, ho''abilis
hellerumpus#" Et clamitare ac currere non
desivit usque ad domum Christophori
Robini.
",uid ergo est, Porcelle(" dixit
Christophorus Robinus lectulo exsurgens.
"0e''," dixit Porcellus anhelitum ducens ut
vix loqui posset, "he'' - he'' - he''alumpus#"
"Ubi("
"-llic," exclamavit ungulam agitans
Porcellus.
",ualem praebet speciem("
")icut - sicut - habet maximum caput quod
unquam vidisti. $liquid magnum et
immane - sicut - sicut nihil. Permagnum -
sane, putares - nescio - permagnum nihil.
)icut caccabus."
".ptime," dixit Christophorus Robinus
calceos induens, "ivero et videbo. /eni
mecum."
Cum Christophoro comite Porcellus nihil
timebat igitur viam capessiverunt. . . .
"-am audio aliquid . . . nonne audis(" dixit
Porcellus timidus, cum propinqui 'uerunt.
"$udio aliquid," dixit Christophorus
Robinus.
Erat Pu, caput adversae radici, quam
invenerat, impingens.
"Ecce," dixit Porcellus, "nonne, terribile est("
- et dextrae Christophori se arte implicuit.
Repente, Christophorus Robinus
latissimum cachinnum extollit . . et risit . . .
0orrible 0e'alump#% and he scampered o'' as
hard as he could, still cr4ing out, %0elp, help,
a 0errible 0o''alump# 0o'', 0o'', a 0ellible
0orralump# 0oll, 0oll, a 0o''able
0ellerump#%
$nd he didn"t stop cr4ing and scampering
until he got to Christopher Robin"s house.
%Whatever"s the matter, Piglet(% said
Christopher Robin, 1ho 1as *ust getting up.
%0e'',% said Piglet, breathing so hard that he
could hardl4 spea3, %a 0e''Ma 0e''--a
0e''alump.%
%Where(%
%Up there,% said Piglet, 1aving his pa1.
%What did it loo3 li3e(%
%?i3e--li3e---- -t had the biggest head 4ou
ever sa1, Christopher Robin. $ great
enormous thing, li3e--li3e nothing. $ huge
big--1ell, li3e a--- don"t 3no1--li3e
an enormous big nothing. ?i3e a *ar.%
%Well,% said Christopher Robin, putting on his
shoes, %- shall go and loo3 at it. Come on.%
Piglet 1asn"t a'raid i' he had Christopher
Robin 1ith him, so o'' the4 1ent....
%- can hear it, can"t 4ou(% said Piglet
anxiousl4, as the4 got near.
%- can hear something,% said Christopher
Robin.
-t 1as Pooh bumping his head against a tree-
root he had 'ound.
%5here#% said Piglet. %-sn"t it a1'ul(% $nd he
held on tight to Christopher Robin"s hand.
)uddenl4 Christopher Robin began to laugh . .
. and he laughed . . and he
laughed . . . and he laughed. $nd 1hile he 1as
still laughing-- Crash 1ent the
0e''alump"s head against the tree-root, )mash
1ent the *ar, and out came Pooh"s head
again....
5hen Piglet sa1 1hat a 6oolish Piglet he had
been, and he 1as so ashamed o' himsel' that
he ran straight o'' home and 1ent to bed 1ith
a headache. 2ut Christopher Robin and Pooh
1ent home to brea3'ast together.
%.h, 2ear#% said Christopher Robin. %0o1 -
do love 4ou#%
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et risit . . . et risit. Ed dum ridet - bumm -
caput he''alumpi contra radicem arboris
tundit. E vase e''racto Pu iterum caput
extraxit. . .
5unc demum Porcellus intellexit se
porcellum stultulum 'uisse et adeo eum
pudebat stultitiae suae ut recta via domum
curreret et ex capite laborans cubitum iret.
Christophorus Robinus autem et Pu ad
*entaculum sumendum domum ierunt.
". urse," dixit Christophorus Robinus,
"quam ex animo te diligo#"
"Egomet quoque te," dixit Pu.
!I
Quo in capite Ior #atalem agit ,iem et
duo dona accipit
-or, auritulus ille annosus et cinereus apud
ripam rivuli stabat et sese in aqua
intuebatur. "Patheticum#" dixit. "&ehercle,
ita est. Patheticum."
)e convertens lente viginti ulnas secundum
'lumen descendit, vado transiit, et in
ulteriore ripa lente rediit. Deinde se iterum
in aqua adspexit.
"on secus ac 'ore suspicatus eram," dixit.
"0oc latere ne minime quidem melius. )ed
nemo curat. emini curae est. Patheticum,
ita est."
5um strepitus in 'ilicibus post eum 'actus
est et exiit Pu.
".minor tibi bonas horas matutinas," dixit
Pu.
")alve, Urse Pu," dixit maestus -or. ")i mane
bonum est," dixit. ",uod in dubium voco,"
dixit.
"Cur( ,uid tibi accidit("
"ihil, Pu urse, nihil. on omnes possumus
et nonnulli nostrum nequeunt. Res non
aliter se habet."
",uid nequeunt nonnulli(" dixit nasum
per'ricans Pu.
"0ilaritas, chorea, carmina, circa morum
saltamus#"
%)o do -,% said Pooh.
!I
In Which 'e$ore "as A Birthda$ And gets
T-o Presents
EE;.RE, the old gre4 Don3e4, stood b4 the
side o' the stream, and loo3ed at himsel' in
the 1ater.
%Pathetic,% he said. s" 5hat"s 1hat it is.
Pathetic.% 0e turned and 1al3ed slo1l4 do1n
the stream 'or t1ent4 4ards, splashed across
it, and 1al3ed slo1l4 bac3 on the other side.
5hen he loo3ed at himsel' in the 1ater again.
%$s - thought,% he said. %o better 'rom this
side. 2ut nobod4 minds. obod4 cares.
Pathetic, that"s 1hat it is.%
5here 1as a crac3ling noise in the brac3en
behind him, and out came Pooh.
%=ood morning, Ee4ore,% said Pooh.
%=ood morning, Pooh 2ear,% said Ee4ore
gloomil4. %-' it is a good morning,% he
said. %Which - doubt,% said he.
%Wh4, 1hat"s the matter(%
%othing, Pooh 2ear, nothing. We can"t all,
and some o' us don"t. 5hat"s all there is to it.%
%Can"t all 1hat(% said Pooh, rubbing his nose.
%=aiet4. )ong-and-dance. 0ere 1e go round
the mulberr4 bush.%
%.h#% said Pooh. 0e thought 'or a long time,
and then as3ed, %What mulberr4 bush is that(%
%2on-homm4,% 1ent on Ee4ore gloomil4.
%6rench 1ord meaning bonhomm4,% he
explained. %-"m not complaining, but 5here -t
-s.%
Pooh sat do1n on a large stone, and tried to
>H
".," dixit Pu. Per multum tempus meditatus
est deinde rogavit! ",ualis morus est ea("
"2onhomm4," perrexit -or maestus. "/ox
gallica, quae %bonhomm4% signi'icat. olo
queri, sed ecce."
Pu magno quodam saxo consedit et conatus
est, id responsum quo valeret, intellegere.
Ei quasi aenigma apparebat et ipse
nunquam aenigmator praeclarus 'uerat,
quia ursus pauxilli cerebri erat. -taque loco
solutionis "crustulum cru" cantavit!
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum cru
Cano aenigmata, canis ac tu(
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum crum
Cerebrum meum est 'atiga-tum.
6uit prima stropha. Ea stropha con'ecta -or
non dixit eam non dilexisse, itaque Pu ei
amabiliter secundam stropham cantavit!
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum cru
/olitant aves, dic volitas tu(
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum crum
Cerebrum meum est 'atiga-tum.
ec tunc quidem -or aliquid dixit, itaque
Pu tertiam stropham tranquille secum
murmuravit!
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum cru
)ibilo bene, dic sibilas tu(
Crustulum, crustulum, crustulum crum
Cerebrum meum est 'atiga-tum.
".ptime," dixit -or, "Canta# Umti-tiddl, umt4
tu. 0ic collegimus uces et &aium.
Delectamini#"
"Delector," dixit Pu.
"onnulli possunt," dixit -or.
"$ccidit aliquid("
"$liquid accidit("
"5ristis appares, -or."
"5ristis( ,uid est cur sim tristis( Est dies
meus natalis. 6austissimus anni dies."
"Dies tuus natalis(" dixit Pu mirabundus.
"/idelicet est. onne vides( Ecce munera,
quae accepi." Ungulam hinc et illinc
agitavit. "/ide libum natalicium# Candelas
et saccharum roseum#"
Pu primum ad dextram, deinde ad sinistram
spectavit.
thin3 this out. -t sounded to him li3e a riddle,
and he 1as never much good at riddles, being
a 2ear o' /er4 ?ittle 2rain. )o he sang
Cottleston Pie instead!
Cottleslon, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.
$ 'l4 can"t bird, but a bird can 'l4.
$s3 me a riddle and - repl4!
%Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.%
5hat 1as the 'irst verse. When he had 'inished
it, Ee4ore didn"t actuall4 sa4
that he didn"t li3e it, so Pooh ver4 3indl4 sang
the second verse to him!
Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
$ 'ish can"t 1histle and neither can -.
$s3 me a riddle and - repl4!
%Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.%
Ee4ore still said nothing at all, so Pooh
hummed the third verse quietl4 to
himsel'!
Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
Wh4 does a chic3en, - don"t 3no1 1h4.
$s3 me a riddle and - repl4! %Cottleston,
Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.%
%5hat"s right,% said Ee4ore. %)ing. Umt4-
tiddl4, umt4-too. 0ere 1e go gathering
uts and &a4. En*o4 4oursel'.%
%- am,% said Pooh.
%)ome can,% said Ee4ore.
%Wh4, 1hat"s the matter(%
%-s an4thing the matter(%
%;ou seem so sad, Ee4ore.%
%)ad( Wh4 should - be sad( -t"s m4 birthda4.
5he happiest da4 o' the 4ear.%
%;our birthda4(% said Pooh in great surprise.
%.' course it is. Can"t 4ou see( ?oo3 at all the
presents - have had.% 0e 1aved
a 'oot 'rom side to side. %?oo3 at the birthda4
ca3e. Candles and pin3 sugar.%
Pooh loo3ed--'irst to the right and then to the
le't.
%Presents(% said Pooh. %2irthda4 ca3e(% said
Pooh. %Where(%
%Can"t 4ou see them(%
%o,% said Pooh.
%either can -,% said Ee4ore. %Eo3e,% he
explained. %0a ha#%
>7
"Dona(" dixit Pu. "?ibum natalicium(" dixit
Pu. "Ubi(
"Ea videre nequis("
"equeo," dixit Pu.
"Etiam ego nequeo," dixit -or. "Eocus,"
explicavit. "0a N ha#"
Pu omnibus his rebus commotus caput
per'ricuit.
"Reapse dies natalis tuus est(" rogavit.
"Pro'ecto."
". - utinam dies iste saepe et laete
revertatur, -or#"
"5ibi etiam reditus 'requentes et 'elices
ominor, Pu."
")ed non est dies natalis meus."
"&inime. &eus est."
")ed dixisti! reditus 'requentes et
'elices. . . ."
"Dixi! quidni( on semper die natali miser
esse debes."
"5eneo," dixit Pu.
")atis superque malum est," dixit -or paene
collabens, "ut egomet omnibus modis miser
sim sine muneribus, sine crustulis et
candelis, quia nemo respectum mei qui
debetur habet, sed si etiam omnes ceten
miseri. . . ."
0oc Pu 'erre non potuit. "&ane dum," dixit
-ori se convertens et quam ocissime
domum properavit. Conscius sibi erat, se
misero -ori illico donum quodlibet 'erre
oportere, et de apto dono posterius cogitare
posse.
$nte 'ores Porcellum invenit, qui ad
pulsatorem manu prehendendum
subsultabat.
")alve Porcelle," dixit.
")alve Pu," dixit Porcellus.
",uid tibi mentis est("
"Pulsatorem manu prehendere volebam,"
dixit Porcellus. "Praeteribam. . . ."
")ine me id pro te 'acere," dixit Pu urbane.
-taque pulsatorem apprehendit et ostium
pulsavit. "&odo -orem vili," coepit, "et -or
ille acerbus in sorte iniqua est, quia ex hac
luce ordinat annos neque quisquam hoc
Pooh scratched his head, being a little pu::led
b4 all this.
%2ut is it reall4 4our birthda4(% he as3ed.
%-t is.%
%.h# Well, &an4 happ4 returns o' the da4,
Ee4ore.%
%$nd man4 happ4 returns to 4ou, Pooh 2ear.%
%2ut it isn"t m4 birthda4.%
%o, it"s mine.%
%2ut 4ou said "&an4 happ4 returns"--%
%Well, 1h4 not( ;ou don"t al1a4s 1ant to be
miserable on m4 birthda4, do 4ou(%
%.h, - see,% said Pooh.
%-t"s bad enough.% said Ee4ore. almost
brea3ing do1n %being miserable m4sel', 1hat
1ith no presents and no ca3e and no candles,
and no proper notice ta3en o' me at all, but i'
ever4bod4 else is going to be miserable
too----%
5his 1as too much 'or Pooh. %)ta4 there#% he
called to Ee4ore, as he turned and hurried
bac3 home as quic3 as he could+ 'or he 'elt
that he must get poor Ee4ore a present o'
some sort at once, and he could al1a4s thin3
o' a proper one a'ter1ards.
.utside his house he 'ound Piglet, *umping up
and do1n tr4ing to reach the 3noc3er.
%0allo, Piglet,% he said.
%0allo, Pooh,% said Piglet.
%What are 4ou tr4ing to do(%
%- 1as tr4ing to reach the 3noc3er,% said
Piglet. %- *ust came round----%
%?et me do it 'or 4ou,% said Pooh 3indl4. )o
he reached up and 3noc3ed at the
door. %- have *ust seen Ee4ore is in a /er4 )ad
Condition, because it"s his
birthda4, and nobod4 has ta3en an4 notice o'
it, and he"s ver4 =loom4--4ou 3no1 1hat
Ee4ore is--and there he 1as, and---- What a
long time 1hoever lives here is ans1ering this
door.% $nd he 3noc3ed again.
%2ut Pooh,% said Piglet, %it"s 4our o1n
house#%
%.h#% said Pooh. %)o it is,% he said. %Well,
let"s go in.%
)o in the4 1ent. 5he 'irst thing Pooh did 1as
><
animadvertit et valde tristis est - probe
nosti -orem - illic stabat et . . . quicumque
hic habitat, quousque tardat ostium
aperire#" Et iterum pulsavit.
")ed Pu," dixit Porcellus, "haeccine domus
tua esti"
".," dixit Pu, "sane, ita est," dixit, "$ge,
eamus igitur intro#" -ntroierunt. Pu nihil
potius 'ecit, quam ut ad armarium iret ad se
certiorem 'aciendum an vasculum mellis
reliquum esset. /asculum aderat, itaque
prehendit.
"0oc -ori dono," explicavit, "ad natalicium
diem colendum. 5u quid das("
"onne con*unctim id dare possumus(" dixit
Porcellus. "Uterque nostrum("
"&inime," dixit Pu. "0oc non est bonum
consilium."
"Esto, ei 'olliculum dabo. &ihi unus ex
convivio superest. $beo et statim a''eram.
/isne("
"Ecce, Porcelle, optimum quidem
consilium. -d est quod ad -orem
laeti'icandum oportet. 6olliculos habentes
nunquam lugent."
-taque Porcellus viam capessivit. -n
contrarium autem abiit Pu cum vase mellis.
Dies aestuosos erat iter autem longum,
ondum plus quam dimidium itineris
con'ecerat, cum sensu mirabili a''ectus est.
)ensus ab apice nasi ortus eum omnino
pervasit et per plantas pedum exiit. Erat
quasi si quis in sinu diceret! "$ge Pu,
buccellae hora est#"
"Eheu, eheu," dixit Pu, "latuit me tam sero
esse."
Consedit igitur et operculum vasculi mellis
sublevavit.
".portunissime accidit quod hoc mecum
tuli," cogitavit. ")unt ursi qui die calido
sicut hodierno exeuntes nunquam
cogitaverint aliquantulum alicuius rei
secum portare." Et manducare coepit.
"/ideamus igitur#" cogitabat imis 'undis
vasculi lambitis. ",uonam eram iturus("
?ente exsurrexit.
to go to the cupboard to see i' he had quite a
small *ar o' hone4 le't+ and he had, so he too3
it do1n.
%-"m giving this to Ee4ore,% he explained, %as
a present. What are 4ou going to
give(%
%Couldn"t - give it too(% said Piglet. %6rom
both o' us(%
%o,% said Pooh. %5hat 1ould not be a good
plan.%
%$ll right, then, -"ll give him a balloon. -"ve
got one le't 'rom m4 part4. -"ll go and get it
no1, shall -(%
%5hat, Piglet, is a ver4 good idea. -t is *ust
1hat Ee4ore 1ants to cheer him up. obod4
can be uncheered 1ith a balloon.%
)o o'' Piglet trotted+ and in the other direction
1ent Pooh, 1ith his *ar o' hone4. -t 1as a
1arm da4, and he had a long 1a4 to go. 0e
hadn"t gone more than hal'-1a4 1hen a sort o'
'unn4 'eeling began to creep all over him. -t
began at the tip o' his nose and tric3led all
through him and out at the soles o' his
'eet. -t 1as *ust as i' somebod4 inside him
1ere sa4ing, %o1 then, Pooh, time 'or a
little something.%
%Dear, dear,% said Pooh, %- didn"t 3no1 it 1as
as late as that.% )o he sat do1n and too3 the
top o'' his *ar o' hone4. %?uc34 - brought this
1ith me,% he thought. %&an4 a bear going out
on a 1arm da4 li3e this 1ould never have
thought
o' bringing a little something 1ith him.% $nd
he began to eat.
%o1 let me see,% he thought# as he too3 his
last lic3 o' the inside o' the *ar,
%Where 1as - going( $h, 4es, Ee4ore.% 0e got
up slo1l4.
$nd then, suddenl4, he remembered. 0e had
eaten Ee4ore"s birthda4 present#
%2other#% said Pooh. %What shall - do( - must
give him something.%
6or a little 1hile he couldn"t thin3 o'
an4thing. 5hen he thought! %Well, it"s a ver4
nice pot, even i' there"s no hone4 in it, and i' -
1ashed it clean, and got somebod4 to 1rite "$
>>
Et tunc illico in mentem ei venit!
"atalicium -oris manducaverat#"
"&alum#" exclamavit Pu. ",uid 'aciam(
.portet me ei aliquid 'erre#" Paulisper
consilium capere nequivit. Deinde
cogitavit! "Est vas lepidum etsi melle carens
et si lavavero et si quis %'elicem natalem%
inscripserit -or in eo res conservare poterit,
quod ei commode eveniet." Et quia silvam
Centum Eugerum perambulare contigit, iter
capessivit ad 2ubonem, ibi habitantem,
visitandum.
")alve 2ubo," dixit. ")alve Pu," dixit 2ubo.
"Utinam natalis dies -oris saepe et 'eliciter
revertatur#" dixit Pu.
"Pro certon"( -or diem natalem agit("
",uid ei dono dabis, 2ubo("
",uid ei dono das, Pu("
"Do ei vasculum utile ad res conservandas
idoneum et te rogare volebam. . . ."
"Estne hoc(" dixit 2ubo, vas e manibus Pui
apprehendens.
"0oc, et te rogare volebam. . . ."
"$liquis mel in eo tenebat," dixit 2ubo.
",uidlibet in vase conservari potest," dixit
Pu graviter. "Utilissimum est. 5e rogare
volebam. . . ."
".portet vasi %'austum natalem% inscribere."
"-d est quod rogaturus eram," dixit Pu.
".rthographia mea vacillat. Est bona
orthographia sed vacillat et litterae in loca
'alsa cadunt. )cribasne %'austum natalem%
pro me("
"Est lepidum," dixit 2ubo, vas ab omni parte
inspiciens. "Con*unctene malles mecum vas
dare( $ nobis ambobus("
"Plane nego," dixit Pu. "-d consilium
pessimum est. unc primum vas bene
eluam, postea autem scribere poteris."
-taque vas eluebat et siccabat, dum 2ubo
acumen graphidis lambit, scire cupiens,
quomodo "natalis" scriberetur.
")cisne litteras Pu(" rogavit aliquantum
timidus. "0ic ante 'ores habeo libellos ad
pulsationem et tractionem 'uniculi
pertinentes, quos Christophorus Robinus
0app4 2irthda4" on it, Ee4ore could 3eep
things in it,
1hich might be Use'ul.% )o, as he 1as *ust
passing the 0undred $cre Wood, he
1ent inside to call on .1l, 1ho lived there.
%=ood morning, .1l,% he said.
%=ood morning, Pooh,% said .1l.
%&an4 happ4 returns o' Ee4ore"s birthda4,%
said Pooh.
%.h, is that 1hat it is(%
%What are 4ou giving him, .1l(%
%What are 4ou giving him, Pooh(%
%-"m giving him a Use'ul Pot to Jeep 5hings
-n, and - 1anted to as3 4ou %
%-s this it(% said .1l, ta3ing it out o' Pooh"s
pa1.
%;es, and - 1anted to as3 4ou--%
%)omebod4 has been 3eeping hone4 in it,%
said .1l.
%;ou can 3eep an4thing in it,% said Pooh
earnestl4. %-t"s /er4 Use'ul li3e that.
$nd - 1anted to as3 4ou----%
%;ou ought to 1rite "$ 0app4 2irthda4" on it.%
%5hat 1as 1hat - 1anted to as3 4ou,% said
Pooh. %2ecause m4 spelling is Wobbl4.
-t"s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the
letters get in the 1rong places.
Would 4ou 1rite "$ 0app4 2irthda4" on it 'or
me(%
%-t"s a nice pot,% said .1l, loo3ing at it all
round. %Couldn"t - give it too(
6rom both o' us(%
%o,% said Pooh. %5hat 1ould not be a good
plan. o1 -"ll *ust 1ash it 'irst,
and then 4ou can 1rite on it.%
Well, he 1ashed the pot out, and dried it,
1hile .1l lic3ed the end o' his
pencil, and 1ondered ho1 to spell %birthda4.%
%Can 4ou read, Pooh(% he as3ed a little
anxiousl4. %5here"s a notice about
3noc3ing and ringing outside m4 door, 1hich
Christopher Robin 1rote. Could 4ou
read it(%
%Christopher Robin told me 1hat it said, and
then - could.%
%Well, -"ll tell 4ou 1hat this sa4s, and then
>@
scripsit. Potesne eos legere("
"Christophorus Robinus, quod
signi'icassent, dixerat, ideo potui."
"2ene, ego quid ista signi'icet dico, iam
poteris."
-ta 2ubo scripsit . . . et ecce inscriptio!
"6?-C& 6E?C& 5$$?& 5$5$?&
$5$5$?&."
Pu mirabundus spectabat.
"Dico! 'elicem natalem," dixit 2ubo obiter.
"Est natalis mehercle longus," dixit Pu+
vehementer commotus.
"Revera, videlicet, quod dixi est! %'elicem
natalem ominatur Pu, summo cum amore.%
)ententiam tam longam scribere pro'ecto
multae graphidis est."
"5eneo," dixit Pu.
Dum haec omnia geruntur, Porcellus
'olliculum -oris petitum domum suam
reverterat. 6olliculum toto pectore
adstringens, ae vento abduceretur, quanta
maxima celeritate potuit, ut ante Pum
adveniret, currebat. /olebat enim primus
donum 'are veluti si ipse nullo sibi dicente,
tamen de natalicio cogitavisset. Currens et
-oris gaudium mente 'ingens quonam iret
non observabat . . . repente autem pedem
cuniculo leporis imposuit et procidit. . . .
2ang ###(((###
Porcellus humi procubuit, quid accidisset
scire avens. Primum totum mundum
diruptum 'uisse censuit, deinde silvam
dumtaxat, deinde nil nisi sese. Deinde
censuit se in lunam abductum 'uisse, aut
alibi, et se Christophorum Robinum, Pum
et -orem postea visurum desperavit. Deinde
autem cogitavit! "ec in luna quidem
semper humi procumbentem permanere
oportet," caute igitur exsurrexit et oculos
circumtulit.
Etiam tunc in silva erat.
"&irum dictu#" cogitavit. ")cire velim, quid
strepitus 'uerit# Cadendo talem 'ragorem
edere nequivi. Et ubi est 'olliculus( Et quid
iste parvus pannus humidus sibi vult("
6olliculus erat#
4ou"ll be able to.%
)o .1l 1rote . . . and this is 1hat he 1rote!
0-P; P$P; 250U50D50 50U50D$
250U50D;.
Pooh loo3ed on admiringl4.
%-"m *ust sa4ing "$ 0app4 2irthda4",% said
.1l carelessl4.
%-t"s a nice long one,% said Pooh, ver4 much
impressed b4 it.
%Well, actuall4, o' course, -"m sa4ing "$ /er4
0app4 2irthda4 1ith love 'rom
Pooh." aturall4 it ta3es a good deal o' pencil
to sa4 a long thing li3e that.%
%.h, - see,% said Pooh.
While all this 1as happening, Piglet had gone
bac3 to his o1n house to get Ee4ore"s balloon.
0e held it ver4 tightl4 against himsel', so that
it shouldn"t blo1 a1a4, and he ran as 'ast as
he could so as to get to Ee4ore be'ore Pooh
did+ 'or he thought that he 1ould li3e to be the
'irst one to give a present, *ust as i' he had
thought o' it 1ithout being told b4 an4bod4.
$nd running along, and thin3ing ho1 pleased
Ee4ore 1ould be, he didn"t loo3 1here he 1as
going . . . and suddenl4 he put his 'oot in a
rabbit hole, and 'ell do1n 'lat on his 'ace.
2$=###(((OOO###
Piglet la4 there, 1ondering 1hat had
happened. $t 'irst he thought that the 1hole
1orld had blo1n up+ and then he thought that
perhaps onl4 the 6orest part o' it had+ and
then he thought that perhaps onl4 he had, and
he 1as no1 alone in the moon or some1here,
and 1ould never see Christopher Robin or
Pooh or Ee4ore again. $nd then he thought,
%Well, even i' -"m in the moon, - needn"t be
'ace do1n1ards all the time,% so he got
cautiousl4 up and loo3ed about him.
0e 1as still in the 6orest#
%Well, that"s 'unn4,% he thought. %- 1onder
1hat that bang 1as. - couldn"t have made such
a noise *ust 'alling do1n. $nd 1here"s m4
balloon( $nd 1hat"s that small piece o' damp
rag doing(% -t 1as the balloon#
%.h, dear#% said Piglet. %.h, dear, oh, dearie,
dearie, dear# Well, it"s too late no1. - can"t go
>A
"Eheu," dixit Porcellus, "o heu, eheu, eheu, o
heu# )ed nunc sero est. Reverti non
possum, alterum 'olliculum non habeo et
'ortasse -or 'olliculos non diligit
admodum."
-taque, nunc tristior, perrexit et cum ad
ripam, ubi -or erat pervenisset, eum
vocavit.
".minor tibi bonas horas matutinas, -or,"
clamavit Porcellus.
"Ego vero tibi, Porcelle parvule," dixit -or.
")i mane bonum est," dixit. ",uod dubito,"
dixit. "&e modice tangit," dixit.
"Utinam dies iste saepe et 'eliciter
revertatur," dixit Porcellus, appropinquans.
-or desivit se in rivo intueri et ad Porcellum
adspectandum revertit.
"-teradum eadem ista mihi#" dixit.
"Utinam. . . ."
"Paulisper exspecta."
)ese tribus pedibus librans cautissime
quartam ungulam ad auriculam admovere
coepit. "0eri hoc 'eci," explicabat tertio
cadens. "6acile 'actu est. -ta melius
audio. . . . Ecce, 'actum est. Dic etiam
clarius! quid dixisti(" et auriculam ungula
propulit.
"Utinam iste dies saepe et 'auste,
revertatur#"
"&in" tu istud ais("
")cilicet, -or."
"atalis meus("
")cilicet."
"$d me verum diem natalem habentem
re'ert("
"-ta est, -or, et donum tibi attuli."
-or ungulam dextram ab auricula dextra
sustulit et, conversus, ungulam sinistram ad
auriculam sinistiam levavit.
"-nmitte istud in alteram auriculam", dixit.
"$ge#"
"Donum," dixit Porcellus magna voce.
"-terum ad me re'ert("
"-terum."
"$d natalem meum("
")cilicet, -or."
bac3, and - haven"t another balloon, and
perhaps Ee4ore doesn"t li3e balloons so ver4
much.%
)o he trotted on, rather sadl4 no1, and do1n
he came to the side o' the stream 1here
Ee4ore 1as, and called out to him.
%=ood morning, Ee4ore,% shouted Piglet.
%=ood morning, ?ittle Piglet,% said Ee4ore.
%-' it is a good morning,% he said.
%Which - doubt,% said he. %ot that it
matters,% he said.
%&an4 happ4 returns o' the da4,% said Piglet,
having no1 got closer.
Ee4ore stopped loo3ing at himsel' in the
stream, and turned to stare at Piglet.
%Eust sa4 that again,% he said.
%&an4 hap--%
%Wait a moment.%
2alancing on three legs, he began to bring his
'ourth leg ver4 cautiousl4 up to his ear. %- did
this 4esterda4,% he explained, as he 'ell do1n
'or the third time. %-t"s quite eas4. -t"s so as -
can hear better. ... 5here, that"s done it#
o1 then, 1hat 1ere 4ou sa4ing(% 0e pushed
his ear 'or1ard 1ith his hoo'.
%&an4 happ4 returns o' the da4,% said Piglet
again.
%&eaning me(%
%.' course, Ee4ore.%
%&4 birthda4(%
%;es.%
%&e having a real birthda4(%
%;es, Ee4ore, and -"ve brought 4ou a present.%
Ee4ore too3 do1n his right hoo' 'rom his
right ear, turned round, and 1ith great
di''icult4 put up his le't hoo'.
%- must have that in the other ear,% he said.
%o1 then.%
%$ present,% said Piglet ver4 loudl4.
%&eaning me again(%
%;es.%
%&4 birthda4 still(%
%.' course, Ee4ore.%
%&e going on having a real birthda4(%
%;es, Ee4ore, and - brought 4ou a balloon.%
%2alloon(% said Ee4ore. %;ou did sa4
>B
"$d me natalem verum habentem("
"-ta est -or et 'olliculum attuli."
"6olliculum(" dixit -or. "6olliculum dixisti(
Unam rerum coloratarum in'latarum(
P0ilaritas, chorea, sumus hic sumus illic(FQ
")ane, sed vereor . . . dolendum est -or+ sed
currendo et apportando titubavi."
"0ercle, nollem accidisset hoc tibi# Censeo
te nimium celeriter cucurrisse. 5e laesisti,
Porcelle parvule("
"&inime, sed ego . . . ego. . . -or, 'olliculum
rupi."
?ongum silentium secutum est.
"6olliculum meum natalicium("
"-ta est, -or," dixit Porcellus singultim. "Ecce
. . . cum . . . multis 'elicibus reditionibus
diei." Et -ori, panniculum parvulum
humidumque porrexit.
"0oc est(" dixit -or aliquantulum
obstupe'actus.
Porcellus adnuit.
"Donum meum("
Porcellus iterum adnuit.
"6olliculus("
")ane."
"=ratias tibi ago, o Porcelle," dixit -or. "Pace
tua liceat rogavisse," sub*unxit, "qualis erat
color huius 'olliculi cum . . . dum 'olliculus
erat("
"Ruber."
")cire cupivi. . . . Ruber," secum
murmuravit, ". . . color, quo ego maxime
delector . . . qualis erat magnitudo eius("
"Erat magnitudo mea."
")cire cupivi. . . . &agnitudo Porcelli#"
secum tristis murmuravit, ". . . magnitudo
qua ego maxime delector. -ta est, ita."
Porcellus quid dicere deberet incertus, non
belle se habebat. -am ore hiante aliquid
dicere coepit, deinde decrevit, hoc potius
non dicere, cum ab ulteriore ripa vocem
clamantem audivit, et advenit Pu.
"&ultas 'elices reditiones diei," clamavit Pu,
oblitus hoc iam dixisse.
"=ratias tibi ago Pu, eas iam habeo," dixit
iniquae mentis asellus.
balloon( .ne o' those big coloured things
4ou blo1 up( =aiet4, song-and-dance, here
1e are and there 1e are(%
%;es, but -"m a'raid---"m ver4 sorr4, Ee4ore--
but 1hen - 1as running along to bring it 4ou,
- 'ell do1n.%
%Dear, dear, ho1 unluc34# ;ou ran too 'ast, -
expect. ;ou didn"t hurt 4oursel',
?ittle Piglet(%
%o, but ------oh, Ee4ore, - burst the balloon#%
5here 1as a ver4 long silence.
%&4 balloon(% said Ee4ore at last.
Piglet nodded.
%&4 birthda4 balloon(%
%;es, Ee4ore,% said Piglet sni''ing a little.
%0ere it is. With--1ith man4 happ4 returns o'
the da4.% $nd he gave Ee4ore the small piece
o' damp rag.
%-s this it(% said Ee4ore, a little surprised.
Piglet nodded.
%&4 present(%
Piglet nodded again.
%5he balloon(%
%;es.%
%5han3 4ou, Piglet,% said Ee4ore. %;ou don"t
mind m4 as3ing,% he 1ent on, %but 1hat
colour 1as this balloon 1hen it--1hen it 1as
a balloon(%
%Red.%
%- *ust 1ondered. ... Red,% he murmured to
himsel'. %&4 'avourite colour. ...0o1 big 1as
it(%
%$bout as big as me.%
%- *ust 1ondered. ... $bout as big as Piglet,%
he said to himsel' sadl4. %&4 'avourite si:e.
Well, 1ell.%
Piglet 'elt ver4 miserable, and didn"t 3no1
1hat to sa4. 0e 1as still opening his mouth to
begin something, and then deciding that it
1asn"t an4 good sa4ing that, 1hen he heard a
shout 'rom the other side o' the river, and
there 1as Pooh.
%&an4 happ4 returns o' the da4,% called out
Pooh, 'orgetting that he had said it alread4.
%5han3 4ou, Pooh, -"m having them,% said
Ee4ore gloomil4.
>C
"&ucus quoddam parvulum attuli," dixit Pu
alacriter.
"-am accepi," dixit -or.
Pu tunc rivulum vado usque ad -orem
transierat et Porcellus, modico distans
intervallo caput ungulis sublevans secum
singultavit.
"Est vas utile," dixit Pu. "En, accipe#
)criptum legimus! 'elicem natalem amanter
ominatur Pu. Ecce tota inscriptio. $d res
intro collocandas potest accomodari. 5ibi
habe#"
-or vas adspiciens miri'ice a''ectus est.
"-o#" dixit, "censeo 'olliculum meum vase
aptissime convenire."
"&inime -or mi," dixit Pu. "6olliculi ma*ores
sunt, quam ut vasibus introeant. ,uod agis
cum 'olliculo est, 'olliculum tenere. . . ."
"&inime meum," dixit -or superbus.
"$dspice, o Porcelle#" Et cum Porcellus
tristis respexisset, -or 'olliculum mordicus
apprehendit et caute vase imposuit+ extraxit
et humi posuit+ iterum sumpsit et caute
reposuit.
"-ta est," dixit Pu. "-ntrat#"
"-ta est," dixit Porcellus, "exit#"
"onne(" dixit -or. "-ntrat et exit ut nil
supra#"
"?aetor," dixit Pu 'eliciter, "cogitavisse tibi
vas utile ad res intro collocandas dare."
"?aetor," dixit Porcellus 'eliciter,
"cogitavisse tibi aliquid in vase utili
collocandum dare."
)ed -or non auscultabat. ,uam 'elicissime
'olliculum extrahebat et reponebat. . .
"Ego autem nihil ei dedi(" rogavit tristis
Christophorus Robinus.
")cilicet dedisti," dixi. "Dedisti . . . non
recordaris( . . ."
"Dedi ei thecam colorum ad res
depingendas."
"Pro'ecto#"
"Cur non mane id ei dedi("
",uia admodum sedule laboravisti, ut ei
convivium parares. 0abebat crustulum
incrustatum, tres candelas, nomen eius
%-"ve brought 4ou a little present,% said Pooh
excitedl4.
%-"ve had it,% said Ee4ore.
Pooh had no1 splashed across the stream to
Ee4ore, and Piglet 1as sitting a little 1a4 o'',
his head in his pa1s, snu''ling to himsel'.
%-t"s a Use'ul Pot,% said Pooh. %0ere it is. $nd
it"s got "$ /er4 0app4 2irthda4 1ith love
'rom Pooh" 1ritten on it. 5hat"s 1hat all that
1riting is. $nd it"s 'or putting things in.
5here#%
When Ee4ore sa1 the pot, he became quite
excited.
%Wh4#% he said. %- believe m4 2alloon 1ill
*ust go into that Pot#%
%.h, no, Ee4ore,% said Pooh. %2alloons are
much too big to go into Pots. What 4ou do
1ith a balloon is, 4ou hold the balloon %
%ot mine,% said Ee4ore proudl4. %?oo3,
Piglet#% $nd as Piglet loo3ed sorro1'ull4
round, Ee4ore pic3ed the balloon up 1ith his
teeth, and placed it care'ull4 in the pot+ pic3ed
it out and put it on the ground+ and then
pic3ed it up again and put it care'ull4 bac3.
%)o it does#% said Pooh. %-t goes in#%
%)o it does#% said Piglet. %$nd it comes out#%
%Doesn"t it(% said Ee4ore. %-t goes in and out
li3e an4thing.%
%-"m ver4 glad,% said Pooh happil4, %that -
thought o' giving 4ou a Use'ul Pot
to put things in.%
%-"m ver4 glad,% said Piglet happil4, %that
thought o' giving 4ou something to put in a
Use'ul Pot.%
2ut Ee4ore 1asn"t listening. 0e 1as ta3ing
the balloon out, and putting it bac3 again, as
happ4 as could be....
%$nd didn"t - give him an4thing(% as3ed
Christopher Robin sadl4.
%.' course 4ou did,% - said. %;ou gave him
don"t 4ou remember--a littleMa little %
%- gave him a box o' paints to paint things
1ith.%
%5hat 1as it.%
%Wh4 didn"t - give it to him in the morning(%
%;ou 1ere so bus4 getting his part4 read4 'or
>D
saccharo roseo con'ectum atque. . . ."
"$t vero, reminiscor#" dixit Christophorus
Robinus.
!II
Quo in capite %anga et .u ille parvulus
in silvam veniunt et Porcellus balneo
utitur
emo undenam orti essent scire videbatur,
sed nunc in silva erant! Canga ac Ru ille
parvulus. ,uaerente Puo quomodo
advenissent Christophorus Robinus!
".rdinario modo," respondit, "mi Pu, si tenes
quod dicam," et Pu, nihil omnino
intellegens, ".," dixit, deinde bis capite
nutavit et ".rdinario modo. )ane,"
sub*unxit. Deinde ad amicum suum
Porcellum visitandum abKt, quid de his
rebus cogitaret, scrutatum. Porcelli autem
in domo ?eporem invenit. -taque terni
con'abulati sunt.
",uod his in rebus mihi parum placet," dixit
?epus, "est hoc! hic sumus, tu Pu, tu o
Porcelle, egomet . . . ac repente. . . ."
"Et -or," dixit Pu.
"Et -or - tunc repente. . . ."
"Et 2ubo," dixit Pu.
"Et 2ubo - tunc repente. . . ."
"$dde -orem," dixit Pu. "Eius 'ere oblitus
eram."
"0ic nos omnes sumus," dixit ?epus
lentissime et caute, "nos omnes, deinde,
repente mane quodam experge'acti quid
reperimus( $nimal alienigenum est
nobiscum# $nimal, de quo ne rumor
quidem venerat# $nimal, quod 'amiliam
suam semper marsupio secum portat#
him. 0e had a ca3e 1ith icing on the top, and
three candles, and his name in pin3 sugar( and
%
%;es, - remember,% said Christopher Robin(
!II
In Which /anga And Bab$ .oo %ome To
The )orest, And Piglet "as A Bath
.2.D; seemed to 3no1 1here the4 came
'rom, but there the4 1ere in the 6orest!
Janga and 2ab4 Roo. When Pooh as3ed
Christopher Robin,
%0o1 did the4 come here(% Christopher
Robin said, %-n the Usual Wa4, i' 4ou 3no1
1hat - mean, Pooh,% and Pooh, 1ho didn"t,
said %.h#% 5hen he nodded his head
t1ice and said, %-n the Usual Wa4. $h#% 5hen
he 1ent to call upon his 'riend
Piglet to see 1hat he thought about it. $nd at
Piglet"s house he 'ound Rabbit.
)o the4 all tal3ed about it together.
%What - don"t li3e about it is this,% said
Rabbit.
%0ere are 1e--4ou, Pooh, and 4ou, Piglet, and
&e --and suddenl4 %
%$nd Ee4ore,% said Pooh.
%$nd Ee4ore--and then suddenl4--%
%$nd .1l,% said Pooh
%$nd .1l--and then all o' a sudden--%
%.h, and Ee4ore,% said Pooh. %- 1as
'orgetting him.%
%0ere--1e--are,% said Rabbit ver4 slo1l4 and
care'ull4, all--or--us, and then, suddenl4, 1e
1a3e up one morning, and 1hat do 1e 'ind(
We 'ind a )trange $nimal among us. $n
animal o' 1hom 1e had never even heard
be'ore# $n animal 1ho carries her 'amil4
about 1ith her in her poc3et# )uppose -
carried m4 'amil4 about 1ith me in m4
poc3et, ho1 man4 poc3ets should - 1ant(%
%)ixteen,% said Piglet.
>G
Putemus me 'amiliam semper mecum
portare, quun multis marsupiis mihi opus
sit("
")edecim," dixit Porcellus.
")eptemdecim, nonne," dixit ?epus. "Et uno
pro muccinio - denique duodeviginti.
Duodeviginti marsupia una veste# 5empus
me de'icit." )ecundum haec longum et
meditabundum 'uit silentium . . . deinde
Pu, qui aliquamdiu graviter 'rontem
corrugaverat, dixit! "Censeo ea quindecim
esse"
",uae(" dixit ?epus.
",uindecim."
",uindecim quae("
"6amiliae tuae membra#"
",uid re'ert ad eos("
Pu rostrum per'ricans dixit se ?eporem de
'amilia sua loqui cogitavisse.
"?ocutus sum(" dixit ?epus obiter.
")ane, dixisti. . . ."
")ed hoc ne curaris mi Pu," dixit Porcellus
impatienter. ",uaeritur! quid nobis est
propter Cangam ageadum("
"5eneo," dixit Pu.
".ptimus modus procedendi," dixit ?epus,
"est hic! optimus modus est Rum parvulum
'urto subducere et eum abscondere, et
postea, cum Canga rogaverit! %Ubi est Ru
ille parvulus(% dicemus! %Eheu#% "
"Eheu," dixit Pu, se exercens. "Eheu,
eheu . . . )cilicet," perrexit, "possumus eheu
dicere et Rum 'urto non subducentes."
"Pu," dixit ?epus cum bona gratia, "nec
quicquam habes cerebri."
"6ateor," dixit Pu remissus.
"0eu dicimus ad Cangam certiorem
'aciendam, nos ubi Ru sit, scire. Eheu
signi'icat! dicemus, ubi Ru sit, si
promiseris te silvam relicturam et nunquam
reversuram esse. unc, dum cogito, 'avete
linguis#"
Pu in angulum cubiculi concessit et conatus
est, apta voce "eheu" dicere. &odo ei
videbatur id, quod ?epus sentiret, optime
exponere, modo minime vero. "5otum in
%)eventeen, isn"t it(% said Rabbit. %$nd one
more 'or a hand3erchie'--that"s eighteen.
Eighteen poc3ets in one suit# - haven"t time.%
5here 1as a long and thought'ul silence( . .
and then Pooh, 1ho had been 'ro1ning ver4
hard 'or some minutes, said! %- ma3e it
'i'teen.%
%What(% said Rabbit.
%6i'teen.%
%6i'teen 1hat(%
%;our 'amil4.%
%What about them(%
Pooh rubbed his nose and said that he thought
Rabbit had been tal3ing about his 'amil4.
%Did -(% said Rabbit carelessl4.
%;es, 4ou said--%
%ever mind, Pooh,% said Piglet impatientl4.
%5he question is, What are 1e to do about
Janga(%
%.h, - see,% said Pooh.
%5he best 1a4,% said Rabbit, %1ould be this.
5he best 1a4 1ould be to steal 2ab4
Roo and hide him, and then 1hen Janga sa4s,
"Where"s 2ab4 Roo(" 1e sa4, "$ha#"%
%$ha#% said Pooh, practising. %$ha# $ha# . . .
.' course,% he 1ent on, %1e could
sa4 "$ha#" even i' 1e hadn"t stolen 2ab4 Roo.%
%Pooh,% said Rabbit 3indl4, %4ou haven"t an4
brain.%
%- 3no1,% said Pooh humbl4.
%We sa4 "$ha#" so that Janga 3no1s that 1e
3no1 1here 2ab4 Roo is. "$ha#" means
"We"ll tell 4ou 1here 2ab4 Roo is, i' 4ou
promise to go a1a4 'rom the 6orest and
never come bac3." o1 don"t tal3 1hile -
thin3.%
Pooh 1ent into a corner and tried sa4ing
"$ha#" in that sort o' voice. )ometimes it
seemed to him that it did mean 1hat Rabbit
said, and sometimes it seemed to him that it
didn"t. %- suppose it"s *ust practice,% he
thought. %- 1onder i' Janga 1ill have to
practise too so as to understand it.%
%5here"s *ust one thing,% said Piglet, 'idgeting
a bit. %- 1as tal3ing to Christopher Robin, and
he said that a Janga 1as =enerall4 Regarded
@H
exercitatione esse puto," cogitabat. ")cire
aveo, an Canga quoque se exercere debeat,
si vult nos intellegere."
"Reliquitur aliquid ad resolvendum," dixit
Porcellus timidissimo murmure subsultans.
"Cum Christophoro Robino locutus sum et
mihi dixit Cangas omnino in numero
animalium 'erocium haberi. $nimalia
quamvis 'erocia minime timeo, sed
neminem latet unum animalium 'erocium
progenie orbatum tam 'erox 'ieri, quam
duo animalium 'erocium. ,uo casu 'orsitan
stultum sit %eheu% dicere."
"Porcelle," dixit ?epus graphidem capiens et
acumen eius lambens, "hebes in'irmusque
es."
"&anu 'ortem esse di''icile est," dixit
Porcellus singultim, "de animalium
pusillorum grege porco#"
?epus, qui sedule scribere coeperat
suspiciens dixit!
"Est, quia animal parvulum es, quod tu
nobis in incepto 'uturo utilissimus eris."
Porcellus se maximi momenti esse animo
'ingens adeo ardebat studio, ut timoris
oblivisceretur, et cum ?epus pergeret et
diceret Cangas hiemis modo tempore
'eroces, ceteris anni temporibus autem
mansuetas esse, vix sere continuit,
tantopere ereim cupiebat statim prodesse.
"Et quod ad me pertinet, quid 'aciamus("
dixit Pu tristis. "5imeo me utilem minime
'ore."
"$ccipe in bonam partem Pu," dixit
Porcellus consolatorie. "6orsitan alio
tempore."
"$bsque Puo 'oret," ?epus graphidem
acuens sollemniter dixit, "totum inceptum
'ieri nequeat."
"0eus#" dixit Porcellus et conatus est
deceptus non videri. Pu autem in angulum
cubiculi iit et superbus secum dixit! ")ine
me 'ieri non potest# 5alis ursus sum#"
",uin, audite omnes," ducit ?epus, cum
scripturam 'inivisset, et Pu atque Porcellus
oribus hiantibus intentissime audientiam
as .ne o' the 6iercer $nimals - am not
'rightened o' 6ierce $nimals in the ordinar4
1a4, but it is 1ell 3no1n that i' .ne o' the
6iercer $nimals is Deprived o' -ts ;oung, it
becomes as 'ierce as 51o o' the 6iercer
$nimals. -n 1hich case "$ha#" is perhaps
a 'oolish thing to sa4.%
%Piglet,% said Rabbit, ta3ing out a pencil, and
lic3ing the end o' it, %4ou haven"t an4 pluc3.%
%-t is hard to be brave,% said Piglet, sni''ing
slightl4, %1hen 4ou"re onl4 a /er4 )mall
$nimal.%
Rabbit, 1ho had begun to 1rite ver4 busil4,
loo3ed up and said!
%-t is because 4ou are a ver4 small animal that
4ou 1ill be Use'ul in the adventure be'ore
us.%
Piglet 1as so excited at the idea o' being
Use'ul that he 'orgot to be 'rightened an4
more, and 1hen Rabbit 1ent on to sa4 that
Jangas 1ere onl4 6ierce during the 1inter
months, being at other times o' an
$''ectionate Disposition, he could hardl4 sit
still, he 1as so eager to begin being use'ul at
once.
%What about me(% said Pooh sadl4 %- suppose
- shan"t be use'ul(%
%ever mind, Pooh,% said Piglet com'ortingl4.
%$nother time perhaps %
%Without Pooh,% said Rabbit solemnl4 as he
sharpened his pencil, %the adventure 1ould be
impossible.%
%.h#% said Piglet, and tried not to loo3
disappointed. 2ut Pooh 1ent into a corner o'
the room and said proudl4 to himsel',
%-mpossible 1ithout &e# 5hat sort o' 2ear.%
%o1 listen all o' 4ou,% said Rabbit 1hen he
had 'inished 1riting, and Pooh and Piglet sat
listening ver4 eagerl4 1ith their mouths open.
5his 1as 1hat Rabbit read out!
P?$ 5. C$P5URE 2$2; R..
-. =eneral Remar3s. Janga runs 'aster than
an4 o' Us, even &e.
<. &ore =eneral Remar3s. Janga never ta3es
her e4e o'' 2ab4 Roo, except 1hen he"s sa'el4
buttoned up in her poc3et.
@7
'ecerunt. -d est quod ?epus legit!
C.)-?-U& RU- P$R/U?- C$P-ED-
7 Rerum notio generalis! Canga omnes nos
velocitate praecurrit, etiam me.
< Ulterioris rei notio generalis! Canga Rum
parvulum nunquam e conspectu suo amittit,
nisi in marsupio tute conditum.
> -gitur! si Rum parvulum capere volumus,
vehementer impetum sumere opus est, quia
Canga. omnes nos velocitate praecurrit
etiam me 8vide 79.
@ Consilium! si Ru ex marsupio exsiliret,
Porcellus autem introsiliret, Canga
di''erentiam haud animadverteret, quia
Porcellus animal pusillum est.
A )icut Ru.
B )ed, ne Canga Porcellum introsilientem
videat, antea alio debet vertere oculos.
C /ide <.
D $liud consilium! si Pu cum ea assidue
con'abularetur, 'orsitan paulisper oculos
alio verteret.
G Et ego cum Ruo au'ugere potero.
7H /elociter.
77 Et Canga discrimen non, nisi sero,
animadvertet.
)ane, ?epus haec superbe recitavit, nec
quisquam, cum perorasset per punctum
temporis locutus est. Deinde Porcellus, qui
sine ullo murmure os vicissim aperuerat et
clauserat, valuit rauce pro'erre!
"Et . . . quid tum inde("
",uid putas("
"Cum Canga vere discrimen animadvertet. .
. ."
"5um nos omnes %eheu% dicimus."
"os tres("
"os."
"0eu#"
",uid hoc tibi vult, o Porcelle("
"ihil," dixit Porcellus, "tamdiu hoc nos tres
dicimus. 5amdiu nos tres hoc dicimus,"
dixit Porcellus, "incredibile est, quam ego
ista non curem#" dixit, "sed nolo solus
%eheu% dicere. ?onge abest, ut adeo bene
sonaret. Ceterum," dixit, "pro certo habesne
>. 5here'ore. -' 1e are to capture 2ab4 Roo,
1e must get a ?ong )tart, because Janga runs
'aster than an4 o' Us, even &e. 8)ee -.9
@. $ 5hought. -' Roo had *umped out o'
Janga"s poc3et and Piglet had *umped in,
Janga 1ouldn"t 3no1 the di''erence, because
Piglet is a /er4 )mall $nimal.
A. ?i3e Roo.
B. 2ut Janga 1ould have to be loo3ing the
other 1a4 'irst, so as not to see Piglet *umping
in.
C. )ee <.
D. $nother 5hought. 2ut i' Pooh 1as tal3ing
to her ver4 excitedl4, she might loo3 the other
1a4 'or a moment.
G. $nd then - could run a1a4 1ith Roo.
7.. ,uic3l4.
--. $nd Janga 1ouldn"t discover the
di''erence until $'ter1ards
Well, Rabbit read this out proudl4, and 'or a
little 1hile a'ter he had read it nobod4 said
an4thing $nd then Piglet, 1ho had been
opening and shutting his mouth 1ithout
ma3ing an4 noise,managed to sa4 ver4
hus3il4!
%$nd--$'ter1ards(%
%0o1 do 4ou mean(%
%When Janga does Discover the Di''erence(%
%5hen 1e all sa4 "$ha#"%
%$ll three o' us(%
%;es.%
%.h#%
%Wh4, 1hat"s the trouble, Piglet(%
%othing,% said Piglet, %as long as 1e all three
sa4 it. $s long as 1e all three
sa4 it,% said Piglet, %- don"t mind,% he said,
%but - shouldn"t care to sa4
"$ha#" b4 m4sel'. -t 1ouldn"t sound nearl4 so
1ell. 24 the 1a4,% he said, %4ou
are quite sure about 1hat 4ou said about the
1inter months(%
%5he 1inter months(%
%;es, onl4 being 6ierce in the Winter
&onths.%
%.h, 4es, 4es, that"s all right. Well, Pooh ;ou
see 1hat 4ou have to do(%
@<
quod de mensibus hibemis dixisti("
"De mensibus hibernis("
"-ta est! quod non nisi hibernis mensibus
'eroces sunt."
")ane, sane, verum est. Pu mi, intellegisne
quid tibi 'aciendum sit("
"&inime," dixit Ursus Pu. "ondum," dixit.
",uid 'aciam vis("
")ane, cum Canga assidue colloqui debes,
ne quid animadvertat."
",uo de proposito("
"De quibuslibet propositis#"
"Putas mihi 'ragmenta carminum recitanda
esse aut aliquid("
"5enes," dixit ?epus. ".ptime. /enite dum
mecum#"
-taque omnes Cangam quaesitum abierunt.
Canga et Ru tempus pomeridianum
tranquille arenoso silvae in loco agebant.
Ru ille parvulus se levibus saltibus
exercebat arena, in cava murium cadebat et
ex eis emergebat, Canga autem trepidans!
"praeterea unum saltum, carissime, postea
nobis domum est eundum," dictitabat.
Eo in puncto temporis quis alius Puo
collem ascendit....
")alve, Canga."
")alve, Pu."
"/ide me salientem," vagivit Ru, et in aliud
cavum cecidit.
")alve Ru, amicule#"
"Domum ituri eramus," dixit Canga. ")alve
Pu, Porcelle salve#"
?epus et Porcellus a contraria parte collis
propius accedentes ")alve" et "$ve Ru"
dixerunt et Ru rogavit eos, ut eum
salientem adspicerent, itaque constiterunt et
eum contemplati sunt.
Canga etiam contemplabatur. . . .
"Canga mi," dixit Pu ?epori simul atque ille
bis sibi oculo annuivit, "nescio an tibi
carmina magnae curae sint. . . ."
"/ix," dixit Canga.
".," dixit Pu.
"Ru carissime, semel nec amplius sali,
deinde nobis domum est eundum."
%o,% said Pooh 2ear. %ot 4et,% he said(
%What do - do(%
%Well, 4ou *ust have to tal3 ver4 hard to
Janga( so as she doesn"t notice
an4thing.%
%.h# What about(%
%$n4thing 4ou li3e.%
%;ou mean li3e telling her a little bit o' poetr4
or something(%
%5hat"s it,% said Rabbit. %)plendid o1 come
along.%
)o the4 all 1ent out to loo3 'or Janga.
Janga and Roo 1ere spending a quiet
a'ternoon in a sand4 part o' the 6orest.
2ab4 Roo 1as practising ver4 small *umps in
the sand, and 'alling do1n mouse-holes and
climbing out o' them, and Janga 1as
'idgeting about and sa4ing %Eust one more
*ump, dear, and then 1e must go home.% $nd
at that moment 1ho should come stumping up
the hill but Pooh.
%=ood a'ternoon, Janga.%
%=ood a'ternoon, Pooh.%
%?oo3 at me *umping,% squea3ed Roo, and 'ell
into another mouse-hole.
%0allo, Roo, m4 little 'ello1#%
%We 1ere *ust going home,% said Janga.
%=ood a'ternoon, Rabbit. =ood a'ternoon,
Piglet.%
Rabbit and Piglet, 1ho had no1 come up
'rom the other side o' the hill, said
%=ood a'ternoon,% and %0allo, Roo,% and Roo
as3ed them to loo3 at him *umping, so the4
sta4ed and loo3ed.
$nd Janga loo3ed too....
%.h, Janga,% said Pooh, a'ter Rabbit had
1in3ed at him t1ice, %- don"t 3no1 i'
4ou are interested in Poetr4 at all(%
%0ardl4 at all,% said Janga.
%.h#% said Pooh.
%Roo, dear, *ust one more *ump and then 1e
must go home.%
5here 1as a short silence 1hile Roo 'ell do1n
another mouse-hole.
%=o on,% said Rabbit in a loud 1hisper behind
his pa1.
@>
Per punctum temporis silentium secutum
est, dum Ru in aliam 'oveam cecidit.
"$ge," susurravit -xpus post ungulam magna
voce.
",uoniam carminum mentio 'acta est," dixit
Pu, "egomet rediens poema composui. -ta
incipit . . . et . . . videamus. . . ."
"&irum," exclamavit Canga. "unc, Ru
carissime. . . ."
"Carmen tibi pro certo placebit," dixit
?epus.
"&aximopere placebit," dixit Porcellus.
"5ibi attento animo audiendum est," dixit
?epus.
"e quid te 'ugiat," dixit Porcellus.
"-ta est," dixit Canga, etiam tunc Rum
observans.
",uomodo incipit(" dixit ?epus+ Pu
aliquantulum tussiculans sic orsus est!
/ersus Ursi perpauli cerebri
Dies ille, dies ?unae
)emper venit opportune
Rogo vos et quaero id!
,uid est quod et quod est quid(
Dies alter, dies &artis
Est laboris et est artis
$ge Canga, dic si scis!
,uarum( ,uorum( ,uid est quis(
)equitur &ercurii dies
,ualis somnus, qualis quies#
$udi ?epus# ,uaeritur!
,uisnam( Unde( ,uidni( Cur(
Dies quartus, dies Eovis
0eu, aenigmata dat nobis
Cogitabo 'orsitan!
onne( ecne( Utrum-an(
Dies /eneris. . . .
"-ta est, nonne(" dixit Canga neque
exspectavit, quid die /eneris 'ieret. "0unc
unum saltum, Ru carissime, postea nobis
pro'ecto domum est eundum#"
?epus Puo nutu signum quasi exhortativum
dedit.
"Cum ageretur de carminibus," dixit cito Pu,
"arborem illam unquam animadvertisti("
"Ubi(" dixit Canga. "unc Ru. . . ."
%5al3ing o' Poetr4,% said Pooh, %- made up a
little piece as - 1as coming along.
-t 1ent li3e this. Er--no1 let me see--%
%6anc4#% said Janga. %o1 Roo, dear--%
%;ou"ll li3e this piece o' poetr4,% said Rabbit.
%;ou"ll love it,% said Piglet.
%;ou must listen ver4 care'ull4,% said Rabbit.
%)o as not to miss an4 o' it,% said Piglet.
%.h, 4es,% said Janga, but she still loo3ed at
2ab4 Roo.
%0o1 did it go, Pooh(% said Rabbit.
Pooh gave a little cough and began.
?-E) WR-55E 2; $ 2E$R .6 /ER;
?-55?E 2R$-
.n &onda4, 1hen the sun is hot
- 1onder to m4sel' a lot!
%o1 is it true, or is it not,%
%5hat 1hat is 1hich and 1hich is 1hat(%
.n 5uesda4, 1hen it hails and sno1s,
5he 'eeling on me gro1s and gro1s
5hat hardl4 an4bod4 3no1s
-' those are these or these are those.
.n Wednesda4, 1hen the s34 is blue, $nd -
have nothing else to do, - sometimes 1onder
i' it"s true
5hat 1ho is 1hat and 1hat is 1ho.
.n 5hursda4, 1hen it starts to 'ree:e
$nd hoar-'rost t1in3les on the trees,
0o1 ver4 readil4 one sees
5hat these are 1hose--but 1hose are these(
.n 6rida4----
%;es, it is, isn"t it(% said Janga, not 1aiting to
hear 1hat happened on 6rida4.
%Eust one more *ump, Roo, dear, and then 1e
reall4 must be going.%
Rabbit gave Pooh a hurr4ing-up sort o' nudge.
%5al3ing o' Poetr4,% said Pooh quic3l4 %have
4ou ever noticed that tree right
over there(%
%Where(% said Janga. %o1, Roo--% %Right
over there,% said Pooh, pointing behind
Janga"s bac3.
%o,% said Janga. %o1 *ump in, Roo, dear,
and 1e"ll go home.%
%;ou ought to loo3 at that tree right over
there,% said Rabbit. %)hall - li't
@@
")ane, illic," dixit Pu, aliquid post tergum
Cangae digito monstrans.
"&inime," dixit Canga. "-ntrosili Ru,
carissime, domum ibimus."
"$rborem illam spectare debeas," dixit
?epus. "unc te in marsupio colloco Ru." Et
Rum ungulis sublevavit.
"0inc avem inter ramos prospicio," dixit Pu.
"$ut piscis est("
"$vem hinc dispicere debeas," dixit ?epus.
"isi piscis sit."
"on est piscis, est avis," dixit Porcellus.
"-ta est," dixit ?epus.
"Est sturnus aut turdus(" dixit Pu.
",uaeritur," dixit ?epus. "Est turdus aut
sturnus("
Postremo tandem Canga cervices retorsit ut
ipse videret. Canga respiciente ?epus
magna voce "introsili Ru," dixit, Porcellus in
marsupium Cangae introsiluit, ?epus autem
Rum inter ungulas tenens quam celerrime
au'ugit.
"Ubinam est ?epus(" dixit Canga respiciens.
"Pulchre est tibi, Ru carissime("
Porcellus ex imo Cangae marsupio vagitum
Ruosimilem emisit.
"?epus abire debuit," dixit Pu. "Censeo ei
alicuius rei illico videndae in mentem
venisse."
"Et Porcellus("
"Censeo Porcellum simul aliquid
cogitavisse. Repente."
"Denique nobis domum est eundum," dixit
Canga. "/ale Pu." Et tribus cum magnis
saltibus au'ugit.
Pu eam recedentem oculis secutus est.
"Utinam ego tales saltus 'acere valeam,"
cogitavit. ")unt, qui possint, sunt qui
nequeant. )ane res ita se habet."
-nciderunt autem tempora, quibus Porcellus
desiderabat Cangam nequisse. )aepe
longum iter usque ad domum per silvam
percurrens desideraverat se avem esse.
unc autem saltitans in imo Cangae
marsupio secum cogitavit!
")i est nunquam volatus
4ou in, Roo(% $nd he pic3ed up Roo in his
pa1s.
%- can see a bird in it 'rom here,% said Pooh.
%.r is it a 'ish(%
%;ou ought to see that bird 'rom here,% said
Rabbit. %Unless it"s a 'ish.%
%-t isn"t a 'ish, it"s a bird,% said Piglet.
%)o it is,% said Rabbit.
%-s it a starling or a blac3bird(% said Pooh.
%5hat"s the 1hole question,% said Rabbit. %-s it
a blac3bird or a starling(%
$nd then at last Janga did turn her head to
loo3. $nd the moment that her head
1as turned, Rabbit said in a loud voice %-n
4ou go, Roo#% and in *umped Piglet into
Janga"s poc3et, and o'' scampered Rabbit,
1ith Roo in his pa1s, as 'ast as he could.
%Wh4, 1here"s Rabbit(% said Janga, turning
round again. %$re 4ou all right, Roo,
dear(%
Piglet made a squea34 Roo-noise 'rom the
bottom o' Janga"s poc3et.
%Rabbit had to go a1a4,% said Pooh. %- thin3
he thought o' something he had to
do and see about suddenl4.%
%$nd Piglet(%
%- thin3 Piglet thought o' something at the
same time. )uddenl4.%
%Well, 1e must be getting home,% said Janga.
%=ood-b4e, Pooh.% $nd in three large *umps
she 1as gone.
Pooh loo3ed a'ter her as she 1ent.
%- 1ish - could *ump li3e that,% he thought.
%)ome can and some can"t. 5hat"s ho1 it is.%
2ut there 1ere moments 1hen Piglet 1ished
that Janga couldn"t. .'ten, 1hen he had had a
long 1al3 home through the 6orest, he had
1ished that he 1ere a bird+ but no1 he
thought *er3il4 to himsel' at the bottom o'
Janga"s poc3et, this ta3e
%-' is shall reall4 to 'l4ing - never it.%
$nd as he 1ent up in the air he said,
%.oooooo#% and as he came do1n he said,
%.1#% $nd he 1as sa4ing, %.oooooo-o1,
ooooooo-o1,
ooooooo-o1% all the 1a4 to Janga"s house.
@A
id volare mihi placebit#"
)ursum volans "UUU," dixit, deorsum
autem "au". 5otum per iter usque ad domum
Cangae U - au - U - au - U - au
dictitabat. . . .
Canga marsupium aperiens primo adspectu
quid accidisset, intellexit. Paulisper
cogitabat pavere, mox autem sensit se nihil
timere! pro certo enim habebat
Cristophorum Robinum nunquam ulli Rum
laedere permisisse. -taque secum dixit! ")i
illi me ludibrio habere volunt, etiam ego
illos ludibrio habebo."
"$ge, veni Ru carissime," dixit Porcellum
ex marsupio trahens. ")omni tempus est."
"Eheu#" dixit Porcellus quemadmodum port
iactationes potuit. )ed non erat "eheu"
praeclarum et Canga evidenter quid
signi'icaret non intellexit.
"-mprimis balneum," dixit Canga alacriter.
"Eheu#" dixit iterum Porcellus, socios timide
oculis vestigans. )ed ceteri aberant. ?epus
cum Ruo in domo sua ludebat et se eum
sensim plusplusque diligere sensit, et Pu,
dum esse voluit similis Cangae, tunc
quoque arenoso loco silvae saliendo se
exercebat.
"$nceps haereo et dubito," dixit Canga voce
meditabunda, "an sapiens propositum non
sit, balneo hodie 'rigido uti. $masne balnea
'rigida, Ru carissime("
Porcellus, qui nunquam 'uerat amator
balnearum, horribiliter animo horruit et
quam potuit 'ortissime dixit!
"Canga, intellego tempus instare sincera
'ide loquendi."
"Rucule ridicule," dixit Canga aquam balnei
parans.
"on sum Ru," dixit Porcellus magna voce.
"Porcellus sum."
"-ta est, corcule, ita," Canga sedato corde
dixit. "Etiam vocem Porcelli imitaris(
Rucule subtilissime#" perrexit, saponem
'lavum permagnum ex armario sumens.
",uid nunc mihi exhibiturus est("
"onne vides(" exclamavit Porcellus. "um
.' course as soon as Janga unbuttoned her
poc3et, she sa1 1hat had happened.
Eust 'or a moment, she thought she 1as
'rightened, and then she 3ne1 she 1asn"t! 'or
she 'elt quite sure that Christopher Robin
could never let an4 harm happen to Roo. )o
she said to hersel', %-' the4 are having a *o3e
1ith me, - 1ill have a *o3e 1ith them.%
%o1 then, Roo, dear,% she said, as she too3
Piglet out o' her poc3et.
%2ed-time.%
%$ha#% said Piglet, as 1ell as he could a'ter
his 5erri'4ing Eourne4. 2ut it 1asn"t a ver4
good %$ha#% and Janga didn"t seem to
understand 1hat it meant.
%2ath 'irst,% said Janga in a cheer'ul voice.
%$ha#% said Piglet again, loo3ing round
anxiousl4 'or the others. 2ut the others
1eren"t there. Rabbit 1as pla4ing 1ith 2ab4
Roo in his o1n house, and 'eeling
more 'ond o' him ever4 minute, and Pooh,
1ho had decided to be a Janga, 1as
still at the sand4 place on the top o' the
6orest, practising *umps.
%- am not at all sure,% said Janga in a
thought'ul voice, %that it 1ouldn"t be a
good idea to have a cold bath this evening.
Would 4ou li3e that, Roo, dear(%
Piglet, 1ho had never been reall4 'ond o'
baths, shuddered a long indignant
shudder, and said in as brave a voice as he
could!
%Janga, - see that the time has come to spea3
plainl4.%
%6unn4 little Roo,% said Janga, as she got the
bath-1ater read4.
%- am not Roo,% said Piglet loudl4. %- am
Piglet#%
%;es, dear, 4es,% said Janga soothingl4. %$nd
imitating Piglet"s voice too# )o clever o' him,%
she 1ent on, as she too3 a large bar o' 4ello1
soap out o' the cupboard. %What 1ill he be
doing next%
%Can"t 4ou see(% shouted Piglet %0aven"t 4ou
got e4es( ?oo3 at me#%
%- am loo3ing, Roo, dear,% said Janga rather
@B
caligas( $dspice#"
"/ideo te Ru+ carissime," Canga valde
severe dixit. "Et scis, quod heri tibi de
sannis dixi# Porcellum imitans adultus
porcellus videberis - et mente 'inge,
quantum id te pigebit# $ge, in balneum,
cave 'acias me idem saepius iterum dicere#"
$ntequam ubi esset sciret, Porcellus in
balneo erat et Canga eum panno ex lana
coacta crasso et saponato quasi loreo
vehementer 'ricabat.
"$i#" clamavit Porcellus ")ine me abire#
Porcellus sum#"
"oli os aperire, carissime, aut sapo
intrabit#" dixit Canga. "Ecce# ,uod erat
demonstrandum#"
"5u . . . tu . . . consulto id 'ecisti," Porcellus
simul ac loqui potuit ore titubante dixit . . .
deinde casu iterum pannum quasi loreum et
saponatum ore recepit.
".ptime carissime, mitte loqui," dixit Canga
et post punctum temporis Porcellus lotus
linteo tersus est.
"$ge," dixit Canga, "sume remedium, postea
autem cubitum ibis."
",u . . . qu . . . quale remedium(" dixit
Porcellus.
"$d te corroborandum et 'irmandum,
carissime# um habes voluntatem
parvulum et debilem sicut Porcellus
manendi( $ccede istoc#"
5um vero ostium pulsatum est.
"/eni intro," dixit Canga et Christophorus
Robinus ingressus est.
"Christophore Robine, Christophore
Robine#" exclamavit Porcellus. "Dic Cangae
qui sim# on desinit dicere me Rum esse#
Ego non sum Ru, nonne("
Christophorus Robinus eum accurate
inspexit et abnuit.
"on potes Ru esse," dixit, "quia modo Rum
ludentem in domo ?eporis vidi."
"0eu#" dixit Canga. "&entibus 'ingite#
,uantum me opinio 'e'ellit#"
Christophorus denuo abnuit.
"&inime. Porcellus non es," dixit.
severel4. %$nd 4ou 3no1 1hat - told 4ou
4esterda4 about ma3ing 'aces. -' 4ou go on
ma3ing 'aces li3e Piglet"s, 4ou 1ill gro1 up to
loo3 li3e Piglet--and then thin3 ho1 sorr4 4ou
1ill be. o1 then, into the bath, and don"t let
me have to spea3 to 4ou about it again.%
2e'ore he 3ne1 1here he 1as, Piglet 1as in
the bath, and Janga 1as scrubbing him
'irml4 1ith a large lather4 'lannel.
%.1#% cried Piglet. %?et me out# -"m Piglet#%
%Don"t open the mouth, dear, or the soap goes
in,% said Janga. %5here# What did - tell 4ou(%
%;ou--4ou--4ou did it on purpose,% spluttered
Piglet, as soon as he could spea3 again . . .
and then accidentall4 had another mouth'ul o'
lather4 'lannel.
%5hat"s right, dear, don"t sa4 an4thing,% said
Janga, and in another minute Piglet 1as out
o' the bath, and being rubbed dr4 1ith a
to1el.
%o1,% said Janga, %there"s 4our medicine,
and then bed.%
%W-1-1hat medicine(% said Piglet.
%5o ma3e 4ou gro1 big and strong, dear. ;ou
don"t 1ant to gro1 up small and 1ea3
li3e Piglet, do 4ou( Well, then#%
$t that moment there 1as a 3noc3 at the door.
%Come in,% said Janga, and in came
Christopher Robin.
%Christopher Robin, Christopher Robin#%
cried Piglet. %5ell Janga 1ho - am# )he
3eeps sa4ing -"m Roo. -"m not Roo, am -(%
Christopher Robin loo3ed at him ver4
care'ull4, and shoo3 his head.
%;ou can"t be Roo,% he said, %because -"ve *ust
seen Roo pla4ing in Rabbit"s house.%
%Well#% said Janga. %6anc4 that# 6anc4 m4
ma3ing a mista3e li3e that.%
%5here 4ou are#% said Piglet. %- told 4ou so.
-"m Piglet.%
Christopher Robin shoo3 his head again.
%.h, 4ou"re not Piglet,% he said. %- 3no1
Piglet 1ell, and he"s quite a di''erent colour.%
Piglet began to sa4 that this 1as because he
had *ust had a bath, and then he thought that
perhaps he 1ouldn"t sa4 that, and as he
@C
"Porcellum intus et in cute novi et colorem
diversissimum habet."
Porcellus dicere coepit id ita se habere,
quia recens a balneo esset, deinde cogitabat
hoc 'ortasse non dicere, et cum os, aliud
quid dicturus aperiret, Canga cochlear
remedii inseruit deinde tergum eius tutudit
et a''irmavit remedium iucunde sapere
simul ac aliquis assue'actus esset.
"on ignoravi eum Porcellum non esse,"
dixit Canga. "$veo scire qui sit."
"6orsitan unus ex stirpe Pui," dixit
Christophorus Robinus. "6ilius aut patruus
aut aliquis("
Canga assensa est, ut res credibiliter ita se
haberet et dixit, eum appellatione signare
necesse esse.
"Eum Putel vocabo," dixit Christophorus
Robinus. "2reviter! 0enricum Putelum."
)ed simul ac id decretum 'uit, 0enricus
Putelus se e complexu Cangae expedit et in
terram saluit. -ngenti eius gaudio
Christophorus Robinus 'ores apertas
liquerat. unquam 0enricus Putelus
Porcellus tam velociter ac tunc cucurrerat
neque prius a cursu destitit, quam ad 'ere
domum suam pervenit. )ed cum centum
ulnas a domo abesset constitit, et reliquum
itineris per humum se volvit, ut colorem
suum iucundum et assuetum restitueret.
-deo Canga atque Ru in silva manebant. Et
singulis &artis diebus Ru diem cum amico
suo ex animo ?epore agebat, et singulis
&artis diebus Canga diem cum amico ex
animo Puo agebat eum saltus docens, et
singulis &artis diebus Porcellus diem cum
amico suo ex animo Christophoro Robino
agebat.
-ta omnes denuo 'elices 'uerunt.
!III
Quo in capite %hristophorus .obinus
'0potitionem ad Palum Septentrionalem
ducit
opened his mouth to sa4 something else,
Janga slipped the medicine spoon in, and
then patted him on the bac3 and told him that
it 1as reall4 quite a nice taste 1hen 4ou got
used to it.
%- 3ne1 it 1asn"t Piglet,% said Janga. %-
1onder 1ho it can be.%
%Perhaps it"s some relation o' Pooh"s,% said
Christopher Robin. %What about a
nephe1 or an uncle or something(%
Janga agreed that this 1as probabl4 1hat it
1as, and said that the4 1ould have to call it
b4 some name.
%- shall call it Pootel,% said Christopher Robin.
%0enr4 Pootel 'or short.%
$nd *ust 1hen it 1as decided, 0enr4 Pootel
1riggled out o' Janga"s arms and *umped to
the ground. 5o his great *o4 Christopher
Robin had le't the door open.
ever had 0enr4 Pootel Piglet run so 'ast as
he ran then, and he didn"t stop running until he
had got quite close to his house. 2ut 1hen he
1as a hundred 4ards a1a4 he stopped
running, and rolled the rest o' the 1a4 home,
so as to get his o1n nice com'ortable colour
again.
)o Janga and Roo sta4ed in the 6orest. $nd
ever4 5uesda4 Roo spent the da4 1ith
his great 'riend Rabbit, and ever4 5uesda4
Janga spent the da4 1ith her great
'riend Pooh, teaching him to *ump, and ever4
5uesda4 Pilet spent the da4 1ith his great
'riend Christopher Robin. )o the4 1ere all
happ4 again.
!III
In Which %hristopher .obin (eads An
'0potition To The #orth Pole
.E 'ine da4 Pooh had stumped up to the top
o' the 6orest to see i' his 'riend
Christopher Robin 1as interested in 2ears at
all. $t brea3'ast that morning 8a simple meal
@D
$pricissimo quodem die Pu sedato gressu
summam in silvam se contulit, quid amicus
suus Christophorus Robinus de ursis
generaliter sentiret,
speculatum. &ane *entaculum sumens
8re'ectio parca nil praeter pauxillum
con'ecturae 'avo aut duobus 'avis mellis
illitum 'uerat9 novum carmen condiderat,
hoc modo!
Ursuli verba cano#
Cum huc usque pervenit caput per'ricuit et
secum cogitavit! "est optimum principium
carminis, sed quid quod ad secundum
versum pertinet(" Conatus est bis aut ter
"0o" canere, sed evidenter parum ei pro'uit.
"6orsitan satius sit," cogitavit, "si
Ursuli herbas cano#
cantitem . . ." et cantitavit . . . sed non 'uit.
"2ene, praeclare," dixit, "bis primum versum
cantitabo et 'ortasse velociter cantando me
tertium et quartum versum cantantem
invenero antequam tempus habuissem eos
excogitandi et Carmen 2onum eveniet.
$ge#"
Ursuli verba cano
Ursuli verba cano
on curo, cadetne nix an ros
Dum 'avum masticat meum os
Dum os meum mellis plenum est
.mne coelum amoenum est.
Carmen adeo ei placebat, ut totum per iter
ad summam silvam hoc cantitaret, "at si
diutius cecinero," cogitavit, "tempus erit
aliquantulum pabuli sumendi et
paenultimus versus mendax erit"+ quam ob
rem in locum eius susurrum substituit.
Christophorus Robinus magnas caligas
induens ante portam sedebat. ,uam simul
caligas magnas aspexit Pu intellexit
-nceptum imminentem esse, dorso ungulae
mel naso abstersit et quam potentissime se
erexit, ut ad omnem eventum pacatus
adpareret.
")alve Christophore Robine#" exclamavit.
")alve urse Pu. equeo istam caligam
o' marmalade spread lightl4 over a
hone4comb or t1o9 he had suddenl4
thought o' a ne1 song. -t began li3e this!
%)ing 0o# 6or the li'e o' a 2ear.%
When he had got as 'ar as this, he scratched
his head, and thought to himsel'
%5hat"s a ver4 good start 'or a song, but 1hat
about the second line(% 0e tried singing %0o,%
t1o or three times, but it didn"t seem to help.
%Perhaps it 1ould be better,% he thought, %i' -
sang 0i 'or the li'e o' a 2ear.% )o he sang it . .
. but it 1asn"t. %/er4 1ell, then,% he said, %-
shall sing that 'irst line t1ice, and perhaps i' -
sing it ver4 quic3l4, - shall 'ind m4sel'
singing the third and 'ourth lines be'ore - have
time to thin3 o' them, and that 1ill be a
=ood )ong. o1 then!%
)ing 0o# 'or the li'e o' a 2ear#
)ing 0o# 'or the li'e o' a 2ear#
- don"t much mind i' it rains or sno1s,
"Cos -"ve got a lot o' hone4 on m4 nice ne1
nose#
- don"t much care i' it sno1s or tha1s,
"Cos -"ve got a lot o' hone4 on m4 nice clean
pa1s#
)ing 0o# 'or a 2ear#
)ing 0o# 'or a Pooh#
$nd -"ll have a little something in an hour or
t1o#
0e 1as so pleased 1ith this song that he sang
it all the 1a4 to the top o' the 6orest, %and i' -
go on singing it much longer,% he thought, %it
1ill be time 'or the little something, and then
the last line 1on"t be true.% )o he turned it
into a hum instead.
Christopher Robin 1as sitting outside his
door, putting on his 2ig 2oots. $s
soon as he sa1 the 2ig 2oots, Pooh 3ne1 that
an $dventure 1as going to happen,
and he brushed the hone4 o'' his nose 1ith the
bac3 o' his pa1, and spruced
himsel' up as 1ell as he could, so as to loo3
Read4 'or $n4thing.
%=ood morning, Christopher Robin,% he
called out.
%0allo, Pooh 2ear. - can"t get this boot on.%
@G
induere."
"&alum," dixit Pu.
"Existimas te sodes, te contra me applicare
posse( quia tanta vi traho, ut retrorsum
cadam."
Pu consedit, ungulas solo in'ixit, et quanta
maxima vi potuit tergo tergum Christophori
Robini pressit. Christophorus Robinus
autem sese contra tergum eius applicavit,
traxit traxitque caligam quoad induit.
"Expeditum est," dixit Pu. "Proximo quid
'aciamus("
"os onmes in expeditionem exibimus,"
dixit Christophorus Robinus exsurgens et
sese detergens. "=ratias tibi ago, Pu."
"-n expotitionem exibimus(" dixit avide Pu.
"on puto me iam expotitionis participem
'uisse. ,uo vadimus ea in expotitione("
"Expeditionem dixi, ursule stultule# Pedi
non est poti#"
"Pro'ecto," dixit Pu. "-d non ignoro." 8)ed
ignorabat.9
"$d Polum )eptentrionalem inveniendum
eximus."
"Pro'ecto," dixit iterum Pu. ",uid est Polus
)eptentrionalis(" rogavit.
"Est res ad inveniendum apta," dixit obiter
Christophorus Robinus, ipse incertus.
"5eneo," dixit Pu. ")unt ursi ad polum
inveniendum idonei("
")cilicet, sunt. Et etiam ?epus, Canga et
quot estis omnes. Expeditio est. -d ipsum
est quod appellatur expeditio. .rdo longus
omnium. -ube dum potius omnes se parare
dum ego sclopetum meum examino. Et nos
omnes viatica ad'erre oportet."
"$d'erre quae("
"Cibaria."
".h," dixit pu laetus. "Credidi te %viatica%
dixisse. $beo et nuntio." Et presso gradu
abiit.
Primus autem in quem incidit ?epus 'uit.
"0eus ?epus," dixit, "es tu("
"Putemus me non esse," dixit ?epus, "et
videamus, quorsum hoc evadat."
"0abeo aliquid tibi nuntiandum."
%5hat"s bad,% said Pooh.
%Do 4ou thin3 4ou could ver4 3indl4 lean
against me, "cos - 3eep pulling so hard
that - 'all over bac31ards.%
Pooh sat do1n, dug his 'eet into the ground,
and pushed hard against Christopher
Robin"s bac3, and Christopher Robin pushed
hard against his, and pulled and pulled at his
boot until he had got it on.
%$nd that"s that,% said Pooh. %What do 1e do
next(%
%We are all going on an Expedition,% said
Christopher Robin, as he got up and
brushed himsel'. %5han3 4ou, Pooh.%
%=oing on an Expotition(% said Pooh eagerl4.
%- don"t thin3 -"ve ever been on one o' those.
Where are 1e going to on this Expotition(%
%Expedition, sill4 old 2ear. -t"s got an "x" in it.%
%.h#% said Pooh. %- 3no1.% 2ut he didn"t
reall4.
%We"re going to discover the orth Pole.%
%.h#% said Pooh again. %What is the orth
Pole(% he as3ed.
%-t"s *ust a thing 4ou discover,% said
Christopher Robin carelessl4, not being
quite sure himsel'.
%.h# - see,% said Pooh. %$re bears an4 good at
discovering it(%
%.' course the4 are. $nd Rabbit and Janga
and all o' 4ou. -t"s an Expedition.
5hat"s 1hat an Expedition means. $ long line
o' ever4bod4. ;ou"d better tell the others to
get read4, 1hile - see i' m4 gun"s all right.
$nd 1e must all bring Provisions.%
%2ring 1hat(%
%5hings to eat.%
%.h#% said Pooh happil4. %- thought 4ou said
Provisions. -"ll go and tell them.%
$nd he stumped o''.
5he 'irst person he met 1as Rabbit.
%0allo, Rabbit,% he said, %is that 4ou(%
%?et"s pretend it isn"t,% said Rabbit, %and see
1hat happens.%
%-"ve got a message 'or 4ou.%
%-"ll give it to him.%
%We"re all going on an. Expotition 1ith
AH
"Ei dabo."
"os omnes cum Christophoro Robino in
expotitionem exibimus."
",ua in re("
"-n c4mbae genere aliquo, censeo," dixit Pu.
"5eneo, in genere huiusmodi.F
")ic, et polum inventuri sumus, aut aliquid.
$ut pilam( Utique, inventuri sumus."
"/erumne( -tan"(" dixit ?epus.
"Et via-tica ad comedendum nos ad'erre
oportet. )i in tali casu manducare
desiderabimus. unc ad domum Porcelli
abeo. Dic Cangae, sodes#"
?eporem linquens ad Porcelli domum
'estinavit.
Porcellus apud portam domus humi sedebat
et semina taraxaci leontodontis laetus
su''labat, scire avens si qua res anno
presente, anno subsequente, aliquando aut
nec unquam eveniret. &odo invenerat rem
nec unquam eventuram esse et recordari
conatus est, quid "res" 'uisset, et nihil
*ucundi 'uisse spem habuit, cum Pu
advenit.
"., Porcelle," dixit Pu animosus, "nos omnes
in expotitione eximus, nos omnes, cum
cibis. $d rem inveniendam."
"-nveniendam quid(" dixit Porcellus
timidus.
"Rem alicuius generis."
"um 'erocem("
"Christophorus Robinus nihil de 'erocia
dixit. Dixit rem pilum aut palum esse."
"Palus non est malus," dixit Porcellus
graviter. "Et Christophoro Robino presente
nihil nocet."
$liquanto post omnes summa in silva
parati erant et coepit expeditio. Principes
'uerunt Christophorus Robinus et ?epus,
sequebantur Porcellus atque Pu+ deinde
Canga Rum in marsupio gerens et 2ubo+
deinde -or et in agmine novissimo omnes
?eporis amici et cognati.
"-nvocatu meo," explicavit ?epus obiter,
"advenerunt. )emper ita agunt. $gmen
claudere possunt, post -orem."
Christopher Robin#%
%What is it 1hen 1e"re on it(%
%$ sort o' boat, - thin3,% said Pooh.
%.h# that sort.%
%;es. $nd 1e"re going to discover a Pole or
something. .r 1as it a &ole( $n4ho1
1e"re going to discover it.%
%We are, are 1e(% said Rabbit.
%;es. $nd 1e"ve got to bring Pro-things to eat
1ith us. -n case 1e 1ant to eat them. o1 -"m
going do1n to Piglet"s. 5ell Janga, 1ill 4ou(%
0e le't Rabbit and hurried do1n to Piglet"s
house.
5he Piglet 1as sitting on the ground at the
door o' his house blo1ing happil4 at a
dandelion, and 1ondering 1hether it 1ould be
this 4ear, next 4ear, some time or never. 0e
had *ust discovered that it 1ould be never, and
1as tr4ing to remember 1hat %it% 1as, and
hoping it 1asn"t an4thing nice, 1hen Pooh
came up.
%.h# Piglet,% said Pooh excitedl4, 1e"re going
on an Expotition, all o' us, 1ith things to eat.
5o discover something.%
%5o discover 1hat(% said Piglet anxiousl4.
%.h# *ust something.%
%othing 'ierce(%
%Christopher Robin didn"t sa4 an4thing about
'ierce. 0e *ust said it had an
"x".%
%-t isn"t their nec3s - mind,% said Piglet
earnestl4. %-t"s their teeth. 2ut i'
Christopher Robin is coming - don"t mind
an4thing.%
-n a little 1hile the4 1ere all read4 at the top
o' the 6orest, and the Expotition started. 6irst
came Christopher Robin and Rabbit, then
Piglet and Pooh+ ther Janga, 1ith Roo in her
poc3et, and .1l+ then Ee4ore+ and, at the end,
in a long line, all Rabbit"s 'riends-and-
relations.
%- didn"t as3 them,% explained Rabbit
carelessl4. %5he4 *ust came. 5he4 al1a4s
do. 5he4 can march at the end, a'ter Ee4ore.%
%What - sa4,% said Ee4ore, %is that it"s
unsettling. - didn"t 1ant to come on this
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"Enuntio," dixit -or, "his omnibus rebus
taedio a''ici. on erat desiderium meum
participem esse expo - o rei illius, quam Pu
nominavit. -n bene'icii causa veni. )ed me
ecce - et si cauda expo - rei sum, cauda
esse volo. )i autem, quandocumque
consedere et interquiescere volui dimidium
duodecadis amicorum et cognatorum
?eporis cum cauda mea deverrere debeam,
hoc non erit expo - utcumque sit - sed
tumultus con'usus. -ta censeo."
"Recte interpretor sententiam -oris," dixit
2ubo. ")i me rogatis. . . ."
"&inime rogo," dixit -or. ".mnibus enuntio.
Per me, vel polum septentrionalem
quaeramus, vel in extremitate cavernae
'ormicarum %0ic collegimus uces et
&aium% ludamus, licet. &ea nihil re'ert."
/ox sonavit e primo agmine.
"/enite#" clamavit Christophorus Robinus.
"/enite#" clamaverunt Pu ac Porcellus.
"/enite#" clamavit 2ubo.
"-ncipit expeditio," dixit ?epus. "&e abire
oportet." Et una Christophoro Robino ad
agmen ducendum 'estinavit.
"Euge," dixit -or. "$bimus. )ed nolite mihi
aliquid ob*ectare."
.mnes igitur ad polum inveniendum
abierunt. -nter eundum omnes ab hoc et ab
hac con'abulaverunt, omnes excepto Puo,
qui carmen elaborabat.
"Ecce pars prima," dixit Porcello, cum
per'ecta esset.
"Pars prima cuius rei("
"Carminis mei#"
",ualis carminis("
"0uius."
"Cuius("
")i aurem praebes, Porcelle, audias."
"Unde scis me aurem non praebere("
Pu respondere nequiens ita incepit cantare!
2ubo et -or et Canga et Ru
$tque Porcellus et egomet Pu
Cuncti rogamus, non ego solus
Ubi sit pilus aut palus aut polus(
0eu pilus ubi( . polus qualis(
Expo--1hat Pooh said. - onl4 came to oblige.
2ut here - am+ and i' - am the end o' the
Expo--1hat 1e"re tal3ing about--then let me
be the end. 2ut i', ever4 time - 1ant to sit
do1n 'or a little rest, - have to brush a1a4
hal' a do:en o'
Rabbit"s smaller 'riends-and-relations 'irst,
then this isn"t an ExpoM1hatever it is--at all,
it"s simpl4 a Con'used oise. 5hat"s 1hat -
sa4.%
%- see 1hat Ee4ore means,% said .1l. %-' 4ou
as3 me--%
%-"m not as3ing an4bod4,% said Ee4ore. %-"m
*ust telling ever4bod4. We can loo3 'or the
orth Pole, or 1e can pla4 "0ere 1e go
gathering uts and &a4" 1ith the end part o'
an ants" nest. -t"s all the same to me.%
5here 1as a shout 'rom the top o' the line.
%Come on#% called Christopher Robin.
%Come on#% called .1l.
%We"re starting,% said Rabbit. %- must go.% $nd
he hurried o'' to the 'ront o' the Expotition
1ith Christopher Robin.
%$ll right,% said Ee4ore. %We"re going. .nl4
Don"t 2lame &e.%
)o o'' the4 all 1ent to discover the Pole. $nd
as the4 1al3ed, the4 chattered to each other o'
this and that, all except Pooh, 1ho 1as
ma3ing up a song.
%5his is the 'irst verse,% he said to Piglet,
1hen he 1as read4 1ith it.
%6irst verse o' 1hat(%
%&4 song.%
%What song(%
%5his one.%
%Which one(%
%Well, i' 4ou listen, Piglet, 4ou"ll hear it.%
%0o1 do 4ou 3no1 -"m not listening(% Pooh
couldn"t ans1er that one, so he began to sing.
5he4 all 1ent o'' to discover the Pole,
.1l and Piglet and Rabbit and all+
-t"s a 5hing 4ou Discover, as -"ve been tole
24 .1l and Piglet and Rabbit and all.
Ee4ore, Christopher Robin and Pooh
$nd Rabbit"s relations all 1ent too--
$nd 1here the Pole 1as none o' them 3ne1....
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Polus septemtrionalis.
"5ace," dixit Puo cervices retorquens
Christophoro Robino, "nunc vero ad locum
periculosum pervenimus."
"5ace," dixit Pu nunc velociter ad Porcellum
se convertens.
"5ace," dixit Porcellus Cangae.
"5ace," dixit Canga 2uboni+ dum Ru secum
aliquoties "tace" dixit tranquillissime.
"5ace," dixit 2ubo -ori.
"5ace," dixit -or voce horrenda omnibus
?eporis cognatis amicisque. Et "tace" omnes
perpropere dixerunt totum per ordinem,
usque ad ultimum omnium. Ultimus et
minimus amicus-et-cognatus adeo
cohorruit, quia tota expeditio ei "tace"
dixerat ut capite deorsum sese humo
conderet+ eo loco per duos dies permansit,
sublato tandem periculo 'estinanter domum
abiit et tranquille cum matertera vitam
agebat. omen ei erat $lexander
)carabeus.
Perventum est ad 'lexibus riparum
praeruptarum et saxosarum implicatum
rivulum et Christophorus Robinus statim
intellexit locum periculosum esse.
"/epres huius loci insidiis nati sunt,"
explicavit.
",uae sunt insidiae in vepribus(" Pu
Porcello susurravit.
"Pu dulcissime rerum," dixit 2ubo modo suo
dicendi superbo, "num nescis quid insidiae
sint("
"2ubo," dixit Porcellus caput retorquens,
"Pui susurrus omnino privatim dictus erat,
neque oportuit . . . ."
"-nsidiae," dixit 2ubo, "est occulta
exspectatio ad aliquem aggrediendum."
"/epres etiam interdum ursos occulte
aggrediuntur."
"-nsidiae," dixit Porcellus, "sicut in modo
Puo explicaturus eram, est occulta
exspectatio ad aliquem aggrediendum."
")i quis in te repente impetum 'acit,
insidiae sunt," dixit 2ubo.
"-nsidiae sunt Pu, si quis in te repente
)ing 0e4# 'or .1l and Rabbit and all#
%0ush#% said Christopher Robin turning round
to Pooh, %1e"re *ust coming to a Dangerous
Place.%
%0ush#% said Pooh turning round quic3l4 to
Piglet.
%0ush#% said Piglet to Janga.
%0ush#% said Janga to .1l, 1hile Roo said
%0ush#% several times to himsel', ver4 quietl4.
%0ush#% said .1l to Ee4ore.
%0ush#% said Ee4ore in a terrible voice to all
Rabbit"s 'riends-and-relations,
and %0ush#% the4 said hastil4 to each other all
do1n the line, until it got to the last one o' all.
$nd the last and smallest 'riend-and-relation
1as so upset to 'ind that the 1hole Expotition
1as sa4ing %0ush#% to him, that he buried
himsel' head do1n1ards in a crac3 in the
ground, and sta4ed there 'or t1o da4s
until the danger 1as over, and then 1ent
home in a great hurr4, and lived quietl4 1ith
his $unt ever-a'ter1ards. 0is name 1as
$lexander 2eetle.
5he4 had come to a stream 1hich t1isted and
tumbled bet1een high roc34 ban3s, and
Christopher Robin sa1 at once ho1
dangerous it 1as.
%-t"s *ust the place,% he explained, %'or an
$mbush.%
%What sort o' bush(% 1hispered Pooh to
Piglet. %$ gorse-bush(%
%&4 dear Pooh,% said .1l in his superior 1a4,
%don"t 4ou 3no1 1hat an $mbush
is(%
%.1l,% said Piglet, loo3ing round at him
severel4, %Pooh"s 1hisper 1as a per'ectl4
private 1hisper, and there 1as no need----%
%$n $mbush,% said .1l, %is a sort o'
)urprise.%
%)o is a gorse-bush sometimes,% said Pooh.
%$n $mbush, as - 1as about to explain to
Pooh,% said Piglet, %is a sort o' )urprise.%
%-' people *ump out at 4ou suddenl4, that"s an
$mbush,% said .1l.
%-t"s an $mbush, Pooh, 1hen people *ump at
4ou suddenl4,% explained Piglet.
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impetum 'acit," explicavit Porcellus.
Pu quid insidiae essent nunc certior 'actus
dixit vepres contra se olim impetum
'ecisse, cum de arbore cecidsset et se per
sex dies laboravisse ut spinas omnes ex
corpore extraheret.
"De vepribus non loquimur," dixit 2ubo
haud ita multum iratus.
"Ego autem loquor," dixit Pu.
unc de saxo in saxum procedentes caute
adverso 'lumine iter pergebant et
aliquantulum post itineris ad locum
pervenerunt, ubi ripae latiores erant, adeo
ut utraque in parte aquae pratulum planus
ad considendum et requiescendum aptus
esset. )imul ac locum vidit Christophorus
Robinus "sistite gradum" iussit et omnes
consederunt et requieverunt.
"Censeo," dixit Christophorus Robinus,
"nobis omnia viatica nunc edenda esse, ne
tanta in humeris 'erre debeamus."
"Edere omnia quae(" dixit Pu.
".mnia adlata," dixit Porcellus et operi
accinxit.
"2onum consilium," dixit Pu, et etiam
accinxit operi.
".mnesne aliquid habetis(" rogavit ore
pleno Christophorus Robinus.
".mnes praeter me," dixit -or. "Usitato
more." Et oculos suo modo melancholice
circumtulit. "Puto neminem vestrum coeco
casu in carduo sedere. . . ."
"Censeo me sedere," dixit Pu. "0eus#"
)urrexit et retrospexit. "Pro'ecto, ita est.
Recte existimavi."
"=ratias tibi ago, Pu. )i hoc tibi su''icit." $d
sedem Pui propius accedit et edere coepit.
"-nsidere, sicut scitis, eis nihil con'ert,"
sub*unxit, oculis inter masticandum sursum
conversis. "/italitatem tollit. $liquantulum
considerationis, aliquantulum respectus
aliorum totam signi'icant distinctionem."
Christophorus Robinus pransus statim
aliquid ?eporis in auriculam susurravit et
?epus dixit! ")ane, optime," et con*unctim
adverso 'lumine paululum ambulabant.
Pooh, 1ho no1 3ne1 1hat an $mbush 1as,
said that a gorse-bush had sprung at him
suddenl4 one da4 1hen he 'ell o'' a tree, and
he had ta3en six da4s to get all the pric3les
out o' himsel'.
%We are not tal3ing about gorse-bushes,% said
.1l a little crossl4.
%- am,% said Pooh.
5he4 1ere climbing ver4 cautiousl4 up the
stream no1, going 'rom roc3 to roc3, and
a'ter the4 had gone a little 1a4 the4 came to a
place 1here the ban3s
1idened out at each side, so that on each side
o' the 1ater there 1as a level strip o' grass on
1hich the4 could sit do1n and rest. $s soon
as he sa1 this, Christopher Robin called
%0alt#% and the4 all sat do1n and rested.
%- thin3,% said Christopher Robin, %that 1e
ought to eat all our Provisions no1, so that 1e
shan"t have so much to carr4.%
%Eat all our 1hat(% said Pooh.
%$ll that 1e"ve brought,% said Piglet, getting
to 1or3.
%5hat"s a good idea,% said Pooh, and he got to
1or3 too.
%0ave 4ou all got something(% as3ed
Christopher Robin 1ith his mouth 'ull.
%$ll except me,% said Ee4ore. %$s Usual.% 0e
loo3ed round at them in his melanchol4 1a4.
- suppose none o' 4ou are sitting on a thistle
b4 an4 chance(%
%- believe - am,% said Pooh. %.1#% 0e got up,
and loo3ed behind him. %;es, - 1as. - thought
so.%
%5han3 4ou, Pooh. -' 4ou"ve quite 'inished
1ith it.% 0e moved across to Pooh"s
place, and began to eat.
%-t doesn"t do them an4 =ood, 4ou 3no1,
sitting on them,% he 1ent on, as he loo3ed up
munching. %5a3es all the ?i'e out o' them.
Remember that another time, all o' 4ou. $
little Consideration, a little 5hought 'or
.thers, ma3es all the di''erence.%
$s soon as he had 'inished his lunch
Christopher Robin 1hispered to Rabbit, and
Rabbit said %;es, 4es, o' course,% and the4
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"5ibi dico, ceteris non item," dixit
Christophorus Robinus.
"-ta est," dixit ?epus vultum adducens.
"Est - scire cupivi - est solum - ?epus,
censeo te ignorare! qualis est adspectus poli
septentrionalis("
")ane," dixit ?epus barbam malis demissam
per'ricans. "unc rogitas#"
".lim noveram sed aliquo modo oblitus
sum," dixit obiter Christophorus Robinus.
"Ridiculum est," dixit ?epus, "sed ego
quoque aliquo modo oblitus sum, quamvis
olim non ignoravissem."
"Censeo palum terrae in'ixum esse."
"Polum, si nec pila nec pilum sit palum esse
oportet. Et palum terrae in'ixum esse
oportet, quia non est locus alius ad palum
collocandum idoneus."
"0oc est quod egomet cogitaveram."
",uaeritur autem," dixit ?epus. "Ubi sit
in'ixus(F
"-d est, quod quaerimus," dixit
Christophorus Robinus.
$d ceteros redierunt. Porcellus recumbens
altiore somno dormiebat. Ru 'aciem et
ungulas in rivulo lavabat, dum Canga
omnibus superbe explicat nunc prima vice
ipsum sibi 'aciem lavare, 2ubo autem
Cangae 'abellam gratiosam narrabat
plenam verborum longorum sicut
"Enc4clopaedia" et "Rhododendron," quam
Canga non auscultabat.
".mnes has ablutiones non magni aestimo,"
obmurmuravit -or. ". tempora, o mos
ablutionis retroauricularis# ,uid tibi
videtur Pu("
")ane," dixit Pu, "puto. . . ."
)ed nunquam, quid Pu cogitaverit,
sciemus, quia Ru repente vagitum dedit,
'luvius strepuit et Canga clamando cuncta
pavore complevit.
"De ablutionibus hactenus," dixit -or.
"Ru in aquam lapsus est#" exclamavit ?epus
et ipse ac Christophorus Robinus eum a
periculo vindicatum accucurrerunt.
"/idete me natantem#" vagivit Ru medio ex
1al3ed a little 1a4 up the stream together.
%- didn"t 1ant the others to hear,% said
Christopher Robin.
%,uite so,% said Rabbit, loo3ing important.
%-t"s--- 1ondered---t"s onl4--Rabbit, - suppose
4ou don"t 3no1, What does the orth Pole
loo3 li3e(%
%Well,% said Rabbit, stro3ing his 1his3ers.
%o1 4ou"re as3ing me.%
%- did 3no1 once, onl4 -"ve sort o' 'orgotten,%
said Christopher Robin carelessl4.
%-t"s a 'unn4 thing,% said Rabbit, %but -"ve sort
o' 'orgotten too, although - did 3no1 once.%
%- suppose it"s *ust a pole stuc3 in the
ground(%
%)ure to be a pole,% said Rabbit, %because o'
calling it a pole, and i' it"s a pole, 1ell, -
should thin3 it 1ould be stic3ing in the
ground, shouldn"t 4ou, because there"d be
no1here else to stic3 it.%
%;es, that"s 1hat - thought.%
%5he onl4 thing,% said Rabbit, %is, 1here is it
stic3ing(%
%5hat"s 1hat 1e"re loo3ing 'or,% said
Christopher Robin.
5he4 1ent bac3 to the others. Piglet 1as l4ing
on his bac3, sleeping peace'ull4.
Roo 1as 1ashing his 'ace and pa1s in the
stream, 1hile Janga explained to
ever4bod4 proudl4 that this 1as the 'irst time
he had ever 1ashed his 'ace himsel', and .1l
1as telling Janga an -nteresting $necdote 'ull
o' long 1ords li3e Enc4clopedia and
Rhododendron to 1hich Janga 1asn"t
listening.
%- don"t hold 1ith all this 1ashing,% grumbled
Ee4ore. %5his modern 2ehind-the-ears
nonsense. What do 4ou thin3, Pooh(%
%Well, said Pooh, %- thin3----%
2ut 1e shall never 3no1 1hat Pooh thought,
'or there came a sudden squea3 'rom Roo, a
splash, and a loud cr4 o' alarm 'rom Janga.
%)o much 'or 1ashing,% said Ee4ore.
%Roo"s 'allen in#% cried Rabbit, and he and
Christopher Robin came rushing do1n to the
rescue.
AA
turbine et per cataractas ad proximum
turbinem vectus est.
"2ene te habes, Ru carissime(" clamavit
Canga sollicite.
"2ene," dixit Ru. "/idete me na . . ." et per
proximas cataractas ad proximum turbinem
vectus est.
Unusquisque aliquid ad auxiliandum 'ecit.
Porcellus, iam omnino experge'actus, leves
saltus dabat "U, inquam" clamando+ 2ubo
explicabat in casibus improvisis et
temporariis immersionis capite ex aqua
exstare magni momenti esse+ Canga
secundum ripam subsultans! "Certe bene te
habes, Ru carissime(" dicebat, ad quod Ru
ex omnibus, in quibus natabat turbinibus,
"/idete me natantem" respondebat. -or
tergum verterat et caudam primum in
turbinem, ubi Ru inciderat, immerserat et
nunc a calamitate aversus tranquille secum
murmurabat et dixit! "Ecce, quod ex
ablutionibus evenire solet. )ed accipe
caudam Rucule parvule et servatus eris"+
Christophorus Robinus autem et ?epus
praeter -orem properans ad alios ante se
clamaverunt.
"2ene est Ru, advenio," clamavit
Christophorus Robinus.
"Unum e vobis aliquid transversum 'lumen
porrigere oportet," clamavit ?epus.
Pu autem iam aliquid egit. $b Ruo spatium
duorum turbinum secundum 'lumen distans
palum longum ungulis tenens stabat, et
Canga advenit et alteram extremitatem
prehendit et con*unctim palum transversum
partem in'eriorem turbinis tenuerunt. Et
Ru, etiam tunc superbus "/idete me
natantem" clamans contra palum vectus est
et emersit.
"onne me natantem vidistis(" pipivit Ru
alacriter dum Canga eum vituperat et
per'ricat. "Pu me natantem vidisti( ,uod
'eci natare vocatur. ?epus, quid 'ecissem,
vidisti( atabam. E*a Porcelle# Porcelle
inquam# ,uid me 'ecisse cogitas(
atabam# Christophore Robine# &e. . . ."
%?oo3 at me s1imming#% squea3ed Roo 'rom
the middle o' his pool, and 1as hurried
do1n a 1ater'all into the next pool.
%$re 4ou all right, Roo dear(% called Janga
anxiousl4.
%;es#% said Roo. %?oo3 at me s1--% and do1n
he 1ent over the next 1ater'all into another
pool.
Ever4bod4 1as doing something to help.
Piglet, 1ide a1a3e suddenl4, 1as *umping
up and do1n and ma3ing %.o, - sa4% noises+
.1l 1as explaining that in a case o' )udden
and 5emporar4 -mmersion the -mportant
5hing 1as to 3eep the 0ead $bove Water+
Janga 1as *umping along the ban3, sa4ing
%$re 4ou sure 4ou"re all right, Roo dear(% to
1hich Roo, 'rom 1hatever pool he 1as in at
the moment, 1as ans1ering %?oo3 at me
s1imming#% Ee4ore had turned round and
hung his tail over the 'irst pool into 1hich
Roo 'ell, and 1ith his bac3 to the accident
1as grumbling quietl4 to himsel', and sa4ing,
%$ll this 1ashing+ but catch on to m4 tail,
little Roo, and 4ou"ll be all right%+
and,Christopher Robin and Rabbit
came hurr4ing past Ee4ore, and 1ere calling
out to the others in 'ront o' them.
%$ll right, Roo, -"m coming,% called
Christopher Robin.
%=et something across the stream lo1er
do1n, some o' 4ou 'ello1s,% called Rabbit.
2ut Pooh 1as getting something. 51o pools
belo1 Roo he 1as standing 1ith a long pole
in his pa1s, and Janga came up and too3 one
end o' it, and bet1een them the4 held it across
the lo1er part o' the pool+ and Roo, still
bubbling proudl4,
%?oo3 at me s1imming,% dri'ted up against it,
and climbed out.
%Did 4ou see me s1imming(% squea3ed Roo
excitedl4, 1hile Janga scolded him and
rubbed him do1n. %Pooh, did 4ou see me
s1imming( 5hat"s called s1imming, 1hat -
1as doing. Rabbit, did 4ou see 1hat - 1as
doing( )1imming. 0allo, Piglet# - sa4,
Piglet# What do 4ou thin3 - 1as doing#
AB
)ed Christophorus Robinus non
auscultabat. Pum contemplatus est.
"Pu," dixit, "ubi invenisti palum(" Pu palum
simul ungulis tenebat et oculis.
"-nveni," dixit, "et utilem esse putavi.
Denique collegi."
"Pu," dixit sollemniter Christophorus
Robinus, "expeditio 'inita est. -nvenisti
Palum )eptentrionalem#"
".," dixit Pu.
-or caudam in aquam mergens sedebat,
dum omnes revertunt.
"Dicite Ruo adhibeat celeritatem," dixit
"Cauda 'rigescit. olo mentionem 'aciam,
sed 'acio. olo lamentari, sed ecce! cauda
'riget."
"Ecce me," vagivit Ru.
"En, ades#"
"&e natantem vidisti("
-or caudam ex aqua traxit et ultro citroque
*actavit.
")icut exspectabam," dixit. ")ensum omnino
perdidit. 5orpet. &ehercle, ita est. 5orpet.
2ene, si nemini curae est, certe iustum est."
"Doleo quia doles, vetule -or# 5ibi caudam
detergo," dixit Christophorus Robinus,
muccinium extraxit et caudam con'ricuit.
"=ratias tibi ago habeoque, Christophore
Robine# Unicus rerum caudalium expertus
adpares. unquam cogitant nonnulli - hinc
illae lacrimae# on possunt aliquid
mentibus 'ingere. Cauda iis non cauda est,
sed aliquantulum, quod de spinae termino
procidit."
"oli curare -or," dixit Christophorus
Robinus, quam maxime assidue 'ricans.
"5ali modo meliuscule tibi est("
"&agis sensum caudae habet, 'ortassis.
-terum pertinet, si tenes quid dicam."
"0eus -or," dixit Pu, cum palo suo
adveniens.
"0eus Pu. =ratum mihi 'ecisti, quod
rogavisti, sed post unum diem aut duo
iterum ea uti potero."
",ua de re("
"Re, de qua loquimur . . . ."
)1imming# Christopher Robin, did 4ou see
me--%
2ut Christopher Robin 1asn"t listening. 0e
1as loo3ing at Pooh.
%Pooh,% he said, %1here did 4ou 'ind that
pole(%
Pooh loo3ed at the pole in his hands.
%- *ust 'ound it,% he said. %- thought it ought to
be use'ul. - *ust pic3ed it up.%
%Pooh,% said Christopher Robin solemnl4, %the
Expedition is over. ;ou have 'ound
the orth Pole#%
%.h#% said Pooh.
Ee4ore 1as sitting 1ith his tail in the 1ater
1hen the4 all got bac3 to him.
%5ell Roo to be quic3, somebod4,% he said.
%&4 tail"s getting cold. - don"t 1ant to
mention it, but - *ust mention it. - don"t 1ant
to complain, but there it is.
&4 tail"s cold.%
%0ere - am#% squea3ed Roo.
%.h, there 4ou are.%
%Did 4ou see me s1imming(%
Ee4ore too3 his tail out o' the 1ater, and
s1ished it 'rom side to side.
%$s - expected,% he said. %?ost all 'eeling.
umbed it. 5hat"s 1hat it"s done.
umbed it. Well, as long as nobod4 minds, -
suppose it"s all right.%
%Poor old Ee4ore# -"ll dr4 it 'or 4ou,% said
Christopher Robin, and he too3 out his
hand3erchie' and rubbed it up.
%5han3 4ou, Christopher Robin. ;ou"re the
onl4 one 1ho seems to understand about
tails. 5he4 don"t thin3--that"s 1hat"s the matter
1ith some o' these others.
5he4"ve no imagination. $ tail isn"t a tail to
them, it"s *ust a ?ittle 2it Extra at the bac3.%
%ever mind, Ee4ore,% said Christopher
Robin, rubbing his hardest. %-s that
better(%
%-t"s 'eeling more li3e a tail perhaps. -t
2elongs again, i' 4ou 3no1 1hat - mean.%
%0ullo, Ee4ore,% said Pooh, coming up to
them 1ith his pole.
%0ullo, Pooh. 5han3 4ou 'or as3ing, but -
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"De nulla re locutus sum," dixit Pu
mirabundus.
"-terum erravi. Putavi te dixisse te caudae
meae miseruisse, quia torgida 'uisset et te
opitulaturum esse."
"&inime," dixit Pu. "Ego non 'ui." Parumper
meditatus et auxiliabundus sub*unxit!
"6ortasse alias quis 'uit."
"2ene est, si eum videas, age pro me
gratias."
Pu timidus Christophorum Robinum
contemplabatur.
"Pu Palum )eptentrionalem invenit," dixit
Christophorus Robinus. ",uid potest
mirabilius reperiri(" Pu modeste oculos
de*ecit.
")erion" dicis tu(" dixit -or. "Erat quod
quaesivimus("
")ane," dixit Pu.
".," dixit -or. "2ene. Utique non pluvit . . ."
dixit.
Palum terrae in'ixerunt, et Christophorus
Robinus inscriptionem ad palum alligavit!
P$?U) /--
5R-.$?-)
REPER-5 PU
PU
-/E-5
Deinde omnes domum redierunt. Et censeo,
sed ea res parum comperta est, Rum balneo
calido usum esse et statim cubitum isse. Pu
autem domum reversus rebus suis gestis
elatus ad sese resuscitandum aliquantulum
cibi sumpsit.
I1
shall be able to use it again in a da4 or t1o.%
%Use 1hat(% said Pooh.
%What 1e are tal3ing about.%
%- 1asn"t tal3ing about an4thing,% said Pooh,
loo3ing pu::led.
%&4 mista3e again. - thought 4ou 1ere sa4ing
ho1 sorr4 4ou 1ere about m4 tail, being all
numb, and could 4ou do an4thing to help(%
%o,% said Pooh. %5hat 1asn"t me,% he said.
0e thought 'or a little and then suggested
help'ull4! %Perhaps it 1as somebod4 else.%
%Well, than3 him 'or me 1hen 4ou see him.%
Pooh loo3ed anxiousl4 at Christopher Robin.
%Pooh"s 'ound the orth Pole,% said
Christopher Robin. %-sn"t that lovel4(%
Pooh loo3ed modestl4 do1n.
%-s that it(% said Ee4ore.
%;es,% said Christopher Robin.
%-s that 1hat 1e 1ere loo3ing 'or(%
%;es,% said Pooh.
%.h#% said Ee4ore. %Well, an4ho1--it didn"t
rain,% he said.
5he4 stuc3 the pole in the ground, and
Christopher Robin tied a message on to
it!
or50 Po?E
D-C)ovERED 24
Poo0
Poo0 6ouD -5
5hen the4 all 1ent home again. $nd - thin3,
but - am not quite sure, that Roo had a hot
bath and 1ent straight to bed. 2ut Pooh 1ent
bac3 to his o1n house, and 'eeling ver4 proud
o' 1hat he had done, had a little something to
revive himsel'.
I1
In Which Piglet Is 'ntirel$ Surrounded B$
Water
-5 rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet
told himsel' that never in all his li'e, and he
1as goodness 3no1s ho1 old--three, 1as it,
AD
Quo in capite Porcellus ab omni parte
aquis circumdatus est
Pluebat et pluebat et pluebat. Porcellus
secum dixit se nunquam dum erat - et Deus
scit quantum sit longaevus! trimus aut
quadrimus erat# - tantum pluviarum
vidisse. Per dies et dies et dies.
")i saltem," cogitabat ex 'enestra spectans,
"Pui in domo 'uissem, aut Christophori
Robini in domo, aut ?eporis in domo cum
pluviae incepissent, per totum hoc tempus
colloquium habuissem pro solitudine, nullo
cum alio negotio ac coniicere quando
pluviae desinerent." Et mente 'ingebat
seipsum cum Puo esse, dicentem! "Unquam
pluvias tales vidisti, Pu(" et Pum dicentem!
"onne $5R.L est, Porcelle(" et Porcellum
dicentem! ")cire aveo quomodo res apud
Christophorum Robinum se habeant," et
Pum dicentem! "Puto ?eporem vetulum et
pauperculum nunc iam aquis submersum
esse." )uavis 'uisset huiusmodi
con'abulatio et pro'ecto parum proderat
rem memorabilem sicut inundationem
habere, si cum nullo dividi poterat.
Erat hercle casus memorabilis. 6ossae
parvulae et siccae, in quibus Porcellus
totiens naso 'oderat in rivulos mutatae
erant, rivuli quos vado transierat rivi erant
et rivus, cuius inter praeruptas ripas tam
'eliciter luserat
alveo egressus ubique tam large patuit, ut
Porcellus mirari inciperet, num lectulum
eius mox invasurus esset.
"$liquantulum perterre'acit," secum dixit,
"animal parvulum ab omni parte aquis
circumdatum esse. Christophorus Robinus
et Pu in arbores ascendendo e''ugere
possunt, Canga saliendo, ?epus cuniculos
agendo, 2ubo sese alis sustollendo, -or
magna voce clamando donec integer
incolumisque servatus esset, sed ego hic
sum, aquis circumdatus et quodcumque sit
agere impotens."
)ine intermissione pluebat et singulis
or 'our(--never had he seen so much rain.
Da4s and da4s and da4s.
%-' onl4,% he thought, as he loo3ed out o' the
1indo1, %- had been in Pooh"s house, or
Christopher Robin"s house, or Rabbit"s house
1hen it began to rain, hen - should have had
Compan4 all this time, instead o' being here
all alone, 1ith nothing to do except 1onder
1hen it 1ill stop.% $nd he imagined himsel'
ith Pooh, sa4ing, %Did 4ou ever see such rain,
Pooh(% and Pooh sa4ing, %-sn"t it a1'ul,
Piglet(% and Piglet sa4ing, %- 1onder ho1 it is
over Christopher Robin"s 1a4,% and Pooh
sa4ing, %- should thin3 poor old Rabbit is
about 'looded out b4 this time.% -t 1ould have
been *oll4 to tal3 li3e this, and reall4, it 1asn"t
much good having an4thing exciting li3e
'loods, i' 4ou couldn"t share them 1ith
somebod4.
6or it 1as rather exciting. 5he little dr4
ditches in 1hich Piglet had nosed about so
o'ten had become streams, the little streams
across 1hich he had splashed 1ere rivers, and
the river, bet1een 1hose steep ban3s the4 had
pla4ed so happil4, had spra1led out o' its o1n
bed and 1as ta3ing up so much room
ever41here, that Piglet 1as beginning to
1onder 1hether it 1ould be coming into his
bed soon.
%-t"s a little $nxious,% he said to himsel', %to
be a /er4 )mall $nimal Entirel4
)urrounded b4 Water. Christopher Robin and
Pooh could escape b4 Climbing 5rees,
and Janga could escape b4 Eumping, and
Rabbit could escape b4 2urro1ing, and .1l
could escape b4 6l4ing, and Ee4ore could
escape b4--b4 &a3ing a ?oud oise Until
Rescued, and here am -, surrounded b4 1ater
and - can"t do an4thing.%
-t 1ent on raining, and ever4 da4 the 1ater
got a little higher, until no1 it 1as nearl4 up
to Piglet"s 1indo1 . . . and still he hadn"t done
an4thing.
%5here"s Pooh,% he thought to himsel'. %Pooh
hasn"t much 2rain, but he never comes to an4
harm. 0e does sill4 things and the4 turn out
AG
diebus aqua magis magisque crescebat
usque eo, donec paene Porcelli 'enestra
tenus pervenerat, neque tum quidem ipse
aliquid 'ecerat.
"Ecce Pu," secum cogitavit. "Pu parum
cerebri habet, sed nunquam aliquid ei
incommode accidit. Puerilia tractat et in
bonum exeunt. Ecce 2ubo. 2ubo non
habet, quod cerebrum vocari possit, sed
non ignorat res. Certo non ignorat quid
aquis circumdatum 'acere oporteat. Ecce
?epus. Est homo nullius libri, sed semper
consilia prudentia capit. Ecce Canga. on
est ingeniosa Canga, Canga non est, sed de
Ruo timens etiam inconsulto recte agat.
Ecce etiam -or. -or iam adeo miser est, ut
hoc 'ieri non curet. )ed scire aveo quid
Christophorus Robinus conetur."
5um repente historiae recordatus est, quam
Christophorus Robinus ei narraverat de
homine quodam in insula deserta, qui
aliquid scripti in lagoenula undis
commiserat. Et Porcellus mente 'inxit
aliquem, si ipse quid scriberet et in
lagoenula in aquarn con*iceret adventurum
et se servaturum esse.
$ 'enestra recessit et domum perscrutari
coepit - totam partem nondum submersam -
postremo lapidem scriptorium et chartam
albam et siccam invenit, atque lagoenulam
cum cortice. -taque una pagina scripsit!
)UCCURR-5E
P.RCE??U) 8E=.9
et pagina aversa!
P.RCE??U) )U&, E=.,
)UCCURR-5E,
)UCCURR-5E
Postea chartam in lagoenula collocavit,
lagoenulam cortice quam artissime
occlusit, se e 'enestra quam longissime, ne
delaberetur, proclinavit et lagoenulam
quam longissime potuit - splass - e*ecit+
lagoenula post punctum temporis in
summam aquae emersit. Porcellus
lagoenulam lente et longe supernatantem
observabat, usque eo quoad dolebat de
right. 5here"s .1l.
.1l hasn"t exactl4 got 2rain, but he Jno1s
5hings. 0e 1ould 3no1 the Right 5hing
to Do 1hen )urrounded b4 Water. 5here"s
Rabbit. 0e hasn"t ?earnt in 2oo3s, but
he can al1a4s 5hin3 o' a Clever Plan. 5here"s
Janga. )he isn"t Clever, Janga isn"t, but she
1ould be so anxious about Roo that she
1ould do a =ood 5hing to
Do 1ithout thin3ing about it. $nd then there"s
Ee4ore $nd Ee4ore is so miserable
an4ho1 that he 1ouldn"t mind about this. 2ut
- 1onder 1hat Christopher Robin 1ould do(%
5hen suddenl4 he remembered a stor4 1hich
Christopher Robin had told him about a
man on a desert island 1ho had 1ritten
something in a bottle and thro1n it in
the sea+ and Piglet thought that i' he 1rote
something in a bottle and thre1 it in the 1ater,
perhaps somebod4 1ould come and rescue
him#
0e le't the 1indo1 and began to search his
house, all o' it that 1asn"t under 1ater, and at
last he 'ound a pencil and a small piece o' dr4
paper, and a bottle 1ith a cor3 to it. $nd he
1rote on one side o' the paper!
0E?P#
P-=?-5 8&E9
and on the other side!
-5") &E P-=?-5, 0E?P 0E?P#
5hen he put the paper in the bottle, and he
cor3ed the bottle up as tightl4 as he could, and
he leant out o' his 1indo1 as 'ar as he could
lean 1ithout 'alling in, and he thre1 the bottle
as 'ar as he could thro1 --splash#--and in a
little 1hile it bobbed up again on the 1ater+
and he 1atched it 'loating slo1l4 a1a4 in the
distance, until his e4es ached 1ith loo3ing,
and sometimes he thought it 1as the bottle,
and sometimes he thought it 1as *ust a ripple
on the 1ater 1hich he 1as 'ollo1ing, and
then suddenl4 he 3ne1 that he 1ould never
see it again and that he had done all that he
could do to save himsel'.
%)o no1,% he thought, %somebod4 else 1ill
have to do something, and - hope the4
BH
'atigatione oculorum, et modo lagoenulam,
modo aquam undatim crispam sequi
cogitabat, repente autem intellexit se
lagoenulam nunquam iterum visurum esse
et se omnia, quae 'ieri potuerant, ut
servaretur, 'ecisse.
"unc autem," cogitavit, "alium quem
aliquid 'acere oportet, et spero eos mox
acturos esse, quia nisi quid 'aciant natare
debeo, quod nequeo, spero igitur eos mox
acturos esse." )uspirium ex imo duxit et
dixit! "Utinain Pu adesset# $lter cum altero
*ucundius se habet#"
Pluvia incipiente Pu dormiebat. Pluebat,
pluebat et pluebat et ipse dormiebat,
dormiebat et dormiebat. Diem laboriosum
habuerat. Recordamini quomodo palum
septentrionalem invenerat - sane, adeo
elatus erat ut Christophorum Robinum
interrogaret, si essent alii poli, qui ab urso
parvi cerebri reperiri possent.
"Est Polus $ustralis," dixit Christophorus
Robinus, "et opinor etiam Polum
.rientalem et .ccidentalem esse,
quamquam apud quosdam ambigitur."
Pu his verbis mira alacritate a''ectus suasit
in expositione ad Polum .rientalem
inveniendum ire, sed Christophorus
Robinus de aliis negotiis cum Canga
gerendis cogitabat+ itaque Pu solus ad
Polum .rientalem petendum exiit. Utrum
reperisset, necne, oblitus sum. )ed domum
reversus adeo de'atigatus erat, ut media in
coena, id est paulo postquam semihora
amplius manducaverat, somnus artus eum
in cathedra abstulisset, et dormiebat, et
dormitebat et dormiebat.
5unc repente somniavit. Erat apud Polum
.rientalem et erat polus valde 'rigidus,
genere 'rigidissimo nivis et glaciei
obtectus. $lvearium ad dormitandum
idoneum invenerat sed locus cruribus suis
deerat itaque 'oris manserunt. Et vusilli
silvatici policolae orientales advenerunt et
pellem eius rodebant ut ex ea nidos pro
progenie texerent. ,uo magis rodebant, eo
1ill do it soon, because i' the4 don"t - shall
have to s1im, 1hich - can"t, so - hope the4 do
it soon.% $nd then he gave a ver4 long sigh
and said, %- 1ish Pooh 1ere here. -t"s so much
more 'riendl4 1ith t1o.%
When the rain began Pooh 1as asleep. -t
rained, and it rained, and it rained, and he
slept and he slept and he slept. 0e had had a
tiring da4. ;ou remember ho1 he discovered
the orth Pole+ 1ell, he 1as so proud o' this
that he as3ed Christopher Robin i' there 1ere
an4 other Poles such as a 2ear o' ?ittle 2rain
might discover.
%5here"s a )outh Pole,% said Christopher
Robin, %and - expect there"s an East Pole and a
West Pole, though people don"t li3e tal3ing
about them.% Pooh 1as ver4 excited 1hen he
heard this, and suggested that the4 should
have an Expotition to discover the East Pole,
but Christopher Robin had thought o'
something else to do 1ith Janga+ so Pooh
1ent out to discover the East Pole b4 himsel'.
Whether he discovered it or not, - 'orget+ but
he 1as so tired 1hen he got home that, in the
ver4 middle o' his supper, a'ter he had been
eating 'or little more than hal'-an-hour, he 'ell
'ast asleep in his chair, and slept and slept and
slept.
5hen suddenl4 he 1as dreaming. 0e 1as at
the East Pole, and it 1as a ver4 cold pole 1ith
the coldest sort o' sno1 and ice all over it. 0e
had 'ound a bee-hive to sleep in, but there
1asn"t room 'or his legs, so he had le't them
outside.
$nd Wild Woo:les, such as inhabit the East
Pole, came and nibbled all the 'ur o'' his legs
to ma3e ests 'or their ;oung. $nd the more
the4 nibbled, the colder his legs got, until
suddenl4 he 1o3e up 1ith an .1#--and there
he 1as, sitting in his chair 1ith his 'eet in the
1ater, and 1ater all round him#
0e splashed to his door and loo3ed out....
%5his is )erious,% said Pooh. %- must have an
Escape.%
)o he too3 his largest pot o' hone4 and
escaped 1ith it to a broad branch o' his tree,
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'rigidiora crura 'iebant, quoad
experge'actus esset et - o - in cathedra
sedebat pedibus aquis submersis et aqua
omnino circumdatus.
Per aquam usque ad portam transiit et 'oras
spectavit . . . .
"=raves seriaeque res," dixit Pu. "&ihi
'ugiendum est."
&aximum igitur vas mellis capiens cum eo
ad largum arboris ramum, alte ab aqua
au'ugit, postea autem descendit et alio cum
vase au'ugit . . . et 'uga tota peracta Pu alto
in ramo sedebat, pedibus iactantibus et
*uxta eum L vasa mellis erant. . . .
Post biduum erat Pu, in ramo sedens
pedibus iactantibus et *uxta eum erant -/
vasa mellis.
Post triduum erat Pu, in ramo sedens
pedibus iactantibus et *uxta eum erat vas
mellis.
Post quadriduum erat Pu . . . . Et quarta die
mane lagenula Porcelli 'luctibus ad eum
advecta est et Pu clara voce "&E?" clamans
se in aquam praecipitavit, lagoenulam
manu cepit et ad arborem haud 'acile
revertit.
"&alum#" dixit Pu lagenulam recludens.
"-nanis humiditas# ,uid ista chartula sibi
vult(" Chutam extraxit et adspexit.
"Est nuncius," secum dixit, "pro'ecto est.
Ecce littera %P%, scilicet est, videlicet est et
%P% signi'icat %Pu% denique est nuncius pro
me et ego litteras nescio. .portet me
Christophorum Robinum
invenire, aut 2ubonem, aut Porcellum,
unum ?ectorum Prudentium qui scripta
legese possunt, et ii mihi quid nuncius
signi'icet, legent. )ed natare non valeo.
&alum#"
Postea autem consilium cepit et censeo
consilium pro urso parvi cerebri bonum
'uisse. )ecum dixit!
")i lagoenula 'luctuat vas etiam 'luctuabit
et si vas 'luctuat ego insuper sedere
possum, si vas permagnum est."
-taque vas maximum apprehendit et cortice
1ell above the 1ater, and then he climbed
do1n again and escaped 1ith another pot . . .
and 1hen the 1hole Escape 1as 'inished,
there 1as Pooh sitting on his branch dangling
his legs, and there, beside him, 1ere ten pots
o' hone4....
51o da4s later, there 1as Pooh, sitting on his
branch, dangling his legs, and there, beside
him, 1ere 'our pots o' hone4....
5hree da4s later, there 1as Pooh, sitting on
his branch, dangling his legs, and there beside
him, 1as one pot o' hone4.
6our da4s later, there 1as Pooh . . .
$nd it 1as on the morning o' the 'ourth da4
that Piglet"s bottle came 'loating past him, and
1ith one loud cr4 o' %0one4#% Pooh plunged
into the 1ater, sei:ed the bottle, and struggled
bac3 to his tree again.
%2other#% said Pooh, as he opened it. %$ll that
1et 'or nothing. What"s that bit o' paper
doing(%
0e too3 it out and loo3ed at it.
%-t"s a &issage,% he said to himsel', %that"s
1hat it is. $nd that letter is a "P," and so is that,
and so is that, and "P" means "Pooh," so it"s a
ver4 important &issage to me, and - can"t read
it. - must 'ind Christopher Robin or .1l or
Piglet, one o' those Clever Readers 1ho can
read things, and the4 1ill tell me 1hat this
missage means. .nl4 - can"t s1im. 2other#%
5hen he had an idea, and - thin3 that 'or a
2ear o' /er4 ?ittle 2rain, it 1as a good idea.
0e said to himsel'!
%-' a bottle can 'loat, then a *ar can 'loat, and
i' a *ar 'loats, - can sit on the top o' it, i' it"s a
ver4 big *ar.%
)o he too3 his biggest *ar, and cor3ed it up.
%$ll boats have to have a name,% he said, %so -
shall call mine 5he 6loating 2ear.% $nd 1ith
these 1ords he dropped his boat into the 1ater
and *umped in a'ter it.
6or a little 1hile Pooh and 5he 6loating 2ear
1ere uncertain as to 1hich o' them 1as meant
to be on the top, but a'ter tr4ing one or t1o
di''erent positions, the4 settled do1n 1ith
5he 6loating 2ear underneath and Pooh
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clausit.
".mnes naves nomina habent," dixit,
"proinde navem meam %Ursum
'luctuantem% vocabo." 0aec ubi dixit
navem in aquam deduxit et ipse saltu se in
aquam dedit.
$liquantisper Pu et "Ursus 'luctuans"
haesitabant uter insuper esse deberet, sed
unam ac alteram positionem experti
processerunt in'ra "Ursus 'luctuans" et
insidens Pu, triumphans et pedibus
vehementer remigans.
Christophorus Robinus summa in silva
habitabat. Pluebat, pluebat et pluebat sed
aqua ad domum eius pervenire non valebat.
-ucundissimum erat in valles despicere et
aquam circa se videre, sed imber torrentis
modo e''undebatur, ut ipse totum 'ere per
tempus domi se contineret et de rebus
cogitaret. )ingulis diebus mane cum
umbella exibat et surculum in terram
in'odebat apud marginem aquae et omnibus
subsequentibus diebus mane exibat et
surculum videre nequibat, itaque alterum
quidem surculum inserebat apud marginem
aquae et postea domum ibat et singulis
diebus iter usque ad aquam brevius erat,
quam pridie. ,uinto die mane aquam
circumundique vidit et intellexit se primum
in vita in insula vera esse. ,uod
propemodo mirabile erat.
Eo mane 2ubo aquam transvolans
Christophorum Robinum amicum
salutatum advenit.
"-nquam, 2ubo," dixit Christophorus
Robinus. "onne *ucundum est( -n insula
sum#"
"Coeli mores nuper adversi erant," dixit
2ubo.
",ui."
"Pluit," explicavit 2ubo.
"-ta est," dixit Christophorus Robinus.
"Pluit."
"-nundatio iam altitudinem inauditam
aequat."
",uae("
triumphantl4 astride it, paddling vigorousl4
1ith his 'eet.
Christopher Robin lived at the ver4 top o' the
6orest. -t rained, and it rained, and it rained,
but the 1ater couldn"t come up to his house. -t
1as rather *oll4 to loo3 do1n into the valle4s
and see the 1ater all round him, but it rained
so hard that he sta4ed indoors most o' the
time, and thought about things. Ever4
morning he 1ent out 1ith his umbrella and
put a stic3 in the place 1here the 1ater came
up to, and ever4 next morning he 1ent out
and couldn"t see his stic3 an4 more, so he put
another stic3 in the place 1here the 1ater
came up to, and then he 1al3ed home again,
and each morning he had a shorter 1a4 to
1al3 than he had had the morning be'ore. .n
the morning o' the 'i'th da4 he sa1 the 1ater
all round him, and he ne1 that 'or the 'irst
time in his li'e he 1as on a real island. Which
is ver4 exciting. -t 1as on this morning that
.1l came 'l4ing over the 1ater to sa4 %0o1
do 4ou do(% to his 'riend Christopher Robin.
%- sa4, .1l,% said Christopher Robin, %isn"t
this 'un( -"m on an island#%
%5he atmospheric conditions have been ver4
un'avourable latel4,% said .1l.
%5he 1hat(%
%-t has been raining,% explained .1l.
%;es,% said Christopher Robin. %-t has.%
%5he 'lood-level has reached an
unprecedented height.%
%5he 1ho(%
%5here"s a lot o' 1ater about,% explained .1l.
%;es,% said Christopher Robin, %there is.%
%0o1ever, the prospects are rapidl4 becoming
more 'avourable. $t an4 moment--%
%0ave 4ou seen Pooh(%
%o. $t an4 moment--%
%- hope he"s all right,% said Christopher Robin.
%-"ve been 1ondering about him.
- expect Piglet"s 1ith him. Do 4ou thin3
the4"re all right, .1l(%
%- expect so. ;ou see, at an4 moment--%
%Do go and see, .1l. 2ecause Pooh hasn"t got
ver4 much brain, and he might do something
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"Est abundantia aquae," explicavit 2ubo.
"Est," dixit Christophorus Robinus. ")ane
est."
"ihilominus, melior tempestatum ratio
provideri protest. ,uandocumque. . . ."
"/idistine Pum("
"&inime. ,uandocumque. . . ."
"Con'ido eum valere," dixit Christophorus
Robinus. "Cura mihi est, quid agat. Credo
Porcellum cum eo esse. Putas eos recte
valere, 2ubo("
"Puto. ,uandocumque enim. . . ."
"- et vide 2ubo# Pu parum habet cerebri et
aliquid inconsiderati 'acere potest, et eum
valde diligo, 2ubo. 5enes quid dicam,
2ubo("
".ptime," dixit 2ubo. "Eo. )tatim huc
revertor." Et alis se sustulit.
$liquanto post revertit.
"Pu abest," dixit.
"$best("
"$derat. -n ramo arboris cum vasibus mellis
sedebat. )ed nunc illic non est."
". Pu," exclamavit Christophorus Robinus.
"Ubi es("
"Ecce me," sonavit a tergo vox grunniens.
"Pu#"
$lter alterum amanter complexus est.
",uomodo huc pervenisti(" rogavit
Christophorus Robinus simul ac iterum
loqui valuit.
"-n nave mea," dixit Pu superbus. "uncium
maximi momenti in lagenula accepi, sed
propter oculos made'actos legere nequeo,
attuli igitur, in mea nave." 0is superbis
verbis nuncium Christophoro Robino
porrexit.
")cripsit meus ista Porcellus#" exclamavit
nuncio lecto Christophorus Robinus.
"ihil quod ad Pum pertinet in nuncio("
rogavit super humeros eius spectans ursus.
Christophorus Robinus nuncium clara voce
legit.
")unt isti %P"" Porcelli( Credidi eos Puos
esse."
")tatim eum servare oportet# Credidi eum
sill4, and - do love him so, .1l. Do 4ou see,
.1l(%
%5hat"s all right,% said .1l. %-"ll go. 2ac3
directl4.% $nd he 'le1 o''.
-n a little 1hile he 1as bac3 again. Pooh isn"t
there,% he said.
%ot there(%
%0e"s been there. 0e"s been sitting on a branch
o' his tree outside his house 1ith nine pots o'
hone4. 2ut he isn"t there no1.%
%.h, Pooh#% cried Christopher Robin. %Where
are 4ou(%
%0ere - am,% said a gro1l4 voice behind him.
%Pooh#%
5he4 rushed into each other"s arms.
%0o1 did 4ou get here, Pooh(% as3ed
Christopher Robin, 1hen he 1as read4 to tal3
again.
%.n m4 boat,% said Pooh proudl4. %- had a
/er4 -mportant &issage sent me in a bottle,
and o1ing to having got some 1ater in m4
e4es, - couldn"t read it, so - brought it to 4ou.
.n m4 boat.%
With these proud 1ords he gave Christopher
Robin the missage.
%2ut it"s 'rom Piglet#% cried Christopher
Robin 1hen he had read it.
%-sn"t there an4thing about Pooh in it(% as3ed
2ear, loo3ing over his shoulder.
Christopher Robin read the message aloud.
%.h, are those "P"s" piglets( - thought the4
1ere poohs.%
%We must rescue him at once# - thought he
1as 1ith 4ou, Pooh. .1l, could 4ou rescue
him on 4our bac3(%
%- don"t thin3 so,% said .1l, a'ter grave
thought. %-t is doubt'ul i' the necessar4 dorsal
muscles %
%5hen 1ould 4ou 'l4 to him at once and sa4
that Rescue is Coming( $nd Pooh and -
1ill thin3 o' a Rescue and come as quic3 as
ever 1e can. .h, don"t tal3, .1l, go on
quic3#% $nd, still thin3ing o' something to
sa4, .1l 'le1 o''.
%o1 then, Pooh,% said Christopher Robin,
%1here"s 4our boat(%
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tecum 'uisse, mi Pu# 2ubo, potesne eum
humeris attollere("
"&inime," dixit 2ubo graviter secum
cogitans. "Dubito num musculi dorsuales
necessarii . . . ."
"5um vero potesne protinus ad eum volare
et eum de auxilio nostro certiorem 'acere(
Et Pu atque ego de auxilio cogitabimus et
quam ocissime accurremus. 5ace modo,
2ubo, 'estina#" Etiam tum de aliqua re
dicenda cogitans 2ubo se alis levavit.
"Dic age Pu," dixit Christophorus Robinus.
"Ubinam est navis tua("
"Ut verum 'atear," Pu eum ad ripam insulae
descenderent, explicavit, "aliquantulum
discedit a communi genere navium. &odo
navis, modo autem potius calamitas est.
Prout accidit."
"$ccidat quid("
"$ccidit, ut insuper, accidit ut in'ra vas
essem . . . ."
"2ene, sed ubi est("
"0icce," dixit Pu, "Ursum 'luctuantem" digito
indicans.
on erat quod Christophorus Robinus
exspectaverat, sed quo diutius vas
contemplabatur, eo magis qualis ursus
'ortis et prudens Pu esset cogitabat, et quo
magis Christophorus Robinus hoc
cogitabat, eo magis Pu oculos modeste
secundum nasum de*ecit haec omnia non
esse praetendens.
")ed navis nos duos non capit#" dixit
Christophorus Robinus maestus.
"Cum Porcello tres sumus."
"5ribus etiam minor est. . urse mi, quid
'aciamus("
5um autem Ursus, Ursus Pu, Winnie ille
Pu, P. $. 8Porcelli amicus9, ). ?. 8)ocius
?eporis9, P. E. 8Poli explorator9,
C.-.-.,.C.-. 8consolator -oris, ille qui
caudam invenit9 - Pu ipse consilium tam
prudens dedit, ut Christophorus Robinus
eum ore hiante et intentis oculis intuitus sit
et vix crederet illum eundem esse ursum
parvi cerebri, iam diu dilectum et amatum.
%- ought to sa4,% explained Pooh as the4
1al3ed do1n to the shore o' the island,
%that it isn"t *ust an ordinar4 sort o' boat.
)ometimes it"s a 2oat, and sometimes it"s
more o' an $ccident. -t all depends.%
%Depends on 1hat(%
%.n 1hether -"m on top o' it or underneath it.%
%.h# Well, 1here is it(%
%5here#% said Pooh, pointing proudl4 to 5he
6loating 2ear.
-t 1asn"t 1hat Christopher Robin expected,
and the more he loo3ed at it, the more he
thought 1hat a 2rave and Clever 2ear Pooh
1as, and the more Christopher Robin thought
this, the more Pooh loo3ed modestl4 do1n his
nose and tried to pretend he 1asn"t.
%2ut it"s too small 'or t1o o' us,% said
Christopher Robin sadl4.
%5hree o' us 1ith Piglet.%
%5hat ma3es it smaller still .h, Pooh 2ear,
1hat shall 1e do(%
$nd then this 2ear, Pooh 2ear, Winnie-the-
Pooh, 6...P. 86riend o' Piglet"s9,
R.C. 8Rabbit"s Companion9, P.D. 8Pole
Discoverer9, E.C. and 5.6. 8Ee4ore"s
Com'orter and 5ail-'inder9--in 'act, Pooh
himsel'--said something so clever that
Christopher Robin could onl4 loo3 at him
1ith mouth open and e4es staring, 1ondering
i' this 1as reall4 the 2ear o' /er4 ?ittle 2rain
1hom he had 3no1 and loved so long.
%We might go in 4our umbrella,% said Pooh.
%(%
%We might go in 4our umbrella,% said Pooh(
%((%
%We might go in 4our umbrella,% said Pooh.
%######%
6or suddenl4 Christopher Robin sa1 that the4
might. 0e opened his umbrella and put it
point do1n1ards in the 1ater. -t 'loated but
1obbled.
Pooh got in. 0e 1as *ust beginning to sa4 that
it 1as all right no1, 1hen he 'ound that it
1asn"t, so a'ter a short drin3, 1hich he didn"t
reall4 1ant, he 1aded bac3 to Christopher
Robin. 5hen the4 both got in together, and it
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"-n umbella navigare possumus," dixit Pu.
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"-n umbella navigare possumus."
"######"
,uia Christophorus Robinus illico
intellexit id 'ieri posse. Umbellam aperuit
et inverso apice in aqua collocavit.
6luctuabat sed vacillabat. Pu primus
intravit. -am dicturus erat omnia bene se
habere, cum animadvertit quod haud bene
se haberent itaque post potum brevem et
nullo modo desideratum per aquam ad
Christophorum Robinum revertit. Deinde
navem con*unctim conscenderunt et
vacillatio desivit.
"avem %Cerebrum Pui% vocabo," dixit
Christophorus Robinus et CERE2RU&
PU- vela ventis dedit et cursum in $'ricum
direxit, venuste se convertens.
&entibus 'ingere potestis Porcelli gaudium,
cum postremo ei navis obviam se dedit#
-nsequentibus annis libenter cogitabat se
per totum tempus terribilis inundationis
maximo in discrimine versatum 'uisse, sed
unicum periculum nihil nisi ultima
semihora captivitatis 'uerat cum 2ubo qui
nuper advolaverat in arboris eius ramo
residens ei solacium praeberet et historiam
longissimam de matertera narraret, olim
perperam ovum gaviae enixa et historia
pergebat et pergebat sicut haec sententia
donec Porcellus, qui sine magna spe e
'enestra attentas aures praebuerat,
tranquille et naturaliter obdormivit et lente
versus aquam delapsus est, quoad digitis
tandem pedum haesit cum autem contigit,
ut 2ubo repente magna voce vagitum daret,
qui pars historiae erat, videlicet quod
matertera dixerat, et Porcellus
experge'actus vixdum tempus habuit in
tutum resiliendi et dicendi! "&irum, et 'ecit
quid( . . ." bene, vobis mentibus 'ingere
potestis gaudium cum postremo conspexit
bonam navem CERE2RU& PU- 8navis
magister! Christophorus Robinus+
progubernator! Ursus Pu9 aequor
1obbled no longer.
%- shall call this boat 5he 2rain o' Pooh,% said
Christopher Robin, and 5he 2rain o' Pooh set
sail 'orth1ith in a south-1esterl4 direction,
revolving grace'ull4.
;ou can imagine Piglet"s *o4 1hen at last the
ship came in sight o' him. -n a'ter-4ears he
li3ed to thin3 that he had been in /er4 =reat
Danger during the 5errible 6lood, but the onl4
danger he had reall4 been in 1as the last hal'-
hour o' his imprisonment, 1hen .1l, 1ho
had *ust 'lo1n up, sat on a branch o' his tree
to com'ort him, and told him a ver4 long stor4
about an aunt 1ho had once laid a seagull"s
egg b4 mista3e, and the stor4 1ent on and on,
rather li3e this sentence, until Piglet 1ho 1as
listening out o' his 1indo1 1ithout much
hope, 1ent to sleep quietl4 and naturall4,
slipping slo1l4 out o' the 1indo1 to1ards
the 1ater until he 1as onl4 hanging on b4 his
toes, at 1hich moment, luc3il4, a sudden loud
squa13 'rom .1l, 1hich 1as reall4 part o'
the stor4, being 1hat his aunt said, 1o3e the
Piglet up and *ust gave him time to *er3
himsel' bac3 into sa'et4 and sa4, %0o1
interesting, and did she(% 1hen--1ell, 4ou can
imagine his *o4 1hen at last he sa1 the good
ship, 2rain o' Pooh 8Captain, C. Robin+ -st
&ate, P. 2ear9 coming over the sea to rescue
him.. ..
$nd as that is reall4 the end o' the stor4, and -
am ver4 tired a'ter that last sentence, - thin3 -
shall stop there.
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transcurrentem ad eum servandum . . . .
$c quia haec est vera clausula 'abulae et
ego ultimam post sententiam de'atigatus
sum, puto me hic 'inem 'acere.
1
Quo in capite %hristophorus .obinus
convivium in honorem Pui dat et
2!alete2 dicimus
Die quodam, cum sol &aii mensis
'ragrantiam secum portans supra silvam
revertisset, cum omnes silvae rivuli
alacriter tintinnirent, cum lacus de vita visa
et de magnis rebus gestis somniantes
*acerent, cum in calore et quiete silvae
cuculus vocem diligenter exerceret, an
vocem amaret auscultando, et turtures
secum lamentarentur, pigro ac commodo
modo, quod culpa alterius, sed magni
momenti minime 'uisset - die tali
Christophorus Robinus modo suo peculiari
sibilavit et 2ubo e emore Centum
Eugerum evolavit, ad, quid iuberet,
explorandum.
"2ubo," dixit Christophorus Robinus,
"amicos in convivium vocabo."
"/erumne( -tan( dixit 2ubo.
"Et est convivium speciale, ad res gestas
Pui celebrandas, quas gessit, cum 'aceret
quod 'ecit, cum Porcellum ex inundatione
servavisset."
"$in", eum ad 'inem datur convivium(" dixit
2ubo.
"-ta est, visne igitur quam ocissime Puo et
ceteris omnibus nuntiare, quia cras erit("
"-dne est verum(" dixit quam
auxiliabundissime 2ubo.
"- et dic omnibus, amabo te, 2ubo#"
2ubo conatus est de aliqua re sapientissima
ad dicendum idonea cogitare, sed nequivit
itaque ad eventum ceteris nuntiandum
evolavit. Primus autem certior 'actus 'uit
Pu.
In Which %hristopher .obin ives A Pooh
Part$, And We Sa$ ood-B$e
.E da4 1hen the sun had come bac3 over
the 6orest, bringing 1ith it the scent o' ma4,
and all the streams o' the 6orest 1ere tin3ling
happil4 to 'ind themselves their o1n prett4
shape again, and the little pools la4 dreaming
o' the li'e the4 had seen and the big things
the4 had done, and in the 1armth and quiet o'
the 6orest the cuc3oo 1as tr4ing over his
voice care'ull4 and listening to see i' he li3ed
it, and 1ood-pigeons 1ere complaining gentl4
to themselves in their la:4 com'ortable 1a4
that it 1as the other 'ello1"s 'ault, but it didn"t
matter ver4 much+ on such a da4 as this
Christopher Robin 1histled in a special 1a4
he had, and .1l came 'l4ing out o' the
0undred $cre Wood to see 1hat 1as 1anted.
%.1l,% said Christopher Robin, %- am going to
give a part4.%
%;ou are, are 4ou(% said .1l.
%$nd it"s to be a special sort o' part4, because
it"s because o' 1hat Pooh did 1hen he did
1hat he did to save Piglet 'rom the 'lood.%
%.h, that"s 1hat it"s 'or, is it(% said .1l.
%;es, so 1ill 4ou tell Pooh as quic3l4 as 4ou
can, and all the others, because it 1ill be to-
morro1(%
%.h, it 1ill, 1ill it(% said .1l, still being as
help'ul as possible.
%)o 1ill 4ou go and tell them, .1l(%
.1l tried to thin3 o' something ver4 1ise to
sa4, but couldn"t, so he 'le1 o'' to tell the
others. $nd the 'irst person he told 1as Pooh.
%Pooh,% he said, %Christopher Robin is giving
a part4.%
%.h#% said Pooh $nd then seeing that .1l
expected him to sa4 something else, he
said, %Will there be those little ca3e things
1ith pin3 sugar icing(%
.1l 'elt that it 1as rather beneath him to tal3
about little ca3e things 1ith pin3 sugar icing,
so he told Pooh exactl4 1hat Christopher
Robin had said, and 'le1 o'' to Ee4ore.
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"Pu," dixit 2ubo. "Christophorus Robinus
convivium parat."
".," dixit Pu. Et videns 2ubonem alia sua
verba exspectantem sub*unxit! "Eruntne
lepidae crustulae cum incrustatione rosea
sacchari("
2ubo dialogum de crustulis parvulis cum
incrustatione rosea sacchari se dedecere
ratus, verbis Christophori Robini accurate
redditis -orem petitum evolavit.
"Convivium in honorem meum," cogitabat
Pu et coepit mirari, si omnia cetera
animalia scirent convivium peculiare in
honorem suum daci, et si Christophorus
Robinus eis omnia de "Urso 'luctuante" et
de "Cerebro Pui" narravisset et de omnibus
navibus mirabilibus a se inventis et
navigatis, et cogitare coepit, quam terribile
esset si omnes harum rerum obliti 'uissent
neque quisquam, qua de causa convivium
celebraretur, sciret+ et quo diutius ita
cogitabat, eo magis convivium in mente
eius con'undebatur, sicut somnium, cum
nihil bene evenit. )omnium autem ipsum in
capite eius canere coepit donec carmen
huiusmodi 'actum est!
Carmen Pui timidi
-o vivat Pu
Es tu(
Est Pu#
Umbellae gubernator
Et Porci liberator#
-ndica tu!
Cur clamat Pu(
Dum patuit 'ugae unda
on timuit maris pro'unda
?agoenulae nuntio lecto
)uccurit amico dilecto#
-n aquis(
.ptimus ursus mundi
$equoris heros pro'undi#
-s(
Dic istud bis#
Pu 'uit parvulus ursus#
Dic dum hoc rursus#
?ibenter, sis!
%Part4 'or &e(% thought Pooh to himsel'.
%0o1 grand#% $nd he began to 1onder i' all
the other animals 1ould 3no1 that it 1as a
special Pooh Part4, and i' Christopher Robin
had told them about 5he 6loating 2ear and
the 2rain o' Pooh, and all the 1onder'ul ships
he had invented and sailed on, and he began
to thin3 ho1 a1'ul it 1ould be i' ever4bod4
had 'orgotten about it, and nobod4 quite 3ne1
1hat the part4 1as 'or+ and the more he
thought li3e this, the more the part4 got
muddled in his mind, li3e a dream 1hen
nothing goes right. $nd the dream began to
sing itsel' over in his head until it became a
sort o' song. -t 1as an $L-.U) P..0
).=.
> Cheers 'or Pooh
86or Who(9
6or Pooh--
8Wh4 1hat did he do(9
- thought 4ou 3ne1+
0e saved his 'riend 'rom a 1etting#
> Cheers 'or 2ear#
86or 1here(9
6or 2ear--
0e couldn"t s1im,
2ut he rescued him#
80e rescued 1ho(9
.h, listen, do#
- am tal3ing o' Pooh(
8.' 1ho(9
.' Pooh#
8-"m sorr4 - 3eep 'orgetting9.
Well. Pooh 1as a 2ear o' Enormous 2rain--
8Eust sa4 it again#9
.' enormous brain--
8.' enormous 1hat(9
Well, he ate a lot,
$nd - don"t 3no1 i' he could s1im or not,
2ut he managed to 'loat
.n a sort o' boat
8.n a sort o' 1hat(9
Well, a sort o' pot--
)o no1 let"s give him three heart4 cheers
8)o no1 let"s give him three heart4 1hitches(9
$nd hope he"ll be 1ith us 'or 4ears and 4ears,
BD
Pu qui bonus et rectus est
-n c4mba ad Porcellum vectus est
)ed nunc vehementer
&el quaerit Pu-ursi venter.
Dum haec intus eo geruntur, 2ubo cum
-ore loquebatur.
"-or," dixit 2ubo, "Christophorus Robinus
convivium parat."
"-d est magni momenti et ponderis," dixit
-or. "Censeo eos mihi micas reliquuas et
pedibus calcatas epularum missuros. Cari et
amabiles sunt. &inime, omitte mentionem
'acere."
"Ecce invitatio pro te."
"-nvitatio qualis generis("
"-nvitatio#"
")ic, iam audivi. Cuius e manibus elapsa
est("
"on est res esculenta, est invitatio ad
convivium. Cras#"
-or lente caput quassans! "Porcellum vis
invitare," dixit. "Parvulum illum cum
auriculis trepidantibus. Porcellum videlicet
dicis. Ei nuntiabo."
"&inime, minime," dixit 2ubo, iam
impatienter. "5u es."
")erion" dicis tu("
")cilicet, hoc pro certo habeo.
Christophorus Robinus dixit! %Universos
omnes# Dic omnibus#QF
".mnibus praeter -orem("
".mnibus," dixit 2ubo humiliter.
".," dixit -or. "Error, procul dubio, promitto
tamen. $t si imber erit, nemo mi ob*iciat."
)ed non pluebat. Christophorus Robinus
longam mensam ligneam construxerat et
omnes mensam circumsedebant.
Christophorus Robinus in summo sedebat,
Pu imus et intra eos hic erant 2ubo, -or et
Porcellus, illic autem ?epus, Canga et Ru.
Et omnes ?eporis cognati et amici per
herbam 'usi erant, si quis eos appellare
vellet, aut aliquid manibus demitteret, aut
horas quaereret, exspectantes.
Erat autem prixnum convivium in vita Rui
et ipse trepidabat. Ut primum consederunt
$nd gro1 in health and 1isdom and riches#
> Cheers 'or Pooh#
86or 1ho(9
6or Pooh--
> Cheers 'or 2ear
86or 1here(9
6or 2ear--
> Cheers 'or the 1onder'ul Winnie-the-Pooh#
8Eust tell me, somebod4--W0$5 D-D 0E
D.(9
While this 1as going on inside him, .1l 1as
tal3ing to Ee4ore.
%Ee4ore,% said .1l, %Christopher Robin is
giving a part4.%
%/er4 interesting,% said Ee4ore. %- suppose
the4 1ill be sending me do1n the odd bits
1hich got trodden on. Jind and 5hought'ul.
ot at all, don"t mention it.%
%5here is an -nvitation 'or 4ou.%
%What"s that li3e(%
%$n -nvitation#%
%;es, - heard 4ou. Who dropped it(%
%5his isn"t an4thing to eat, it"s as3ing 4ou to
the part4. 5o-morro1.%
Ee4ore shoo3 his head slo1l4.
%;ou mean Piglet. 5he little 'ello1 1ith the
exited ears. 5hat"s Piglet. -"ll tell him.%
%o, no#% said .1l, getting quite 'uss4. %-t"s
4ou#%
%$re 4ou sure(%
%.' course -"m sure. Christopher Robin said
"$ll o' them# 5ell all o' them."%
%$ll o' them, except Ee4ore(%
%$ll o' them,% said .1l sul3il4.
%$h#% said Ee4ore. %$ mista3e, no doubt, but
still, - shall come. .nl4 don"t
blame me i' it rains.%
2ut it didn"t rain. Christopher Robin had made
a long table out o' some long pieces o' 1ood,
and the4 all sat round it. Christopher Robin
sat at one end, and Pooh sat at the other, and
bet1een them on one side 1ere .1l and
Ee4ore and Piglet, and bet1een them on the
other side 1ere Rabbit, and Roo and Janga.
$nd all Rabbit"s 'riends and relations spread
themselves about on the grass, and 1aited
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loqui coepit.
")alve Pu," vagivit.
")alve Ru," dixit Pu.
Ru paulisper in sella subsultabat, deinde
denuo incepit!
")alve Porcelle," vagivit.
Porcellus distentior, quam ut aliquid dicere
posset, ungula innuit.
")alve -or," dixit Ru.
-or maestus adnuit. "-mbres impendent. $ut
omnia me 'allunt," dixit.
Ru coelum scrutatus est, si impenderent,
sed non impendebant, itaque dixit! ")alve
2ubo," et 2ubo lepide dixit! ")alve amicule"
et perrexit de calamitate, quae non multum
ab'uerat, quin amico suo, quem
Christophorus Robinus omnino ignorabat,
accidisset, loqui et Canga dixit Ruo!
"Primum bibe, corcule, deinde loquere."
-taque Ru, qui lac bibetat dicere conatus
est, se utrumque simul posse . . . et
aliquamdiu tergum eius tundere et eum
abstergere oportuit.
Cum omnes bellule su''arcinati 'uerunt,
Christophorus Robinus mensam cochleare
pulsavit et omnes praeter Rum, qui singultu
vehementer correptus esse cessavit et
cognatus ?eporis videri conabatur a
colloquio desiverunt et intra silentium se
tenuerunt.
"0oc convivium," dixit Christophorus
Robinus, "est convivium quia aliquis
aliquid 'ecit, et nobis omnibus notum est
qui 'uerit et est convivium eius, eius
actionis causa et habeo donum pro eo et
ecce donum." Deinde aliquamdiu quaerens
palpabat et susurravit! "Ubi est("
Dum quaerit -or vehementer tussiculavit et
in sermonem ingressus est!
"$mici et convivae," dixit, "gaudere me tum
dicam si mihi hoc verbo licebit uti - aut
potius 'orsitan - me adhuc gavisum esse
dicam, vos in convivio meo conspicere.
,uod 'eci, nihil 'uit. Unusquisque vestrum
- praeter ?eporem, 2ubonem et Cangam -
idem 'ecisset. Dictis meis, videlicet,
hope'ull4 in case an4bod4 spo3e to them, or
dropped an4thing, or as3ed them the time.
-t 1as the 'irst part4 to 1hich Roo had ever
been, and he 1as ver4 excited. $s soon as
ever the4 had sat do1n he began to tal3.
%0allo, Pooh#% he squea3ed.
%0allo, Roo#% said Pooh.
Roo *umped up and do1n in his seat 'or a
little 1hile and then began again.
%0allo, Piglet#% he squea3ed.
Piglet 1aved a pa1 at him, being too bus4 to
sa4 an4thing.
%0allo, Ee4ore#% said Roo.
Ee4ore nodded gloomil4 at him. %-t 1ill rain
soon, 4ou see i' it doesn"t,% he said.
Roo loo3ed to see i' it didn"t, and it didn"t, so
he said %0allo, .1l#%--and .1l
said %0allo, m4 little 'ello1,% in a 3indl4 1a4,
and 1ent on telling Christopher Robin about
an accident 1hich had nearl4 happened to a
'riend o' his 1hom Christopher Robin didn"t
3no1, and Janga said to Roo, %Drin3 up 4our
mil3 'irst, dear, and tal3 a'ter1ards.% )o Roo,
1ho 1as drin3ing his mil3, tried to sa4 that
he could do both at once . . . and had to be
patted on the bac3 and dried 'or quite a long
time a'ter1ards.
When the4 had all nearl4 eaten enough,
Christopher Robin banged on the table
1ith his spoon, and ever4bod4 stopped tal3ing
and 1as ver4 silent, except Roo
1ho 1as *ust 'inishing a loud attac3 o'
hiccups and tr4ing to loo3 as i' it 1as
one o' Rabbit"s relations.
%5his part4,% said Christopher Robin, %is a
part4 because o' 1hat someone did, and 1e
all 3no1 1ho it 1as, and it"s his part4,
because o' 1hat he did, and -"ve got a present
'or him and here it is.% 5hen he 'elt about a
little and 1hispered, %Where is it(%
While he 1as loo3ing, Ee4ore coughed in an
impressive 1a4 and began to spea3.
%6riends,% he said, %including oddments, it is a
great pleasure, or perhaps - had better sa4 it
has been a pleasure so 'ar, to see 4ou at m4
part4. What - did 1as nothing. $n4 o' 4ou-
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transeo Porcellum et Rum, quia nimiopere
parvuli sunt. Unusquisque vestrum idem
'ecisset. )ed coeco casu egomet 'ui.
)upervacuum est notare, sed certe non egi,
ut munus, quod nunc Christophorus
Robinus quaerit, accipiam" - et ungulam
primorem ad os admovens magna voce
susurravit! ")ub mensa
conare#" - "Pro'ecto non ea de causa egi, sed
quia mihi persuasum est, nos omnes
quantum est situm in nobis, omnibus et
opem et salutem 'erre debere. )entio, nos
omnes. . . ."
"0u-up," dixit 'ortuito Ru.
"Ru carissime," dixit, eum increpans, Canga.
"Egon" 'ui(" dixit Ru aliquantum
obstupe'actus.
",uid narrat -or(" susurravit Porcellus ad
Pum.
"escio," dixit Pu luguberrimus.
"Credidi convivium in honorem tuum
datum 'uisse."
".lim ego quoque credidi. )ed nunc non
censeo."
",uam mallem tuum, neque -oris esse
convivium#" dixit Porcellus.
"Etiam ego," dixit Pu.
"0u-up," dixit denuo Ru.
",uod modo proposui," dixit -or magna
voce et severe, "sicut modo proposui, cum
variis clamoribus dissonis interruptus
'uissem, sentio. . . ."
"Ecce," clamavit Christophorus Robinus
alacriter. "5radite ad vetulum Ursulum
stultulum. Est pro Puo#"
"Pro Puo(" dixit -or.
")cilicet est. Est optimus ursus mundi."
")cire debuissem," dixit -or. ")i verum
quaerimus, non possum lamentari. )unt
mihi amici. $liquis heri me allocutus est.
Et 'uit proxima hebdomade, aut paenultima
quod ?epus in me incidens %malum#%
dixit. . . . Circulus socialis. )emper aliquid
agitur."
emo auscultabat, quia omnes dicebant!
"$peri, Pu#" ",uid est, Pu(" ")cio, quid sit."
except Rabbit and .1l and Janga--1ould
have done the same. .h, and Pooh. &4
remar3s do not, o' course, appl4 to Piglet and
Roo, because the4 are too small. $n4 o' 4ou
1ould have done the same. 2ut it *ust
happened to be &e. -t 1as not, - need hardl4
sa4, 1ith an idea o' getting 1hat
Christopher Robin is loo3ing 'or no1%--and
he put his 'ront leg to his mouth and said in a
loud 1hisper, %5r4 under the table%--%that -
did 1hat - didMbut because - 'eel that 1e
should all do 1hat 1e can to help. - 'eel that
1e should
all----%
%0--hup#% said Roo accidentall4.
%Roo, dear#% said Janga reproach'ull4.
%Was it me(% as3ed Roo, a little surprised.
%What"s Ee4ore tal3ing about(% Piglet
1hispered to Pooh.
%- don"t 3no1,% said Pooh rather dole'ull4.
%- thought this 1as 4our part4.%
%- thought it 1as once. 2ut - suppose it isn"t.%
%-"d sooner it 1as 4ours than Ee4ore"s,% said
Piglet.
%)o 1ould -,% said Pooh.
%0--hup#% said Roo again.
%$)-----W$)--)$;-=,% said Ee4ore loudl4
and sternl4, %as - 1as sa4ing 1hen -
1as interrupted b4 various ?oud )ounds, -
'eel that--%
%0ere it is#% cried Christopher Robin
excitedl4. %Pass it do1n to sill4 old
Pooh. -t"s 'or Pooh.%
%6or Pooh(% said Ee4ore.
%.' course it is. 5he best bear in all the
1orld.%
%- might have 3no1n,% said Ee4ore. %$'ter all,
one can"t complain. - have m4 'riends.
)omebod4 spo3e to me onl4 4esterda4. $nd
1as it last 1ee3 or the 1ee3 be'ore that
Rabbit bumped into me and said "2other#" 5he
)ocial Round. $l1a4s something going on.%
obod4 1as listening, 'or the4 1ere all
sa4ing, %.pen it, Pooh,% %What is it,
Pooh(% %- 3no1 1hat it is,% %o, 4ou don"t,%
and other help'ul remar3s o' this
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"escis -" et dicta huiusmodi opi'era.
/idelicet Pu, quam ocissime citra
desectionem 'uniculi potuit - quia nunquam
sciri potest quando aliquantulum 'uniculi
utile esse possit - aperuit. Postremo
apertum 'uit.
Pu cum quid esset, vidit, parum ab'uit quin
collaberetur gaudio. Erat theca graphidum
singularis. -ntus erant graphides cum signo
2 82ono9, 2.2. 8bono bene'icoque9 0.2.
8heroico bonoque9. -ntus erant
cuspidamentum plumbarium, cummi
indianum ad verba errata eradenda, regula
ad lineas ducendas ad verba supra
ambulantia idonea, cum distantiis unciarum
insuper inscriptis, si quis 'orte quantum
unciarum aliquid esset scire cuperet et
graphides caeruleae, graphides rubrae et
graphides virides ad res peculiares in
coloribus caeruleis, rubris et viridibus
dicendas. .mnia haec lepida in sinibus
singularibus erant, qui cum sonitu "clic"
claudebantur. Et omnia Pui 'uere.
".." dixit Pu.
". Pu." dixerunt omnes praeter -orem.
"=ratias ago," grunnivit Pu.
)ed -or secum dixit! "egotium
scriptionale. =raphides et quodcumque.
Res nimis admiratae, si quaeritis a me quid
sentiam. ugae. -neptiae."
Postea, cum omnes Christophoro Robino
"/ale" et "=ratias ago" dixissent, Pu et
Porcellus per vesperum aureum con*unctim
meditabundi domum ierunt et per multum
tempus silebant.
"&ane, simul atque experge'actus es, Pu,"
dixit postremo Porcellus, "quid est primum,
quod tecum dicis("
",uid mihi in ientaculum paratur( 5u autem
quid dicis o Porcelle("
"Dico! scire aveo, quid magni momenti
hodie accidat," dixit Porcellus.
Pu meditabundus adnuit.
"Est idem," dixit.
",uid tandem accidit(" rogavit
Christophorus Robinus.
sort. $nd o' course Pooh 1as opening it as
quic3l4 as ever he could, but 1ithout
cutting the string, because 4ou never 3no1
1hen a bit o' string might be Use'ul.
$t last it 1as undone.
When Pooh sa1 1hat it 1as, he nearl4 'ell
do1n, he 1as so pleased. -t 1as a
)pecial Pencil Case. 5here 1ere pencils in it
mar3ed %2% 'or 2ear, and pencils
mar3ed %02 % 'or 0elping 2ear, and pencils
mar3ed %22% 'or 2rave 2ear. 5here 1as
a 3ni'e 'or sharpening the pencils, and
indiarubber 'or rubbing out an4thing
1hich 4ou had spelt 1rong, and a ruler 'or
ruling lines 'or the 1ords to 1al3 on, and
inches mar3ed on the ruler in case 4ou 1anted
to 3no1 ho1 man4 inches an4thing 1as, and
2lue Pencils and Red Pencils and =reen
Pencils 'or sa4ing special things in blue and
red and green. $nd all these lovel4 things
1ere in little poc3ets o' their o1n in a )pecial
Case 1hich shut 1ith a clic3 1hen 4ou
clic3ed it. $nd the4 1ere all 'or Pooh.
%.h#% said Pooh.
%.h, Pooh#% said ever4bod4 else except
Ee4ore.
%5han3-4ou,% gro1led Pooh.
2ut Ee4ore 1as sa4ing to himsel', %5his
1riting business. Pencils and 1hat-not.
.ver-rated, i' 4ou as3 me. )ill4 stu''. othing
in it.%
?ater on, 1hen the4 had all said %=ood-b4e%
and %5han3-4ou% to Christopher Robin, Pooh
and Piglet 1al3ed home thought'ull4 together
in the golden evening, and 'or a long time
the4 1ere silent.
%When 4ou 1a3e up in the morning, Pooh,%
said Piglet at last, %1hat"s the 'irst thing 4ou
sa4 to 4oursel'(%
%What"s 'or brea3'ast(% said Pooh. %What do
4ou sa4, Piglet(%
%- sa4, - 1onder 1hat"s going to happen
exciting to-da4(% said Piglet. Pooh
nodded thought'ull4.
%-t"s the same thing,% he said.
%$nd 1hat did happen(% as3ed Christopher
C<
",uando("
"Postridie, mane."
"escio."
"Potesne cogitare et Puo ac mihi aliquando
narrare("
")i id tibi cordi est."
"Puo est," dixit Christophorus Robinus.
)uspirium ex imo duxit, ungulam ursi
apprehendit et ostio, Winnie ille Pum post
se trahens, exiit. $pud ostium respexit et
dixit! "/enisne ad me balneo utentem
videndum("
"Possum," dixi.
"5heca graphidum Pui melior erat, quam
mea("
"Eadem erat," dixi.
$dnuit et exiit . . . et post punctum
temporis audivi Winnie ille Pum tump-
tump-tump gradum post eum revocare.
Appendi0
?ectores nonnulli assidue rogitant!
",ualis erat clausula carminis, quam Canga
auscultare noluerat("
Eis, antequam /$?E diceret, Winnie ille
Pu ultimas strophas amice cantat!
Diem /eneris dum ago
Et per silvam vacans vago,
&editor percontor me!
Est-ne( -t-ne( 0abet-ne(
)abbato, oh animalia#
8,uibus( ,uonam( ,uorsum( ,ualia(9
)ciscitor ex aliquo!
,uali modo et cum quo(
Die Domini in ludo
0anc canticulam concludo,
Robin.
%When(%
%ext morning.%
%- don"t 3no1.%
%Could 4ou thin3, and tell me and Pooh some
time(%
%-' 4ou 1anted it ver4 much.%
%Pooh does,% said Christopher Robin.
0e gave a deep sigh, pic3ed his bear up b4 the
leg and 1al3ed o'' to the door,
trailing Winnie-the-Pooh behind him. $t the
door he turned and said, %Coming to
see me have m4 bath(%
%- might,% - said.
%Was Pooh"s pencil case an4 better than
mine(%
%-t 1as *ust the same,% - said.
0e nodded and 1ent out . . . and in a moment
- heard Winnie-the-Pooh--bump,
bump, bump--going up the stairs behind him.
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,uod non novi, nescio
Dormo, sterto, somnio.
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