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

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This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter ten,

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in which Christopher Robin gives Pooh a party and we

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say good bye. One day when the sun had come

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back over the forest, ringing with it the scent of may,

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and all the streams of the forest were tinkling happily

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to find themselves their own pretty shape again, and the

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little pools lay dreaming of the life they had seen

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and the big things they had done. And in the

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warmth and quiet of the forest, the cuckoo was trying

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over his voice carefully and listening to see if he

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liked it. And woodpigeons were complaining gently to themselves in

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their lazy, comfortable way that it was the other fellow's fault,

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but it didn't matter very much on such a day

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as this. Christopher Robin whistled in a special way he had,

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and Owl came flying out of the hundred acre wood

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to see what was wanted. All said Christopher Robin. I

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am going to give a party. You are are? You?

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Said Owl? And it's to be a special sort of party,

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because it's because of what Pooh did when he did

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what he did to save pill it from the flood.

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Oh that's what it's for, is it? Said Owl? Yes,

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So will you tell Pooh as quickly as you can

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and all the others, because it will be tomorrow. Oh

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it will, will it? Said Owl, still being as helpful

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as possible. So will you go and tell them? Owl?

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Owl tried to think of something very wise to say,

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but couldn't, so he flew off to tell the others.

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And the first person he told was Pooh, Pooh. He said,

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Christopher Robin is giving a party, Oh, said Pooh, And then,

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seeing that Owl expected him to say something else, he said,

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will there be those little case things with pink sugar icing?

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Owl felt that it was rather beneath him to talk

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about little cake things with pink sugar icing, so he

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told Pooh exactly what Christopher Robin had said, and flew

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off to eore a party for me, thought Pooh to himself.

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Oh grand, And he began to wonder if all the

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other animals would know that it was a special Pooh party,

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and if Christopher Robin had told him about the floating

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bear and the brain of Pooh and all the wonderful

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ships he had invented and sailed on, and he began

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to think how awful it would be if everybody had

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forgotten about it, and nobody quite knew what the party

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was for. And the more he thought like this, the

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more the party got muddled in his mind, like a

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dream when nothing goes right. And the dream began to

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sing itself over in his head until it became a

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sort of song. It was an anxious poo. So three

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cheers for Pooh, for who for Pooh? Why what did

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he do? I thought you knew he saved his friend

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from a wedding. Three cheers for Bear, for whear for Bear.

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He couldn't swim, but he rescued him, He rescued who Oh.

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Listen do I'm talking of Pooh? Of who of Pooh?

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I'm sorry, I keep forgetting Well, Pooh was a bear

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of enormous sprain, just say it again, of enormous sprain

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of enormous s whatt Well, he ate a lot, and

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I don't know if he could swim or not, but

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he managed to float on a sort of boat, on

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a sort of what well, a sort of pot. So

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now let's give him three hearty cheers. So now let's

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give him three hearty witches, and hope he'll be with

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us for years and years and grow in health and

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wisdom and riches. Three cheers for Pooh, for who for Pooh?

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Three cheers for Bear, for where for Bear? Three cheers

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for the wonderful Winnie thee Pooh. Just tell me somebody,

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what did he do? While this was going on inside him,

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Owl was talking to Eoor. Eyre, said Owl. Christopher Robin

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is giving a party. Very interesting, said Eore. I suppose

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they will be sending me down the odd bits which

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got trodden on, kind and thoughtful, not at all. Don't

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mention it. There is an invitation for you. What's that like?

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An invitation? Yes? I heard you? Who dropped it? This

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isn't anything to eat. It's asking you to the party tomorrow.

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Eorre shook his head slowly. A you mean Piglet, the

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little fellow with the excited ears. That's Piglet. I'll tell him. No, no,

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said Owl, getting quite fussy. It's you, Are you sure?

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Of course? I'm sure? Christopher Robin said all of them,

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Tell all of them, all of them except ere, all

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of them, said Owl. Suckling Ah, said Eore, Ahi, mistake, No, doubt,

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but still I shall come. Only don't blame me if

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it rains. But it didn't rain. Christopher Robin had made

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a long table out of some long pieces of wood,

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and they all sat round it. Christopher Robin sat at

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one end, and Pooh sat at the other, and between

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them on one side were Owl and Eore and Picklet.

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And between them on the other side were Rabbit and

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Roue and Kanga and all Rabbit's friends and relations. Spread

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themselves about on the grass and waited hopefully in case

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anybody spoke to them, or dropped anything or asked them

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to the time. It was the first party to which

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Ru had ever been, and he was very excited. As

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soon as ever they sat down, he began to talk.

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Hello Pooh, he squeaked, Hello, rou said Pooh. Ru jumped

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up and down in his seat for a little while,

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and then began again, Hello Piglet. He squeaked Piglet waved

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ay poll at him, being too busy to say anything.

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Hello Eore, said Ru. Eor nodded gloomily at him. It

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will rain soon, you see if it doesn't, he said.

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Ru looked to see if it didn't, and it didn't,

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so he said hello owl, and Owl said hello, my

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little fellow, in a kindly way, and went on telling

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Christopher Robin about an accident which had nearly happened to

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a friend of his whom Christopher Robin didn't know. And

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Kanga said to Rue, drink up your milk first, deer,

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and talk afterwards. So Ru, who was drinking his milk,

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tried to say that he could do both at once,

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and had to be patted on the back and dried

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for quite a long time afterwards, when they had all

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nearly eaten enough, Christopher Robin banged on the table with

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a spoon, and everybody stopped talking and was very silent,

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except Ru, who was just finishing a loud attack of

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hiccups and trying to look as if it was one

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of Rabbit's relations. This party, said Christopher Robin, is a

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party because of what someone did, and we all know

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who it was. And it's his party because of what

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he did, and I've got a present for him, and

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here it is. Then he felt about a little and

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whispered where is it? While he was looking, he or

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coughed in an impressive way and began to speak the friends,

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he said, including oddments. It is a great pleasure, or

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perhaps I had better say it has been a pleasure

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so far to see you at my party. What I

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did was nothing any of you, except Rabbit and Awl

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and Kanga would have done the aim Oh and Pooh.

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My remarks do not, of course supply to Piglet and Rue,

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because they are too small. Any of you would have

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done the same, But it just happened to be me.

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It was not I need hardly say with an idea

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of getting what Christopher Robin is looking for now. And

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he put his front leg to his mouth and said,

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in a loud whisper try under the table, that I

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did what I did, but because I feel that we

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should all do what we can to help. I feel

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that we should all, said Ru accidentally. Rue dear, said

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Keanga reproachfully, was it me, asked Rue, a little surprised.

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What's e you're talking about? Piglet whispered the Pooh. I

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don't know, said Pooh rather dolefully. I thought this was

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your party. I thought it was once, but I suppose

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it isn't. I'd sooner it was yours than yours, said Picklet,

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So would I, said Pooh. Hill, said Ru again, as

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I was saying, said ere loudly and sternly as I

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was saying, when I was interrupted by various loud sounds.

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I feel that here it is, cried Christopher Robin, excitedly.

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Pass it down to silly old Pooh. It's for Pooh,

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for Pooh, said Eore. Of course it is the best

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bear in all the world I might have known, said Eore.

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After all, no one can't complain. I have my friends.

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Somebody spoke to me only yesterday, and it was last

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week or the week before that rabbit bumped into me

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and said bother. The social round always something going on.

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Nobody was listening for They were all saying, open it, Pooh,

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what is it? Pooh? I know what it is, No,

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you doun't, and other helpful remarks of this sort. And

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of course Pooh was opening it as quickly as ever

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he could, but without cutting the string, because you never

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know when a bit of string might be useful. At last,

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it was undone. When Pooh saw what it was, he

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nearly fell down he was so pleased. It was a

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special pencil case. There were pencils, and it marked B forbear,

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and pencils marked HB for helping bear, and pencils marked

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BB for brave bear. There was a knife for sharpening

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the pencils, and India rubber for rubbing out anything which

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you had spelt wrong. And a ruler for ruling lines

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for the words to walk on, and inches marked on

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the ruler in case you wanted to know how many

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inches anything was. And blue pencils and red pencils, and

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green pencils for saying special things in blue and red

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and green. All these lovely things were in little pockets

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of their own, in a special case which shut with

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a click when you clicked it, And they were all

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for pooh Oh, said pooh Oh. Pooh said everybody else

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except Eyre. Thank you, growled Pooh. But or was saying

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to himself. This writing business, pencils and what not overrated,

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if you ask me, silly stuff, nothing in it. Later on,

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when they had all said goodbye and thank you to

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Christopher Robin, Pooh and Picklet walked home thoughtfully together in

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the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent.

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When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, said Picolet.

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At last, what's the first thing you say to yourself?

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What's for breakfast? Said Pooh? What do you say, Picklet?

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I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today,

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said Picklet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. It's the same thing, he said.

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And what did happen, asked Christopher Robin when next morning?

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I don't know. Could you think and tell me and

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Pooh sometime if you wanted it very much? Pooh does,

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said Christopher Robin. He gave a deep sigh, picked up

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up his bear by the leg, and walked off to

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the door, trailing Winnie the Pool behind him. At the door,

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he turned and said, coming to see me have my bath?

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I might, I said, was Pool's pencil case any better

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than mine? It was just the same, I said. He

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nodded and went out, and in a moment I heard

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Winnie the Pooh bump bump bump, going up the stairs

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behind him. End of chapter ten. End of Winnie the

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Pooh by A. A. Milney