Winnie-The-Pooh: Heffalumps & Woozles 🐻🐷 Abbe's Bookshelf

[00:00:10] Hello and welcome back to Koala Moon, your podcast of original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime a dream. Tonight, let's dive back into one of my old favourites, Winnie the Pooh. This time, we're going to track down some Heffalumps and Woozles. This is Winnie the Pooh, Heffalumps and Woozles by A.A. Milne.

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[00:01:26] The piglet lived in a very grand house in the middle of a beech tree. And the beech tree was in the middle of the forest. And the piglet lived in the middle of the house.

[00:01:37] Next to his house was a piece of broken board, which had Trespasser's W on it.

[00:01:46] When Christopher Robin asked the piglet what it meant, he said it was his grandfather's name and had been in the family for a long time.

[00:01:55] Christopher Robin said you couldn't be called Trespasser's W.

[00:02:00] And piglet said, yes, you could. Because his grandfather was.

[00:02:06] And it was short for Trespasser's Will, which was short for Trespasser's William.

[00:02:14] And his grandfather had had two names in case he lost one.

[00:02:18] Trespasser's after an uncle and William after trespasser's.

[00:02:24] Trespasser's W.

[00:02:24] I've got two names, said Christopher Robin carelessly.

[00:02:29] Well, there you are. That proves it, said piglet.

[00:02:35] One fine winter's day when piglet was brushing away the snow in front of his house, he happened to look up and there was Winnie the Pooh.

[00:02:45] Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else.

[00:02:52] And when piglet called to him, he just went on walking.

[00:02:59] Hello, said piglet.

[00:03:01] What are you doing?

[00:03:05] Hunting, said Pooh.

[00:03:08] Hunting what?

[00:03:11] Tracking something, said Winnie the Pooh very mysteriously.

[00:03:17] Tracking what?

[00:03:19] Said piglet, coming closer.

[00:03:23] It's just what I ask myself.

[00:03:26] I ask myself.

[00:03:28] What?

[00:03:31] What do you think you'll answer?

[00:03:34] I shall have to wait until I catch up with it, said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:03:40] Now, look there.

[00:03:43] He pointed to the ground in front of him.

[00:03:47] What do you see there?

[00:03:52] Said piglet.

[00:03:54] Poor Marx.

[00:03:56] He gave a little squeak of excitement.

[00:03:58] Oh, Pooh, do you think it's a, a, a, a woozle?

[00:04:05] It may be, said Pooh.

[00:04:10] Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't.

[00:04:16] He never can tell with poor Marx.

[00:04:20] With these few words, he went on tracking.

[00:04:24] And piglet, after watching him for a minute or two, ran after him.

[00:04:30] Winnie the Pooh had come to a sudden stop and was bending over the tracks in a puzzled sort of way.

[00:04:38] What's the matter?

[00:04:40] Asked piglet.

[00:04:43] It's a very funny thing, said bear.

[00:04:49] But there seem to be two animals now.

[00:04:56] This whatever it was has been joined by another whatever it is.

[00:05:03] And the two of them are now proceeding in company.

[00:05:10] Would you mind coming with me, piglet?

[00:05:12] In case they turn out to be hostile animals.

[00:05:18] Piglet scratched his ear in a nice sort of way.

[00:05:21] And said that he had nothing to do until Friday.

[00:05:29] You mean, in case it really is two woozles, said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:05:37] And piglet said that, anyhow, he had nothing to do until Friday.

[00:05:42] So off they went together.

[00:05:44] There was a small spinny of larch trees just here.

[00:05:48] And it seemed as if the two woozles, if that is what they were, had been going around this spinny.

[00:05:56] So round this spinny went Pooh and piglet after them.

[00:06:01] Piglet passing the time by telling Pooh what his grandfather,

[00:06:05] trespasser's W had done to remove stiffness after tracking.

[00:06:10] And how his grandfather, trespasser's W, had suffered in his later years from shortness of breath

[00:06:18] and other matters of interest.

[00:06:20] And Pooh wondering what a grandfather was like, and if perhaps this was two grandfathers they were after now.

[00:06:29] And if so, whether he would be allowed to take one home and keep it.

[00:06:35] And what Christopher Robin would say.

[00:06:38] And still the tracks went on in front of them.

[00:06:42] Suddenly, Winnie the Pooh stopped and pointed excitedly in front of him.

[00:06:48] Look!

[00:06:49] What?

[00:06:50] Said Piglet with a jump.

[00:06:53] And then, to show that he hadn't been frightened,

[00:06:56] he jumped up and down once or twice more in an exercising sort of way.

[00:07:02] The tracks, said Pooh.

[00:07:06] A third animal has joined the other two.

[00:07:11] Pooh!

[00:07:12] Pooh!

[00:07:13] Cried Piglet.

[00:07:16] Think it's another Woozle?

[00:07:20] No, said Pooh.

[00:07:22] Because it makes different marks.

[00:07:25] It is either two Woozles and one, as it might be Wizzle,

[00:07:31] or two, as it might be Wizzles,

[00:07:36] and one, if so it is, Woozle.

[00:07:40] Let us continue to follow them.

[00:07:44] So they went on, feeling just a little anxious now,

[00:07:48] in case the three animals in front of them were of hostile intent.

[00:07:53] And Piglet wished very much that his grandfather T.W. were there instead of elsewhere.

[00:08:01] And Pooh thought how nice it would be if they met Christopher Robin suddenly,

[00:08:07] but quite accidentally, and only because he liked Christopher Robin so much.

[00:08:12] And then, when he looked at the tip of his nose in a cooling manner,

[00:08:22] there were four animals in front of them.

[00:08:33] Do you see, Piglet?

[00:08:36] Do you see, Piglet?

[00:08:37] Look at their tracks.

[00:08:39] Three, as it were, Woozles, and one, as it was, Wizzle.

[00:08:48] Another Woozle has joined them.

[00:08:52] And so it seemed to be.

[00:08:55] There were the tracks crossing over each other here,

[00:09:00] getting muddled up with each other there.

[00:09:02] But quite plainly, every now and then, the tracks of four sets of paws.

[00:09:11] I think, said Piglet, when he had licked the tip of his nose too,

[00:09:19] and found that it brought very little comfort.

[00:09:22] I think that I've just remembered something.

[00:09:29] I've just remembered something that I forgot to do yesterday

[00:09:33] and shan't be able to do tomorrow,

[00:09:36] so I suppose I really ought to go back and do it now.

[00:09:42] We'll do it this afternoon, and I'll come with you, said Pooh.

[00:09:49] It isn't the sort of thing you can do in the afternoon, said Piglet quickly.

[00:09:57] It's a very particular morning thing that has to be done in the morning,

[00:10:06] and if possible, between the hours of...

[00:10:10] What would you say the time was?

[00:10:14] About twelve, said Winnie the Pooh, looking at the sun.

[00:10:20] Between, as I was saying, the hours of twelve and twelve-five.

[00:10:26] So, really, dear old Pooh, if you'll excuse me...

[00:10:37] Pooh looked up at the sky,

[00:10:39] and then as he heard the whistle again,

[00:10:43] he looked up into the branches of a big oak tree,

[00:10:48] and then he saw a friend of his.

[00:10:52] It's Christopher Robin, he said.

[00:10:57] Ah, then you'll be all right, said Piglet.

[00:11:01] You'll be quite safe with him.

[00:11:05] Goodbye.

[00:11:06] And he trotted off home as quickly as he could,

[00:11:11] very glad to be out of all danger again.

[00:11:17] Christopher Robin came slowly down his tree.

[00:11:22] Silly old bear, he said.

[00:11:25] What were you doing?

[00:11:28] First, you went round the spinny twice by yourself,

[00:11:33] and then Piglet ran after you,

[00:11:36] and you went round again together.

[00:11:39] And then you were just going round a fourth time.

[00:11:45] Wait a moment, said Winnie the Pooh,

[00:11:49] holding up his paw.

[00:11:52] He sat down and thought,

[00:11:55] in the most thoughtful way he could think.

[00:11:59] Then, he fitted his paw into one of the tracks,

[00:12:04] and then he scratched his nose twice and stood up.

[00:12:10] Yes, said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:12:14] I see now, said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:12:18] I have been foolish and deluded, said he.

[00:12:25] And I am a bear of no brain at all.

[00:12:32] You're the best bear in all the world,

[00:12:36] said Christopher Robin soothingly.

[00:12:40] Am I?

[00:12:41] Said Pooh, hopefully.

[00:12:43] And then he brightened up suddenly.

[00:12:47] Anyhow, he said.

[00:12:49] It's nearly luncheon time.

[00:12:52] So, he went home for it.

[00:12:57] The old grey donkey, Eeyore,

[00:13:00] stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest,

[00:13:04] his front feet well apart,

[00:13:07] his head on one side,

[00:13:09] and thought about things.

[00:13:12] Sometimes he thought sadly to himself,

[00:13:15] Why?

[00:13:18] And sometimes he thought,

[00:13:22] Wherefore?

[00:13:24] And sometimes he thought,

[00:13:27] Inasmuch as which.

[00:13:30] And sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

[00:13:36] So, when Winnie the Pooh came stumping along,

[00:13:40] Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little,

[00:13:45] in order to say,

[00:13:48] How do you do?

[00:13:50] In a gloomy manner to him.

[00:13:55] And how are you?

[00:13:57] Said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:13:58] Eeyore shook his head from side to side.

[00:14:04] Not very how,

[00:14:07] he said.

[00:14:08] I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time.

[00:14:18] Dear, dear,

[00:14:20] said Pooh.

[00:14:21] I'm sorry about that.

[00:14:24] Let's have a look at you.

[00:14:27] So, Eeyore stood there,

[00:14:30] gazing sadly at the ground,

[00:14:33] and Winnie the Pooh walked all around him once.

[00:14:39] Why, what's happened to your tail?

[00:14:42] He said in surprise.

[00:14:45] What has happened to it?

[00:14:48] Said Eeyore.

[00:14:50] It isn't there.

[00:14:53] Are you sure?

[00:14:55] Well, either a tail is there or it isn't there.

[00:15:03] You can't make a mistake about it,

[00:15:06] and yours isn't there.

[00:15:10] Then what is?

[00:15:15] Nothing.

[00:15:18] Let's have a look,

[00:15:20] said Eeyore.

[00:15:21] And he turned slowly round to the place where his tail had been a little while ago.

[00:15:29] And then,

[00:15:31] finding that he couldn't catch it up,

[00:15:34] he turned round the other way,

[00:15:36] until he came back to where he was at first.

[00:15:40] And then,

[00:15:42] he put his head down and looked between his front legs.

[00:15:47] And at last,

[00:15:48] he said with a long,

[00:15:50] sad sigh,

[00:15:54] Oh,

[00:15:55] I believe you're right.

[00:16:00] Of course I'm right,

[00:16:02] said Pooh.

[00:16:04] That accounts for a good deal,

[00:16:09] said Eeyore gloomily.

[00:16:12] It explains everything.

[00:16:17] No wonder.

[00:16:21] You must have left it somewhere,

[00:16:24] said Winnie the Pooh.

[00:16:27] Somebody must have taken it,

[00:16:31] said Eeyore.

[00:16:33] How like them,

[00:16:35] he added after a long silence.

[00:16:40] Pooh felt that he ought to say something helpful about it,

[00:16:44] but didn't quite know what.

[00:16:47] So he decided to do something helpful instead.

[00:16:52] Eeyore,

[00:16:53] he said solemnly,

[00:16:55] I,

[00:16:57] Winnie the Pooh,

[00:16:59] will find your tail for you.

[00:17:03] Thank you,

[00:17:05] Pooh,

[00:17:06] answered Eeyore.

[00:17:08] You're a real friend,

[00:17:12] said he.

[00:17:13] Not like some,

[00:17:16] he said.

[00:17:18] So,

[00:17:19] Winnie the Pooh went off to find Eeyore's tail.

[00:17:24] Through copse and spinny,

[00:17:26] marched bear,

[00:17:28] down open slopes of gorse and heather,

[00:17:32] over rocky beds of streams,

[00:17:35] up steep banks of sandstone,

[00:17:38] into the heather again.

[00:17:40] and so,

[00:17:42] at last,

[00:17:43] tired and hungry,

[00:17:45] to the hundred acre wood.

[00:17:48] For it was in the hundred acre wood that Owl lived.

[00:17:53] And if anyone knows anything about anything,

[00:17:59] said Bear to himself,

[00:18:01] it's Owl,

[00:18:03] who knows something about something,

[00:18:07] he said.

[00:18:08] Or my name's not Winnie the Pooh,

[00:18:12] he said.

[00:18:14] Which it is,

[00:18:15] he added.

[00:18:17] So there you are.

[00:18:21] Owl lived at the chestnuts,

[00:18:23] an old world residence of great charm,

[00:18:27] which was grander than anybody else's,

[00:18:31] or seemed so to bear,

[00:18:33] because it had both a knocker and a bell pull.

[00:18:40] Underneath the knocker,

[00:18:42] there was a notice which said,

[00:18:46] Please ring if an answer is required,

[00:18:50] although it was hard to decode

[00:18:53] as the letters were quite mixed up.

[00:18:57] Underneath the bell pull,

[00:18:59] there was a notice which said,

[00:19:02] Please knock if an answer is not required.

[00:19:07] These notices had been written by Christopher Robin,

[00:19:11] who was the only one in the forest who could spell.

[00:19:15] For Owl,

[00:19:16] wise though he was in many ways,

[00:19:19] able to read and write and spell his own name,

[00:19:24] Wal,

[00:19:24] yet somehow went all to pieces

[00:19:27] over delicate words like

[00:19:30] measles and buttered toast.

[00:19:34] Winnie the Pooh read the two notices very carefully,

[00:19:39] first from left to right,

[00:19:41] and afterwards,

[00:19:43] in case he had missed some of it,

[00:19:46] from right to left.

[00:19:48] Then,

[00:19:49] to make quite sure,

[00:19:51] he knocked and pulled the knocker,

[00:19:54] and he pulled and knocked the bell rope.

[00:19:57] And he called out in a very loud voice,

[00:20:01] Owl,

[00:20:03] I require an answer.

[00:20:05] It's bear speaking.

[00:20:08] And the door opened,

[00:20:11] and Owl looked out.

[00:20:14] Hello, Pooh,

[00:20:17] he said.

[00:20:18] How's things?

[00:20:21] Terrible,

[00:20:22] terrible,

[00:20:23] and sad,

[00:20:24] said Pooh,

[00:20:26] because Eeyore,

[00:20:28] who is a friend of mine,

[00:20:30] has lost his tail,

[00:20:32] and he's moping about it.

[00:20:37] So could you very kindly

[00:20:40] tell me how to find it for him?

[00:20:44] Well,

[00:20:45] said Owl,

[00:20:48] the customary procedure

[00:20:50] in such cases

[00:20:52] is as follows.

[00:20:57] What does

[00:20:58] crusty money proceed cake mean?

[00:21:01] said Pooh.

[00:21:03] For I'm a bear

[00:21:05] of very little brain,

[00:21:07] and

[00:21:07] long words

[00:21:09] bother me.

[00:21:11] It means

[00:21:13] the thing

[00:21:15] to do.

[00:21:17] As long as it means

[00:21:19] that I don't mind,

[00:21:20] said Pooh humbly.

[00:21:23] The thing

[00:21:24] to do

[00:21:25] is as follows.

[00:21:28] First,

[00:21:29] issue

[00:21:30] a reward.

[00:21:32] Then,

[00:21:35] just a moment,

[00:21:37] said Pooh,

[00:21:37] holding up his paw.

[00:21:41] What

[00:21:41] do we do

[00:21:42] to this?

[00:21:44] What were you saying?

[00:21:46] You sneezed,

[00:21:47] just as you were

[00:21:48] going to tell me.

[00:21:50] I

[00:21:51] didn't

[00:21:52] sneeze.

[00:21:55] Yes,

[00:21:56] you did,

[00:21:56] Owl.

[00:21:59] Excuse me,

[00:22:01] Pooh,

[00:22:01] I didn't.

[00:22:03] You can't

[00:22:04] sneeze

[00:22:04] without knowing it.

[00:22:08] Well,

[00:22:09] you can't

[00:22:09] know it

[00:22:10] without

[00:22:10] something

[00:22:11] having been

[00:22:12] sneezed.

[00:22:13] What I

[00:22:16] said

[00:22:16] was,

[00:22:18] first

[00:22:19] issue

[00:22:20] a reward.

[00:22:22] You're doing

[00:22:24] it again,

[00:22:25] said Pooh

[00:22:26] sadly.

[00:22:28] A

[00:22:29] reward,

[00:22:31] said Owl

[00:22:32] very loudly.

[00:22:34] We write

[00:22:36] a notice

[00:22:36] to say

[00:22:38] that we

[00:22:39] will give

[00:22:40] a large

[00:22:41] something

[00:22:42] thing

[00:22:42] to anybody

[00:22:43] who

[00:22:44] finds

[00:22:44] Eeyore's

[00:22:45] tail.

[00:22:46] I

[00:22:47] see,

[00:22:49] I

[00:22:49] see,

[00:22:50] said Pooh

[00:22:51] nodding his

[00:22:52] head.

[00:22:54] Talking

[00:22:55] about

[00:22:56] large

[00:22:57] somethings,

[00:22:59] he went

[00:22:59] on dreamily.

[00:23:01] I

[00:23:02] generally

[00:23:03] have a

[00:23:04] small

[00:23:05] something

[00:23:05] about now,

[00:23:07] about this

[00:23:08] time in the

[00:23:09] morning.

[00:23:10] morning,

[00:23:11] and he

[00:23:11] looked

[00:23:12] wistfully

[00:23:13] at the

[00:23:13] cupboard

[00:23:14] in the

[00:23:14] corner of

[00:23:15] Owl's

[00:23:16] parlour.

[00:23:17] Just a

[00:23:19] mouthful

[00:23:20] of condensed

[00:23:21] milk or

[00:23:22] what not,

[00:23:24] with

[00:23:25] perhaps

[00:23:26] a lick

[00:23:27] of honey.

[00:23:30] Well,

[00:23:31] then,

[00:23:31] said Owl,

[00:23:33] we

[00:23:34] write out

[00:23:35] this notice,

[00:23:36] and we

[00:23:37] put it

[00:23:38] all over

[00:23:40] the

[00:23:40] forest.

[00:23:42] A lick

[00:23:43] of

[00:23:44] honey,

[00:23:45] murmured

[00:23:46] Bear to

[00:23:46] himself,

[00:23:48] or,

[00:23:50] or not,

[00:23:51] as the

[00:23:52] case may

[00:23:53] be.

[00:23:54] Oh,

[00:23:55] and he

[00:23:56] gave a

[00:23:56] deep sigh,

[00:23:58] and tried

[00:23:59] very hard

[00:24:00] to listen

[00:24:00] to what

[00:24:01] Owl was

[00:24:02] saying.

[00:24:03] But Owl

[00:24:04] went on

[00:24:05] and on,

[00:24:07] using

[00:24:08] longer

[00:24:09] and longer

[00:24:10] words,

[00:24:11] until at

[00:24:12] last he

[00:24:13] came back

[00:24:13] to where

[00:24:14] he started,

[00:24:15] and he

[00:24:16] explained

[00:24:17] that the

[00:24:18] person to

[00:24:19] write out

[00:24:20] this notice

[00:24:20] was Christopher

[00:24:22] Robin.

[00:24:24] It was

[00:24:25] he who

[00:24:26] wrote the

[00:24:27] ones on

[00:24:28] my front

[00:24:29] door for

[00:24:30] me,

[00:24:30] Did you

[00:24:32] see them,

[00:24:32] Pooh?

[00:24:35] For some

[00:24:35] time now,

[00:24:36] Pooh had

[00:24:37] been saying

[00:24:37] yes and

[00:24:40] no,

[00:24:41] in turn,

[00:24:42] with his

[00:24:42] eyes shut,

[00:24:44] to all that

[00:24:45] Owl was

[00:24:45] saying,

[00:24:47] and having

[00:24:48] said,

[00:24:49] yes,

[00:24:50] yes,

[00:24:51] last time,

[00:24:52] he said,

[00:24:53] no,

[00:24:54] not at

[00:24:55] all,

[00:24:55] now,

[00:24:57] without

[00:24:57] really knowing

[00:24:59] what Owl

[00:24:59] was talking

[00:25:00] about.

[00:25:02] Didn't

[00:25:02] you see

[00:25:03] them?

[00:25:04] said Owl,

[00:25:05] a little

[00:25:05] surprised.

[00:25:07] Come

[00:25:08] and look

[00:25:08] at them

[00:25:09] now.

[00:25:10] So they

[00:25:11] went

[00:25:12] outside,

[00:25:13] and Pooh

[00:25:14] looked at

[00:25:14] the knocker

[00:25:15] and the

[00:25:16] notice below

[00:25:17] it,

[00:25:17] and he

[00:25:18] looked at

[00:25:19] the bell

[00:25:19] rope

[00:25:19] and the

[00:25:20] notice

[00:25:21] below it,

[00:25:22] and the

[00:25:23] more he

[00:25:23] looked at

[00:25:24] the bell

[00:25:24] rope,

[00:25:25] the more

[00:25:26] he felt

[00:25:27] that he

[00:25:27] had seen

[00:25:28] something

[00:25:28] like it

[00:25:30] somewhere

[00:25:30] else,

[00:25:32] sometime

[00:25:32] before.

[00:25:35] Handsome

[00:25:36] bell rope,

[00:25:37] isn't it?

[00:25:38] said Owl.

[00:25:40] Pooh

[00:25:40] nodded.

[00:25:42] It

[00:25:43] reminds

[00:25:44] me of

[00:25:45] something,

[00:25:46] he said,

[00:25:47] but I

[00:25:48] can't

[00:25:49] think

[00:25:49] what.

[00:25:51] Where

[00:25:52] did you

[00:25:52] get it?

[00:25:54] I

[00:25:55] just

[00:25:56] came

[00:25:57] across

[00:25:57] it

[00:25:57] in

[00:25:58] the

[00:25:58] forest.

[00:25:59] It

[00:26:00] was

[00:26:00] hanging

[00:26:00] over

[00:26:01] a

[00:26:01] bush,

[00:26:02] and I

[00:26:03] thought

[00:26:03] at first

[00:26:04] somebody

[00:26:05] lived

[00:26:05] there.

[00:26:06] So

[00:26:07] I

[00:26:08] rang

[00:26:08] it,

[00:26:09] and

[00:26:09] nothing

[00:26:10] happened.

[00:26:11] And

[00:26:11] then

[00:26:12] I

[00:26:12] rang

[00:26:13] it

[00:26:13] again

[00:26:13] very

[00:26:14] loudly,

[00:26:15] and

[00:26:16] it

[00:26:16] came

[00:26:17] off

[00:26:17] in

[00:26:17] my

[00:26:18] hand,

[00:26:19] and

[00:26:20] as

[00:26:20] nobody

[00:26:21] seemed

[00:26:21] to

[00:26:21] want

[00:26:22] it,

[00:26:22] I

[00:26:23] took

[00:26:23] it

[00:26:24] home,

[00:26:24] and

[00:26:27] Owl,

[00:26:28] said

[00:26:28] Pooh

[00:26:29] solemnly,

[00:26:30] you

[00:26:31] made

[00:26:32] a

[00:26:32] mistake.

[00:26:34] Somebody

[00:26:35] did

[00:26:35] want

[00:26:36] it.

[00:26:37] Who?

[00:26:40] Eeyore.

[00:26:42] My

[00:26:42] dear

[00:26:43] friend

[00:26:43] Eeyore,

[00:26:44] he

[00:26:45] was,

[00:26:46] he

[00:26:46] was

[00:26:47] fond

[00:26:47] of

[00:26:48] it.

[00:26:49] Fond

[00:26:50] of

[00:26:50] it?

[00:26:53] To

[00:26:54] it.

[00:26:55] said

[00:26:56] Winnie

[00:26:56] the

[00:26:56] Pooh

[00:26:57] sadly.

[00:27:00] So

[00:27:01] with

[00:27:01] these

[00:27:01] words,

[00:27:02] he

[00:27:02] unhooked

[00:27:03] it

[00:27:03] and

[00:27:04] carried

[00:27:04] it

[00:27:05] back

[00:27:05] to

[00:27:05] Eeyore.

[00:27:07] And

[00:27:07] when

[00:27:08] Christopher

[00:27:08] Robin

[00:27:09] had

[00:27:09] nailed

[00:27:09] it

[00:27:10] on

[00:27:10] in

[00:27:10] its

[00:27:10] right

[00:27:11] place

[00:27:11] again,

[00:27:12] Eeyore

[00:27:13] frisked

[00:27:14] about

[00:27:14] the

[00:27:14] forest,

[00:27:16] waving

[00:27:16] his

[00:27:16] tail

[00:27:17] so

[00:27:18] happily

[00:27:18] that

[00:27:19] Winnie

[00:27:19] the

[00:27:20] Pooh

[00:27:20] came

[00:27:20] over

[00:27:21] all

[00:27:21] funny

[00:27:21] and

[00:27:27] and

[00:27:28] wiping

[00:27:29] his

[00:27:29] mouth

[00:27:30] half

[00:27:30] an

[00:27:30] hour

[00:27:31] afterwards,

[00:27:32] he sang

[00:27:33] to

[00:27:33] himself

[00:27:34] proudly.

[00:27:36] Who

[00:27:36] found

[00:27:37] the

[00:27:37] tail?

[00:27:38] I,

[00:27:40] said

[00:27:40] Pooh,

[00:27:41] at a

[00:27:42] quarter

[00:27:43] to

[00:27:43] two.

[00:27:45] Only it

[00:27:45] was quarter

[00:27:46] to eleven,

[00:27:47] really.

[00:27:48] I

[00:27:49] found

[00:27:49] the

[00:27:50] tail.

[00:27:52] One

[00:27:53] day,

[00:27:54] when

[00:27:54] Christopher

[00:27:55] Robin

[00:27:55] and

[00:27:56] Winnie

[00:27:56] the

[00:27:56] Pooh

[00:27:57] and

[00:27:57] Piglet

[00:27:58] were

[00:27:58] all

[00:27:59] talking

[00:27:59] together,

[00:28:01] Christopher

[00:28:01] Robin

[00:28:02] finished

[00:28:03] the

[00:28:03] mouthful

[00:28:04] he was

[00:28:04] eating

[00:28:05] and

[00:28:06] said

[00:28:06] carelessly,

[00:28:08] I

[00:28:09] saw a

[00:28:10] heffalump

[00:28:11] today,

[00:28:11] Piglet.

[00:28:14] What

[00:28:14] was it

[00:28:14] doing?

[00:28:16] asked

[00:28:17] Piglet.

[00:28:18] Just

[00:28:19] lumping

[00:28:20] along,

[00:28:21] said

[00:28:22] Christopher

[00:28:22] Robin.

[00:28:24] I don't

[00:28:24] think

[00:28:25] it

[00:28:25] saw

[00:28:25] me.

[00:28:27] I

[00:28:28] saw

[00:28:28] one

[00:28:28] once,

[00:28:29] said

[00:28:30] Piglet.

[00:28:31] At

[00:28:32] least,

[00:28:32] I

[00:28:33] think

[00:28:33] I

[00:28:33] did,

[00:28:34] he

[00:28:35] said.

[00:28:35] Only,

[00:28:37] perhaps

[00:28:38] it

[00:28:38] wasn't.

[00:28:40] So

[00:28:41] did

[00:28:41] I,

[00:28:42] said

[00:28:42] Pooh,

[00:28:43] wondering

[00:28:44] what a

[00:28:45] heffalump

[00:28:45] was like.

[00:28:47] You

[00:28:48] don't

[00:28:48] often

[00:28:48] see

[00:28:49] them,

[00:28:50] said

[00:28:50] Christopher

[00:28:51] Robin

[00:28:51] carelessly.

[00:28:52] Not

[00:28:53] now,

[00:28:54] said

[00:28:55] Piglet.

[00:28:56] Not

[00:28:57] at

[00:28:57] this

[00:28:57] time

[00:28:58] of

[00:28:58] the

[00:28:58] year,

[00:28:59] said

[00:28:59] Pooh.

[00:29:00] Then

[00:29:01] they

[00:29:01] all

[00:29:02] talked

[00:29:02] about

[00:29:02] something

[00:29:03] else,

[00:29:04] until

[00:29:04] it

[00:29:05] was

[00:29:05] time

[00:29:05] for

[00:29:06] Pooh

[00:29:06] and

[00:29:06] Piglet

[00:29:07] to go

[00:29:07] home

[00:29:08] together.

[00:29:09] Just

[00:29:10] as they

[00:29:10] came to

[00:29:11] the

[00:29:11] six

[00:29:12] pine

[00:29:12] trees,

[00:29:13] Pooh

[00:29:14] looked

[00:29:14] round

[00:29:15] to see

[00:29:15] that

[00:29:16] nobody

[00:29:16] else

[00:29:17] was

[00:29:17] listening

[00:29:17] and

[00:29:18] said

[00:29:19] in a

[00:29:20] very

[00:29:20] solemn

[00:29:21] voice,

[00:29:22] Piglet,

[00:29:24] I

[00:29:25] have

[00:29:26] decided

[00:29:26] something.

[00:29:28] What

[00:29:29] have you

[00:29:29] decided,

[00:29:30] Pooh?

[00:29:32] I

[00:29:33] have

[00:29:33] decided

[00:29:34] to

[00:29:35] catch

[00:29:35] a

[00:29:36] heffalump.

[00:29:38] Pooh

[00:29:39] nodded

[00:29:39] his head

[00:29:40] several

[00:29:40] times

[00:29:41] as he

[00:29:41] said

[00:29:41] this

[00:29:42] and

[00:29:43] waited

[00:29:43] for

[00:29:44] Piglet

[00:29:44] to

[00:29:44] say

[00:29:45] how

[00:29:46] or

[00:29:47] Pooh

[00:29:48] you

[00:29:48] couldn't

[00:29:49] or

[00:29:50] something

[00:29:51] helpful

[00:29:51] of that

[00:29:52] sort.

[00:29:53] But

[00:29:53] Piglet

[00:29:54] said

[00:29:54] nothing.

[00:29:56] The

[00:29:56] fact

[00:29:57] was

[00:29:57] Piglet

[00:29:58] was

[00:29:58] wishing

[00:29:59] that

[00:29:59] he

[00:30:00] had

[00:30:00] thought

[00:30:00] about

[00:30:01] it

[00:30:01] first.

[00:30:03] I

[00:30:04] shall

[00:30:04] do

[00:30:05] it,

[00:30:05] said

[00:30:06] Pooh

[00:30:06] after

[00:30:07] waiting

[00:30:07] a little

[00:30:08] longer

[00:30:08] by means

[00:30:10] of a

[00:30:11] trap.

[00:30:12] And

[00:30:13] it

[00:30:13] must

[00:30:14] be

[00:30:14] a

[00:30:14] cunning

[00:30:15] trap.

[00:30:16] So

[00:30:17] you

[00:30:18] will

[00:30:18] have

[00:30:18] to

[00:30:18] help

[00:30:19] me,

[00:30:19] Piglet.

[00:30:21] Pooh

[00:30:22] said

[00:30:23] Piglet,

[00:30:24] feeling

[00:30:25] quite

[00:30:25] happy

[00:30:26] again

[00:30:26] now.

[00:30:27] I

[00:30:27] will.

[00:30:29] And

[00:30:29] then

[00:30:29] he

[00:30:30] said,

[00:30:31] how

[00:30:31] shall

[00:30:32] we

[00:30:32] do

[00:30:32] it?

[00:30:33] And

[00:30:34] Pooh

[00:30:34] said,

[00:30:35] that's

[00:30:36] just

[00:30:36] it,

[00:30:38] how?

[00:30:39] And

[00:30:40] then

[00:30:40] they

[00:30:40] sat

[00:30:40] down

[00:30:41] together

[00:30:41] to

[00:30:42] think

[00:30:42] it

[00:30:42] out.

[00:30:44] Pooh's

[00:30:45] first

[00:30:45] idea

[00:30:46] was

[00:30:50] it,

[00:30:50] and

[00:30:51] then

[00:30:51] the

[00:30:52] heffalump

[00:30:52] would

[00:30:53] come

[00:30:53] along

[00:30:53] and

[00:30:54] fall

[00:30:54] into

[00:30:55] the

[00:30:55] pit.

[00:30:55] And

[00:30:56] why?

[00:30:57] said

[00:30:58] Piglet.

[00:30:59] Why

[00:31:00] what?

[00:31:01] said

[00:31:01] Pooh.

[00:31:03] Why

[00:31:04] would

[00:31:04] he

[00:31:04] fall

[00:31:04] in?

[00:31:06] Pooh

[00:31:07] rubbed

[00:31:07] his nose

[00:31:08] with

[00:31:20] and

[00:31:20] so

[00:31:21] he

[00:31:21] wouldn't

[00:31:21] see

[00:31:22] the

[00:31:22] very

[00:31:23] deep

[00:31:23] pit

[00:31:24] until

[00:31:24] he

[00:31:25] was

[00:31:25] halfway

[00:31:26] down

[00:31:26] when

[00:31:27] it

[00:31:27] would

[00:31:27] be

[00:31:27] too

[00:31:28] late.

[00:31:29] Piglet

[00:31:30] said

[00:31:31] that

[00:31:31] this

[00:31:31] was

[00:31:32] a

[00:31:32] very

[00:31:32] good

[00:31:33] trap,

[00:31:34] but

[00:31:34] supposing

[00:31:35] it

[00:31:36] were

[00:31:36] raining

[00:31:36] already?

[00:31:38] Pooh

[00:31:39] rubbed

[00:31:40] his nose

[00:31:41] again

[00:31:41] and

[00:31:42] said

[00:31:43] that

[00:31:43] he

[00:31:43] hadn't

[00:31:43] thought

[00:31:44] of

[00:31:44] that.

[00:31:46] And

[00:31:46] then

[00:31:46] he

[00:31:46] brightened

[00:31:47] up

[00:31:47] and

[00:31:48] said

[00:31:49] that

[00:31:49] if

[00:31:50] it

[00:31:50] were

[00:31:50] raining

[00:31:51] already

[00:31:51] the

[00:31:52] heffalump

[00:31:53] would

[00:31:53] be

[00:31:53] looking

[00:31:54] at

[00:31:54] the

[00:31:54] sky

[00:31:55] wondering

[00:31:56] if

[00:31:57] it

[00:31:57] would

[00:31:57] clear

[00:31:58] up

[00:31:58] and

[00:31:59] so

[00:32:00] he

[00:32:00] wouldn't

[00:32:01] see

[00:32:01] the

[00:32:01] very

[00:32:02] deep

[00:32:02] pit

[00:32:03] until

[00:32:03] he

[00:32:04] was

[00:32:04] halfway

[00:32:05] down

[00:32:05] when

[00:32:07] it

[00:32:07] would

[00:32:07] be

[00:32:07] too

[00:32:07] late.

[00:32:09] Piglet

[00:32:10] said

[00:32:10] that

[00:32:11] now

[00:32:11] that

[00:32:12] this

[00:32:12] point

[00:32:13] had

[00:32:13] been

[00:32:13] explained

[00:32:13] he

[00:32:14] thought

[00:32:14] it

[00:32:15] was

[00:32:15] a

[00:32:15] cunning

[00:32:16] trap.

[00:32:18] Pooh

[00:32:19] was

[00:32:19] very

[00:32:20] proud

[00:32:20] when

[00:32:20] he

[00:32:21] heard

[00:32:21] this

[00:32:21] and

[00:32:22] he

[00:32:22] felt

[00:32:23] that

[00:32:23] the

[00:32:23] heffalump

[00:32:24] was

[00:32:24] as

[00:32:24] good

[00:32:25] as

[00:32:25] caught

[00:32:25] already

[00:32:26] but

[00:32:27] there

[00:32:28] was

[00:32:28] just

[00:32:29] one

[00:32:29] other

[00:32:29] thing

[00:32:30] which

[00:32:30] had

[00:32:30] to

[00:32:30] be

[00:32:31] thought

[00:32:31] about

[00:32:31] and

[00:32:32] it

[00:32:32] was

[00:32:32] this

[00:32:33] where

[00:32:34] should

[00:32:35] they

[00:32:35] dig

[00:32:36] the

[00:32:36] very

[00:32:37] deep

[00:32:38] pit?

[00:32:40] Piglet

[00:32:40] said

[00:32:41] that

[00:32:42] the

[00:32:42] best

[00:32:42] place

[00:32:43] would

[00:32:43] be

[00:32:43] somewhere

[00:32:44] where

[00:32:48] to

[00:32:48] it

[00:32:48] only

[00:32:49] about

[00:32:49] a

[00:32:50] foot

[00:32:50] further

[00:32:50] on

[00:32:51] but

[00:32:53] then

[00:32:54] he

[00:32:54] would

[00:32:54] see

[00:32:55] us

[00:32:55] digging

[00:32:55] it

[00:32:56] said

[00:32:56] Pooh

[00:32:57] not

[00:32:58] if

[00:32:58] he

[00:32:59] was

[00:32:59] looking

[00:32:59] at

[00:33:00] the

[00:33:00] sky

[00:33:02] he

[00:33:02] would

[00:33:03] suspect

[00:33:04] said

[00:33:05] Pooh

[00:33:06] if

[00:33:07] he

[00:33:07] happened

[00:33:07] to

[00:33:07] look

[00:33:08] down

[00:33:09] he

[00:33:10] thought

[00:33:11] for

[00:33:11] a

[00:33:11] long

[00:33:11] time

[00:33:12] and

[00:33:13] then

[00:33:13] added

[00:33:14] sadly

[00:33:16] it

[00:33:17] isn't

[00:33:17] as

[00:33:17] easy

[00:33:18] as

[00:33:18] I

[00:33:18] thought

[00:33:19] I

[00:33:20] suppose

[00:33:21] that's

[00:33:21] why

[00:33:22] heffalumps

[00:33:22] hardly

[00:33:23] ever

[00:33:24] get

[00:33:25] caught

[00:33:25] that

[00:33:27] must

[00:33:27] be

[00:33:27] it

[00:33:28] said

[00:33:29] Piglet

[00:33:31] suppose

[00:33:32] Pooh

[00:33:33] said

[00:33:33] to

[00:33:33] Piglet

[00:33:34] you

[00:33:35] wanted

[00:33:36] to

[00:33:36] catch

[00:33:36] me

[00:33:37] how

[00:33:38] would

[00:33:38] you

[00:33:39] do

[00:33:39] it

[00:33:40] well

[00:33:41] said

[00:33:42] Piglet

[00:33:43] I

[00:33:44] should

[00:33:44] do

[00:33:45] it

[00:33:45] like

[00:33:46] this

[00:33:46] I

[00:33:47] should

[00:33:48] make

[00:33:48] a

[00:33:48] trap

[00:33:49] and

[00:33:50] I

[00:33:50] should

[00:33:50] put

[00:33:51] a

[00:33:51] jar

[00:33:51] of

[00:33:52] honey

[00:33:52] in

[00:33:52] the

[00:33:53] trap

[00:33:53] and

[00:33:54] you

[00:33:55] would

[00:33:55] smell

[00:33:55] it

[00:33:56] and

[00:33:57] you

[00:33:57] would

[00:33:57] go

[00:33:57] in

[00:33:58] after

[00:33:58] it

[00:33:59] and

[00:33:59] and

[00:34:01] I

[00:34:01] would

[00:34:02] go

[00:34:02] in

[00:34:02] after

[00:34:03] it

[00:34:03] said

[00:34:04] Pooh

[00:34:04] excitedly

[00:34:05] only

[00:34:06] very

[00:34:08] carefully

[00:34:08] so as

[00:34:10] not to

[00:34:10] hurt

[00:34:11] myself

[00:34:11] and

[00:34:13] I

[00:34:13] would

[00:34:14] get

[00:34:14] to

[00:34:15] the

[00:34:15] jar

[00:34:15] of

[00:34:16] honey

[00:34:17] yes

[00:34:18] said

[00:34:19] Piglet

[00:34:19] there

[00:34:21] you

[00:34:21] would

[00:34:21] be

[00:34:21] and

[00:34:23] there

[00:34:23] I

[00:34:24] should

[00:34:24] catch

[00:34:24] you

[00:34:25] now

[00:34:26] the

[00:34:27] first

[00:34:28] thing

[00:34:28] to

[00:34:28] think

[00:34:29] of

[00:34:29] is

[00:34:30] what

[00:34:31] do

[00:34:31] heffalumps

[00:34:32] like

[00:34:33] I

[00:34:34] should

[00:34:35] think

[00:34:35] acorns

[00:34:36] shouldn't

[00:34:36] you

[00:34:37] we'll

[00:34:38] get

[00:34:38] a lot

[00:34:38] of

[00:34:39] I

[00:34:40] say

[00:34:41] wake

[00:34:41] up

[00:34:41] Pooh

[00:34:43] Pooh

[00:34:44] who

[00:34:44] had

[00:34:44] gone

[00:34:44] into

[00:34:45] a

[00:34:45] happy

[00:34:45] dream

[00:34:46] woke

[00:34:47] up

[00:34:47] with

[00:34:47] a

[00:34:47] start

[00:34:48] and

[00:34:49] said

[00:34:49] that

[00:34:50] honey

[00:34:50] was

[00:34:50] a

[00:34:51] much

[00:34:51] more

[00:34:51] trappy

[00:34:52] thing

[00:34:52] than

[00:34:52] acorns

[00:34:55] Piglet

[00:34:55] didn't

[00:34:56] think

[00:34:56] so

[00:34:57] and

[00:34:58] they

[00:34:58] were

[00:34:58] just

[00:34:58] going

[00:34:59] to

[00:34:59] argue

[00:34:59] about

[00:35:00] it

[00:35:00] when

[00:35:01] Piglet

[00:35:01] remembered

[00:35:02] that

[00:35:02] if

[00:35:03] they

[00:35:03] put

[00:35:04] acorns

[00:35:04] in

[00:35:05] the

[00:35:05] trap

[00:35:05] he

[00:35:06] would

[00:35:07] have

[00:35:07] to

[00:35:07] find

[00:35:08] the

[00:35:08] acorns

[00:35:09] but

[00:35:10] if

[00:35:10] they

[00:35:11] put

[00:35:11] honey

[00:35:12] then

[00:35:13] Pooh

[00:35:13] would

[00:35:13] have

[00:35:14] to

[00:35:14] give

[00:35:14] up

[00:35:14] some

[00:35:15] of

[00:35:15] his

[00:35:15] own

[00:35:15] honey

[00:35:16] so

[00:35:17] he

[00:35:17] said

[00:35:18] all

[00:35:19] right

[00:35:20] honey

[00:35:20] then

[00:35:21] just

[00:35:22] as

[00:35:22] Pooh

[00:35:23] remembered

[00:35:24] it

[00:35:24] too

[00:35:24] and

[00:35:25] was

[00:35:25] going

[00:35:25] to

[00:35:26] say

[00:35:26] all

[00:35:27] right

[00:35:28] acorns

[00:35:29] honey

[00:35:31] honey

[00:35:32] honey

[00:35:32] piglet

[00:35:33] to

[00:35:33] himself

[00:35:34] in

[00:35:34] a

[00:35:34] thoughtful

[00:35:35] way

[00:35:35] as

[00:35:36] if

[00:35:36] it

[00:35:36] were

[00:35:36] now

[00:35:37] settled

[00:35:38] I'll

[00:35:39] dig

[00:35:39] the pit

[00:35:40] while

[00:35:40] you

[00:35:41] go and

[00:35:42] get

[00:35:42] the

[00:35:42] honey

[00:36:13] But you never can tell, said Pooh.

[00:36:18] I remember my uncle saying once that he had seen cheese just this colour.

[00:36:26] So he put his tongue in and took a large lick.

[00:36:31] Yes, he said, it is.

[00:36:34] No doubt about that.

[00:36:37] And honey, I should say, right down to the bottom of the jar.

[00:36:45] Unless, of course, he said, somebody put cheese in at the bottom just for a joke.

[00:36:56] Perhaps I had better go a little further.

[00:37:01] Just in case.

[00:37:03] Yes, in case heffalumps don't like cheese.

[00:37:10] Same as me.

[00:37:12] Ah, and he gave a deep sigh.

[00:37:17] I was right.

[00:37:19] It is honey.

[00:37:22] Right the way down.

[00:37:26] Having made certain of this, he took the jar back to Piglet.

[00:37:31] And Piglet looked up from the bottom of his very deep pit and said,

[00:37:37] Got it?

[00:37:39] And Pooh said,

[00:37:42] Yes, but it isn't quite a full jar.

[00:37:47] And he threw it down to Piglet.

[00:37:50] And Piglet said,

[00:37:52] No, it isn't.

[00:37:56] Is that all you've got left?

[00:38:00] And Pooh said,

[00:38:02] Yes.

[00:38:03] Because it was.

[00:38:05] So Piglet put the jar at the bottom of the pit and climbed out.

[00:38:11] And they went off home together.

[00:38:15] Well, good night, Pooh, said Piglet when they had got to Pooh's house.

[00:38:22] And we meet at six o'clock tomorrow morning by the pine trees and see how many heffalumps we got in our trap.

[00:38:33] Six o'clock, Piglet.

[00:38:36] And have you got any string?

[00:38:40] No.

[00:38:41] Why do you want string?

[00:38:44] To lead them home with.

[00:38:47] Oh, I think heffalumps come if you whistle.

[00:38:53] Some do and some don't.

[00:38:56] You never can tell with heffalumps.

[00:38:59] Well, good night.

[00:39:02] Good night.

[00:39:02] And off Piglet trotted to his house while Pooh made his preparations for bed.

[00:39:12] Some hours later, just as the night was beginning to steal away, Pooh woke up suddenly with a sinking feeling.

[00:39:24] He had had that sinking feeling before.

[00:39:28] And he knew what it meant.

[00:39:31] He was hungry.

[00:39:33] So he went to the larder and he stood on a chair and reached up to the top shelf and found nothing.

[00:39:44] He had put it into the cunning trap to catch the heffalump.

[00:39:50] Bother, said Pooh.

[00:39:53] It all comes of trying to be kind to heffalumps.

[00:39:59] And he got back into bed.

[00:40:01] But he couldn't sleep.

[00:40:04] The more he tried to sleep, the more he couldn't.

[00:40:09] He tried counting sheep, which is sometimes a good way of getting to sleep.

[00:40:15] And as that was no good, he tried counting heffalumps.

[00:40:21] And that was worse.

[00:40:23] Because every heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey.

[00:40:31] And eating it all.

[00:40:43] Pooh fell asleep.