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Speaker 1: Chapter three of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milney.

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This sleevervox recording is in the public domain. Chapter three,

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in which Pooh and Picclic go hunting and nearly catch

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a woozl. The Picclet lived in a very grand house

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in the middle of a beech tree, and the beech

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tree was in the middle of the forest, and the

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piglet lived in the middle of the house. Next to

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his house was a piece of broken board which had

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trespassers w on it. When Christopher Robin asked the piglet

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what it meant, he said it was his grandfather's name

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and had been in the family for a long time.

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Christopher Robin said, you couldn't be called trespasser's w and

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Pickelet said yes, you could, because his grandfather was, and

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it was short for trespasser's will, which was short for trespassers.

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William and his grandfather had had two names in casey

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lost one, Trespassers after an uncle and William after trespassers.

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I've got two names, said Christopher Robin carelessly. Well there

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you are. That proves it, said Picklet. One fine winter's day,

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when Pikelet was brushing away the snow in front of

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his house. He happened to look up, and there was

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Winnie the Pooh. Pooh was walking round and round in

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a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piclet called

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to him, he just went on walking. Hello, said Picklet,

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What are you doing? Haunting, said Pooh? Hunting what? Tracking something?

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Said Winnie the Pooh, very mysteriously, tracking what, said Picklet?

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Coming closer? That's just what I asked myself, I asked myself.

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What what do you think you'll answer? I shall have

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to wait until I catch up with it, said Winnie

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the Pooh. Now look there, He pointed to the ground

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in front of him. What do you see there? Tracks,

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said Piglet. Paw marks. He gave a little squeak of excitement. Oh, Pooh,

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do you think it's a a a woozle? It may be,

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said Pooh. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. You

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never can tell with paw marks. With these few words,

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he went on tracking, and Pickelet, after watching him for

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a minute or two, ran after him. Winnie the Pooh

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had come to a sudden stop and was bending over

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the tracks in a puzzled sort of way. What's the matter,

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asked Piglet. It's a very funny thing, said Bear. But

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there seemed to be two animals. Now, this whatever it was,

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has been joined by another, whatever it is, and the

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two of them are now proceeding in company. Would you

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mind coming with me, Piglet, in case they turned out

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to be hostile animals. Piglet scratched his ear in a

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nice sort of way and said that he had nothing

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to do until Friday and would be delighted to come

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in case it was a woozle. You mean, in case

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it really is two woozles, said Winnie the Pooh, and

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Piglet said that anyhow, he had nothing to do until Friday,

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so off they went together. There was a small spinney

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of larch trees just here, and it seemed as if

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the two woozles, if that is what they were, had

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been going round this spinny. So round this spinny went

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Pooh and Piglet after them. Pilet asked the time by

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telling Pooh what his grandfather Trespasser's w had done to

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remove stiffness after tracking, and how his grandfather Trespasser's W

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had suffered in his later years from sharpness of breath

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and other matters of interest, and Pooh wondering what a

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grandfather was like, and if perhaps this was two grandfathers

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they were after now, and if so, whether he would

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be allowed to take one home and keep it, and

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what Christopher Robin would say? And still the tracks went

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on in front of them. Suddenly, Whinn the Pooh stopped

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and pointed excitedly in front of him. Look what, said Picklet,

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with a jump, And then to show that he hadn't

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been frightened, he jumped up and down once or twice

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more in an exercising sort of way. The tracks, said Pooh.

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Speaker 2: A third animal has joined the other two, Pooh said, Picklet.

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Do you think it's another whoozzle? No, said Pooh, because

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it makes different marks.

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Speaker 1: It is either.

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Speaker 2: Two woozles and one as it might be wizzle, or

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two as it might be whizzles and one. If it

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is so woozle, Let us continue to follow them.

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Speaker 1: So they went on, feeling just a little anxious now

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in case the three animals in front of them were

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of hostile intent. And Pilett wished very much that his

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grandfather t w were there instead of elsewhere, and Pooh thought,

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how nice it would be if they met Christopher Robin suddenly,

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but quite accidentally, and only because he liked Christopher Robin

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so much. And then all of a sudden, Winnie the

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Pooh stopped again and licked the tip of his nose

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in a cooling manner, for he was feeling more hot

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and anxious than ever in his life before. There were

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four animals in front of them, do you see, Piglet,

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look at their tracks, Three as it were woozles, and

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one as it was wizzle. Not the woozle has joined them.

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And so it seemed to be there were tracks crossing

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over each other here, getting muddled up with each other there,

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but quite plainly every now and then, the tracks of

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four sets of pause, I think, said Piglet, when he

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had licked the tip of his nose too, and found

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that it brought very little comfort. I think that I

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have just remembered something. I have just remembered something that

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I forgot to do yesterday and shan't be able to

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do tomorrow. So I suppose I really ought to go

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back and do it now. We'll do it this afternoon,

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and I'll come with you, said Pooh. It isn't the

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sort of thing you can do in the afternoon, said

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Picklet quickly. It's a very particular morning thing that has

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to be done in the morning, and if possible between

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the hours of what would you say? The time was

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about twelve, said Winnie the Pooh, looking at the sun

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between as I was saying, the hours of twelve and

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twelve five. So, really, dear old Pooh, if you'll excuse me,

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what's that? Pooh looked up in the sky, and then

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as he heard the whistle again, he looked up into

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the branches of a big oak tree, and then he

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saw a friend of his. It's Christopher Robin. He said, Ah,

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then you'll be all right, said Piglet. You'll be quite

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safe with him. Goodbye, and he trotted it off home

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as quickly as he could, very glad to be out

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of all danger again. Christopher Robin came slowly down his tree. Silly,

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old bear, he said, what were you doing? First you

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went round the spy twice by yourself, and then Picklet

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ran after you, and you went round again together, and

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then you were just going round a fourth time. Wait

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a moment, said Winnie the Pooh, holding up his paw.

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He sat down and thought in the most thoughtful way

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he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one

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of the tracks, and then he scratched his nose twice

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and stood up. Yes, said Winnie the Pooh. I see now,

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said Winnie the Pooh. I have been foolish and deluded,

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said he. And I'm a bear of no brain at all.

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You're the best bear in all the world, said Christopher

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Robin soothingly. Am I, said Pooh hopefully, and then he

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brightened up suddenly. Anyhow, he said, it is nearly luncheon time,

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so he went home for it. End of Chapter three.